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Role of Src and Cortactin in Pemphigus Skin Blistering.
Kugelmann, Daniela Rötzer, Vera Walter, Elias Egu, Desalegn Tadesse Fuchs, Michael Tobias Vielmuth, Franziska Vargas-Robles, Hilda Schnoor, Michael Hertl, Michael Eming, Rüdiger
Kugelmann, Daniela
Rötzer, Vera
Walter, Elias
Egu, Desalegn Tadesse
Fuchs, Michael Tobias
Vielmuth, Franziska
Vargas-Robles, Hilda
Schnoor, Michael
Hertl, Michael
Eming, Rüdiger
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2019-01-01
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Autoantibodies against desmoglein (Dsg) 1 and Dsg3 primarily cause blister formation in the autoimmune disease pemphigus vulgaris (PV). Src was proposed to contribute to loss of keratinocyte cohesion. However, the role and underlying mechanisms are unclear and were studied here. In keratinocytes, cell cohesion in response to autoantibodies was reduced in Src-dependent manner by two patient-derived PV-IgG fractions as well as by AK23 but not by a third PV-IgG fraction, although Src was activated by all autoantibodies. Loss of cell cohesion was progredient in a timeframe of 24 h and AK23, similar to PV-IgG, interfered with reconstitution of cell cohesion after Ca2+-switch, indicating that the autoantibodies also interfered with desmosome assembly. Dsg3 co-localized along cell contacts and interacted with the Src substrate cortactin. In keratinocytes isolated from cortactin-deficient mice, cell adhesion was impaired and Src-mediated inhibition of AK23-induced loss of cell cohesion for 24 h was significantly reduced compared to wild-type (wt) cells. Similarly, AK23 impaired reconstitution of cell adhesion was Src-dependent only in the presence of cortactin. Likewise, Src inhibition significantly reduced AK23-induced skin blistering in wt but not cortactin-deficient mice. These data suggest that the Src-mediated long-term effects of AK23 on loss of cell cohesion and skin blistering are dependent on cortactin-mediated desmosome assembly. However, in human epidermis PV-IgG-induced skin blistering and ultrastructural alterations of desmosomes were not affected by Src inhibition, indicating that Src may not be critical for skin blistering in intact human skin, at least when high levels of autoantibodies targeting Dsg1 are present.
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Front Immunol. 2019 Apr 4;10:626. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00626. eCollection 2019.
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