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Monocyte transcriptomes from patients with axial spondyloarthritis reveal dysregulated monocytopoiesis and a distinct inflammatory imprint

Fabian Karow
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Biljana Smiljanovic
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J. R. Grün
Denis Poddubnyy
Fabian Proft
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Ilkay Ergenç
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Ulrike Erben
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Thomas Häupl
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Background: In patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), monocytes show a pre-activated phenotype. Gut inflammation is a trigger of monocyte activation and may also affect their development in the bone marrow (BM). As gut inflammation is commonly observed in axSpA patients, we performed a detailed analysis of monocyte transcriptomes of axSpA patients in two cohorts and searched for signs of activation and developmental adaptations as putative imprints of gut inflammation. Methods: Transcriptomes of blood CD14+ monocytes of HLA-B27+ axSpA patients and healthy controls (HC) were generated by microarrays from cohort 1 and by RNA-sequencing from cohort 2. Differentially expressed genes from both analyses were subjected to gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) and to co-expression analysis in reference transcriptomes from BM cells, blood cells and activated monocytes. As serological markers of translocation, 1,3 beta-glycan, intestinal fatty acid binding protein, and lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) were determined by LAL and ELISA. Results: Transcriptome analysis identified axSpA-specific monocyte signatures showing an imprint of LPS/cytokine-activated monocytes, late granulopoietic BM cells, blood neutrophils, and G-CSF-mobilized blood cells, which suggests LPS/TNF activation and more prominent BM adaptation promoting a neutrophil-like phenotype. GSEA mapped axSpA upregulated genes to inflammatory responses and TNFα signaling and downregulated probe-sets to metabolic pathways. Among translocation markers, LBP levels were significantly increased in axSpA patients vs. HC (p < 0.001). Stratified analysis by disease activity and stage identified an “active disease signature” (BASDAI ≥ 4) with an imprint of LPS/cytokine-activated monocytes and CD16+ monocyte subsets. The “AS signature” (vs. non-radiographic axSpA) showed a reinforced neutrophil-like phenotype due to deprivation of dendritic cell transcripts. Conclusions: The neutrophil-like phenotype of axSpA monocytes points towards a biased monocytopoiesis from granulocyte-monocyte progenitors. This shift in monocytopoiesis and the LPS/cytokine imprint as well as the elevated LBP levels are indicators of systemic inflammation, which may result from bacterial translocation. The BM adaptation is most prominent in AS patients while disease activity appears to be linked to activation and trafficking of monocytes.
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hal-03487777 , version 1 (02-06-2022)

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Fabian Karow, Biljana Smiljanovic, J. R. Grün, Denis Poddubnyy, Fabian Proft, et al.. Monocyte transcriptomes from patients with axial spondyloarthritis reveal dysregulated monocytopoiesis and a distinct inflammatory imprint. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 2021, 23, pp.246. ⟨10.1186/s13075-021-02623-7⟩. ⟨hal-03487777⟩
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