Longevity, clonal relationship, and transcriptional program of celiac disease-specific plasma cells.

Abstract

Disease-specific plasma cells (PCs) reactive with transglutaminase 2 (TG2) or deamidated gluten peptides (DGPs) are abundant in celiac disease (CeD) gut lesions. Their contribution toward CeD pathogenesis is unclear. We assessed expression of markers associated with PC longevity in 15 untreated and 26 treated CeD patients in addition to 13 non-CeD controls and performed RNA sequencing with clonal inference and transcriptomic analysis of 3,251 single PCs. We observed antigen-dependent V-gene selection and stereotypic antibodies. Generation of recombinant DGP-specific antibodies revealed a key role of a heavy chain residue that displays polymorphism, suggesting that immunoglobulin gene polymorphisms may influence CeD-specific antibody responses. We identified transcriptional differences between CeD-specific and non-disease-specific PCs and between short-lived and long-lived PCs. The short-lived CD19+CD45+ phenotype dominated in untreated and short-term-treated CeD, in particular among disease-specific PCs but also in the general PC population. Thus, the disease lesion of untreated CeD is characterized by massive accumulation of short-lived PCs that are not only directed against disease-specific antigens.

• Authors: Ida Lindeman, Chunyan Zhou, Linn M Eggesbø, Zhichao Miao, Justyna Polak, Knut E A Lundin, Jørgen Jahnsen, Shuo-Wang Qiao, Rasmus Iversen, Ludvig M Sollid
• Journal: The Journal of experimental medicine (J Exp Med) Vol. 218 Issue 2 (02 01 2021) ISSN: 1540-9538 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 33095260 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: © 2020 Lindeman et al.

Chemical References

• Antigens, CD19
• Immunoglobulin A
• Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
• Glutens
• Protein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2
• Transglutaminases
• Leukocyte Common Antigens
• GTP-Binding Proteins

Topics

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Animals
• Antibody Formation (genetics)
• Antigens, CD19 (genetics)
• Celiac Disease (genetics)
• Cell Line
• GTP-Binding Proteins (genetics)
• Gene Expression Profiling (methods)
• Glutens (genetics)
• Humans
• Immunoglobulin A (genetics)
• Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains (genetics)
• Leukocyte Common Antigens (genetics)
• Longevity (genetics)
• Plasma Cells (physiology)
• Polymorphism, Genetic (genetics)
• Protein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2
• Sf9 Cells
• Transcription, Genetic (genetics)
• Transglutaminases (genetics)