Synovial lining expressed mechanosensor PIEZO1 drives inflammation-permissive macrophage phenotypes and joint inflammation
Simakou, T.; Doohan, M.; Huesa, C.; Woolcock, K.; Nyasulu, W. H.; Prakash, S.; Boyle, K.; Yang, L.; Zhang, B. D.; Campobasso, D.; Di Mario, C.; Farthing, A.; Frew, J.; Coletto, L. A.; Hardy, O.; Dunning, L.; Gigante, M. R.; Petricca, L.; Pacucci, V. A.; Arkison, S.; Yamamura, Y.; De Martino, I.; DAgostino, M. A.; Otto, T. D.; Cole, J.; Carmody, R. J.; Goodyear, C.; MacDonald, L.; Basu, N.; Alivernini, S.; Kurowska-Stolarska, M.
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Synovial tissue-resident macrophages regulate immune homeostasis within the joint, but can adopt an inflammation-permissive phenotype that promotes immune cell infiltration in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Understanding the factors that drive this phenotypic switch may help prevent the localisation of inflammation in the joints of individuals at-risk of RA. We identified the mechanosensitive ion channel PIEZO1 as a potential regulator of lining-layer synovial tissue macrophage (STM) function. PIEZO1 was highly expressed in homeostatic, tissue resident TREM2pos lining-layer STMs and in its pathogenic chemokine producing TREM2low phenotype that characterises the hyperplastic lining-layer in active RA. Intra-articular injection of a PIEZO1 agonist in mice induced neutrophil and monocyte infiltration, whereas inhibition of PIEZO1 signalling restored the protective macrophage phenotype. Thus, mechanosensing via PIEZO1 is a defining feature of the joint lining-layer, and its aberrant activation by mechanical stress may lead to the localisation of inflammation within the joint, facilitating a transition from asymptomatic autoimmunity of at-risk RA to clinical disease.
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