TY - JOUR
T1 - Deep Proteome Profiling Reveals Common Prevalence of MZB1-positive Plasma B Cells in Human Lung and Skin Fibrosis
AU - Schiller, Herbert B
AU - Mayr, Christoph H
AU - Leuschner, Gabriela
AU - Strunz, Maximilian
AU - Staab-Weijnitz, Claudia
AU - Preisendörfer, Stefan
AU - Eckes, Beate
AU - Moinzadeh, Pia
AU - Krieg, Thomas
AU - Schwartz, David A
AU - Hatz, Rudolf A
AU - Behr, Jürgen
AU - Mann, Matthias
AU - Eickelberg, Oliver
PY - 2017/11/15
Y1 - 2017/11/15
N2 - Rationale: Analyzing the molecular heterogeneity of different forms of organ fibrosis may reveal common and specific factors and thus identify potential future therapeutic targets. Objectives: We sought to use proteome-wide profiling of human tissue fibrosis to (1) identify common and specific signatures across end-stage interstitial lung disease (ILD) cases, (2) characterize ILD subgroups in an unbiased fashion, and (3) identify common and specific features of lung and skin fibrosis. Methods: We collected samples of ILD tissue (n = 45) and healthy donor control samples (n = 10), as well as fibrotic skin lesions from localized scleroderma and uninvolved skin (n = 6). Samples were profiled by quantitative label-free mass spectrometry, Western blotting, or confocal imaging. Measurements and Main Results: We determined the abundance of more than 7, 900 proteins and stratified these proteins according to their detergent solubility profiles. Common protein regulations across all ILD cases, as well as distinct ILD subsets, were observed. Proteomic comparison of lung and skin fibrosis identified a common upregulation of marginal zone B- and B1-cell-specific protein (MZB1), the expression of which identified MZB1 /CD38 /CD138 /CD27 /CD45 /CD20 plasma B cells in fibrotic lung and skin tissue. MZB1 levels correlated positively with tissue IgG and negatively with diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide. Conclusions: Despite the presumably high molecular and cellular heterogeneity of ILD, common protein regulations are observed, even across organ boundaries. The surprisingly high prevalence of MZB1-positive plasma B cells in tissue fibrosis warrants future investigations regarding the causative role of antibody-mediated autoimmunity in idiopathic cases of organ fibrosis, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
AB - Rationale: Analyzing the molecular heterogeneity of different forms of organ fibrosis may reveal common and specific factors and thus identify potential future therapeutic targets. Objectives: We sought to use proteome-wide profiling of human tissue fibrosis to (1) identify common and specific signatures across end-stage interstitial lung disease (ILD) cases, (2) characterize ILD subgroups in an unbiased fashion, and (3) identify common and specific features of lung and skin fibrosis. Methods: We collected samples of ILD tissue (n = 45) and healthy donor control samples (n = 10), as well as fibrotic skin lesions from localized scleroderma and uninvolved skin (n = 6). Samples were profiled by quantitative label-free mass spectrometry, Western blotting, or confocal imaging. Measurements and Main Results: We determined the abundance of more than 7, 900 proteins and stratified these proteins according to their detergent solubility profiles. Common protein regulations across all ILD cases, as well as distinct ILD subsets, were observed. Proteomic comparison of lung and skin fibrosis identified a common upregulation of marginal zone B- and B1-cell-specific protein (MZB1), the expression of which identified MZB1 /CD38 /CD138 /CD27 /CD45 /CD20 plasma B cells in fibrotic lung and skin tissue. MZB1 levels correlated positively with tissue IgG and negatively with diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide. Conclusions: Despite the presumably high molecular and cellular heterogeneity of ILD, common protein regulations are observed, even across organ boundaries. The surprisingly high prevalence of MZB1-positive plasma B cells in tissue fibrosis warrants future investigations regarding the causative role of antibody-mediated autoimmunity in idiopathic cases of organ fibrosis, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1164/rccm.201611-2263OC
DO - 10.1164/rccm.201611-2263OC
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28654764
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 196
SP - 1298
EP - 1310
JO - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
JF - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
IS - 10
ER -