Cell-free chromatin from dying cells trigger an immune response via the cGAS-STING pathway
Shabrish, S.; Raphel, N.; Narayanan, R.; Lopes, R.; Kondhalkar, D.; Khare, N. K.; Raghuram, G. V.; Mittra, I.
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It is long established that cell death and immune response are closely related, although the nature of this relationship has remained unclear. We earlier reported that cell-free chromatin particles (cfChPs) released from the billions of cells that die in the body every day to enter into the blood circulation, or those that are released locally from dying cells, can readily enter into healthy cells to induce DNA damage and activate inflammatory cytokines. In this study we investigated whether cfChPs from dying cells might be the missing link between cell death and immune response. We treated human lymphocytes with cfChPs isolated from sera of healthy individuals or with cfChPs released from hypoxia-induced dying lymphocytes. We observed that cfChPs from both sources readily entered into lymphocytes to accumulate in their nuclei within 2 h. This was associated with marked activation of CD69 and release of inflammatory cytokines, as well as of p-STING and cGAS expression. The addition of the STING protein inhibitor H151 to the cfChPs treated cells abolished the release of inflammatory cytokines. These findings lead us to suggest that cfChPs from dying cells are the critical triggers of immune response which act via cGAS-STING pathway.
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