Koshi Yamada1,2, Zhi Qiang Huang1, Milan Raska1,3, Colin Reily4, Joshua C Anderson5, Hitoshi Suzuki1,2, Krzysztof Kiryluk6, Ali G Gharavi6, Bruce A Julian1,4, Christopher D Willey5, Jan Novak1. 1. Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 2. Department of Nephrology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 3. Department of Immunology, Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czechia. 4. Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 5. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 6. Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is thought to involve an autoimmune process wherein galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1), recognized as autoantigen by autoantibodies, forms pathogenic immune complexes. Mounting evidence has implicated abnormal activation of some protein-tyrosine kinases (PTKs) in IgAN. Furthermore, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of IgAN provided insight into disease pathobiology and genetics. A GWAS locus on chromosome 22q12 contains genes encoding leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and oncostatin M, interleukin (IL)-6-related cytokines implicated in mucosal immunity and inflammation. We have previously shown that IL-6 mediates overproduction of Gd-IgA1 through aberrant STAT3 activation. Here, we show that LIF enhanced production of Gd-IgA1 in IgA1-secreting cells of patients with IgAN and provide initial analyses of LIF signaling. METHODS: We characterized LIF signaling that is involved in the overproduction of Gd-IgA1, using IgA1-secreting cell lines derived from peripheral blood of patients with IgAN and healthy controls (HC). We used global PTK activity profiling, immunoblotting, lectin ELISA, and siRNA knock-down. RESULTS: LIF stimulation did not significantly affect production of total IgA1 in IgA1-secreting cells from patients with IgAN or HC. However, LIF increased production of Gd-IgA1, but only in the cells from patients with IgAN. LIF stimulation enhanced phosphorylation of STAT1 in IgA1-secreting cells from patients with IgAN to a higher degree than in the cells from HC. siRNA knock-down of STAT1 blocked LIF-mediated overproduction of Gd-IgA1. Unexpectedly, this abnormal phosphorylation of STAT1 in IgA1-secreting cells from patients with IgAN was not mediated by JAK, but rather involved activation of Src-family PTKs (SFKs). CONCLUSION: Abnormal LIF/STAT1 signaling represents another pathway potentially leading to overproduction of Gd-IgA1 in IgAN, providing possible explanation for the phenotype associated with chromosome 22q12 GWAS locus. Abnormal LIF/STAT1 signaling and the associated SFKs may represent potential diagnostic and/or therapeutic targets in IgAN.
OBJECTIVES: IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is thought to involve an autoimmune process wherein galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1), recognized as autoantigen by autoantibodies, forms pathogenic immune complexes. Mounting evidence has implicated abnormal activation of some protein-tyrosine kinases (PTKs) in IgAN. Furthermore, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of IgAN provided insight into disease pathobiology and genetics. A GWAS locus on chromosome 22q12 contains genes encoding leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and oncostatin M, interleukin (IL)-6-related cytokines implicated in mucosal immunity and inflammation. We have previously shown that IL-6 mediates overproduction of Gd-IgA1 through aberrant STAT3 activation. Here, we show that LIF enhanced production of Gd-IgA1 in IgA1-secreting cells of patients with IgAN and provide initial analyses of LIF signaling. METHODS: We characterized LIF signaling that is involved in the overproduction of Gd-IgA1, using IgA1-secreting cell lines derived from peripheral blood of patients with IgAN and healthy controls (HC). We used global PTK activity profiling, immunoblotting, lectin ELISA, and siRNA knock-down. RESULTS: LIF stimulation did not significantly affect production of total IgA1 in IgA1-secreting cells from patients with IgAN or HC. However, LIF increased production of Gd-IgA1, but only in the cells from patients with IgAN. LIF stimulation enhanced phosphorylation of STAT1 in IgA1-secreting cells from patients with IgAN to a higher degree than in the cells from HC. siRNA knock-down of STAT1 blocked LIF-mediated overproduction of Gd-IgA1. Unexpectedly, this abnormal phosphorylation of STAT1 in IgA1-secreting cells from patients with IgAN was not mediated by JAK, but rather involved activation of Src-family PTKs (SFKs). CONCLUSION: Abnormal LIF/STAT1 signaling represents another pathway potentially leading to overproduction of Gd-IgA1 in IgAN, providing possible explanation for the phenotype associated with chromosome 22q12 GWAS locus. Abnormal LIF/STAT1 signaling and the associated SFKs may represent potential diagnostic and/or therapeutic targets in IgAN.
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