Circulating LL37 targets plasma extracellular vesicles to immune cells and intensifies Behcet's disease severity

2017-01-01
Kahraman, Tamer
Gucluler, Gozde
ŞİMŞEK, Ismail
Yagci, Fuat Cem
Yildirim, Muzaffer
Özen, Can
DİNÇ, Ayhan
Gürsel, Mayda
Ikromzoda, Lolai
Sutlu, Tolga
Gay, Stephen
Gursel, Ihsan
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Behcet's disease (BD) activity is characterised by sustained, over-exuberant immune activation, yet the underlying mechanisms leading to active BD state are poorly defined. Herein, we show that the human cathelicidin derived antimicrobial peptide LL37 associates with and directs plasma extracellular vesicles (EV) to immune cells, thereby leading to enhanced immune activation aggravating BD pathology. Notably, disease activity was correlated with elevated levels of circulating LL37 and EV plasma concentration. Stimulation of healthy PBMC with active BD patient EVs induced heightened IL1 beta, IFN alpha, IL6 and IP10 secretion compared to healthy and inactive BD EVs. Remarkably, when mixed with LL37, healthy plasma-EVs triggered a robust immune activation replicating the pathology inducing properties of BD EVs. The findings of this study could be of clinical interest in the management of BD, implicating LL37/EV association as one of the major contributors of BD pathogenesis.
Extracellular vesicles, Behcet's disease, Autoimmune, Immune activation, LL37, Cytokine
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32158
JOURNAL OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Article

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T. Kahraman et al., “Circulating LL37 targets plasma extracellular vesicles to immune cells and intensifies Behcet’s disease severity,” JOURNAL OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES, pp. 0–0, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32158.
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