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Loss of MafA and MafB expression promotes islet inflammation.

Singh, Tania LU ; Colberg, Jesper K. LU ; Sarmiento, Luis LU ; Chaves, Patricia LU ; Hansen, Lisbeth LU ; Bsharat, Sara LU ; Cataldo, Luis R. LU orcid ; Dudenhöffer-Pfeifer, Monika LU ; Fex, Malin LU and Bryder, David LU , et al. (2019) In Scientific Reports 9(1).
Abstract
Maf transcription factors are critical regulators of beta-cell function. We have previously shown that reduced MafA expression in human and mouse islets is associated with a pro-inflammatory gene signature. Here, we investigate if the loss of Maf transcription factors induced autoimmune processes in the pancreas. Transcriptomics analysis showed expression of pro-inflammatory as well as immune cell marker genes. However, clusters of CD4+ T and B220+ B cells were associated primarily with adult MafA-/-MafB+/-, but not MafA-/- islets. MafA expression was detected in the thymus, lymph nodes and bone marrow suggesting a novel role of MafA in regulating immune-cell function. Analysis of pancreatic lymph node cells showed activation of CD4+ T... (More)
Maf transcription factors are critical regulators of beta-cell function. We have previously shown that reduced MafA expression in human and mouse islets is associated with a pro-inflammatory gene signature. Here, we investigate if the loss of Maf transcription factors induced autoimmune processes in the pancreas. Transcriptomics analysis showed expression of pro-inflammatory as well as immune cell marker genes. However, clusters of CD4+ T and B220+ B cells were associated primarily with adult MafA-/-MafB+/-, but not MafA-/- islets. MafA expression was detected in the thymus, lymph nodes and bone marrow suggesting a novel role of MafA in regulating immune-cell function. Analysis of pancreatic lymph node cells showed activation of CD4+ T cells, but lack of CD8+ T cell activation which also coincided with an enrichment of naïve CD8+ T cells. Further analysis of T cell marker genes revealed a reduction of T cell receptor signaling gene expression in CD8, but not in CD4+ T cells, which was accompanied with a defect in early T cell receptor signaling in mutant CD8+ T cells. These results suggest that loss of MafA impairs both beta- and T cell function affecting the balance of peripheral immune responses against islet autoantigens, resulting in local inflammation in pancreatic islets. (Less)
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Scientific Reports
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9
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1
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9074
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Nature Publishing Group
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2045-2322
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10.1038/s41598-019-45528-x
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English
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  abstract     = {{Maf transcription factors are critical regulators of beta-cell function. We have previously shown that reduced MafA expression in human and mouse islets is associated with a pro-inflammatory gene signature. Here, we investigate if the loss of Maf transcription factors induced autoimmune processes in the pancreas. Transcriptomics analysis showed expression of pro-inflammatory as well as immune cell marker genes. However, clusters of CD4+ T and B220+ B cells were associated primarily with adult MafA-/-MafB+/-, but not MafA-/- islets. MafA expression was detected in the thymus, lymph nodes and bone marrow suggesting a novel role of MafA in regulating immune-cell function. Analysis of pancreatic lymph node cells showed activation of CD4+ T cells, but lack of CD8+ T cell activation which also coincided with an enrichment of naïve CD8+ T cells. Further analysis of T cell marker genes revealed a reduction of T cell receptor signaling gene expression in CD8, but not in CD4+ T cells, which was accompanied with a defect in early T cell receptor signaling in mutant CD8+ T cells. These results suggest that loss of MafA impairs both beta- and T cell function affecting the balance of peripheral immune responses against islet autoantigens, resulting in local inflammation in pancreatic islets.}},
  author       = {{Singh, Tania and Colberg, Jesper K. and Sarmiento, Luis and Chaves, Patricia and Hansen, Lisbeth and Bsharat, Sara and Cataldo, Luis R. and Dudenhöffer-Pfeifer, Monika and Fex, Malin and Bryder, David and Holmberg, Dan and Sitnicka, Ewa and Cilio, Corrado and Prasad, Rashmi B. and Artner, Isabella}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Scientific Reports}},
  title        = {{Loss of MafA and MafB expression promotes islet inflammation.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45528-x}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/s41598-019-45528-x}},
  volume       = {{9}},
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