Arachidonic acid-regulated calcium signaling in T cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis promotes synovial inflammation

Zhongde Ye, Yi Shen, Ke Jin, Jingtao Qiu, Bin Hu, Rohit R. Jadhav, Khushboo Sheth, Cornelia M. Weyand and Jörg J. Goronzy ()
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Zhongde Ye: Palo Alto Veterans Administration Healthcare System
Yi Shen: Stanford University
Ke Jin: Stanford University
Jingtao Qiu: Stanford University
Bin Hu: Palo Alto Veterans Administration Healthcare System
Rohit R. Jadhav: Palo Alto Veterans Administration Healthcare System
Khushboo Sheth: Palo Alto Veterans Administration Healthcare System
Cornelia M. Weyand: Palo Alto Veterans Administration Healthcare System
Jörg J. Goronzy: Palo Alto Veterans Administration Healthcare System

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are two distinct autoimmune diseases that manifest with chronic synovial inflammation. Here, we show that CD4+ T cells from patients with RA and PsA have increased expression of the pore-forming calcium channel component ORAI3, thereby increasing the activity of the arachidonic acid-regulated calcium-selective (ARC) channel and making T cells sensitive to arachidonic acid. A similar increase does not occur in T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Increased ORAI3 transcription in RA and PsA T cells is caused by reduced IKAROS expression, a transcriptional repressor of the ORAI3 promoter. Stimulation of the ARC channel with arachidonic acid induces not only a calcium influx, but also the phosphorylation of components of the T cell receptor signaling cascade. In a human synovium chimeric mouse model, silencing ORAI3 expression in adoptively transferred T cells from patients with RA attenuates tissue inflammation, while adoptive transfer of T cells from healthy individuals with reduced expression of IKAROS induces synovitis. We propose that increased ARC activity due to reduced IKAROS expression makes T cells more responsive and contributes to chronic inflammation in RA and PsA.

Date: 2021
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