PMID- 25845745 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150930 LR - 20231213 IS - 1365-2249 (Electronic) IS - 0009-9104 (Print) IS - 0009-9104 (Linking) VI - 181 IP - 2 DP - 2015 Aug TI - Endoplasmic reticulum stress causes autophagy and apoptosis leading to cellular redistribution of the autoantigens Ro/Sjogren's syndrome-related antigen A (SSA) and La/SSB in salivary gland epithelial cells. PG - 244-52 LID - 10.1111/cei.12638 [doi] AB - The aim of this study was to examine the levels of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in minor salivary glands, to investigate the interplay between ER stress-induced autophagy and apoptosis in human salivary gland (HSG) cells and to test the effect of ER stress-induced apoptosis on the cellular redistribution of the two major Sjogren's syndrome (SS) autoantigens Ro/Sjogren's syndrome-related antigen A (SSA) and La/Sjogren's syndrome-related antigen B (SSB). Minor salivary gland biopsies from SS patients and sicca controls were examined by immunohistochemistry for the expression of 78 kDa glucose-regulated protein/binding immunoglobulin protein (GRP78/BiP) as an indicator of unfolded protein response (UPR). HSG cells were treated with thapsigargin (TG) and cell viability, autophagy and apoptosis were assessed. Immunoblot was applied to detect the conversion of LC3I to LC3II and the protein levels of GRP78/BiP and X-box binding protein-1 (XBP-1). Apoptosis was evaluated by a single-stranded DNA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Ro/SSA and La/SSB localization was visualized using immunofluorescence. GRP78/BiP was expressed by acinar and ductal epithelial cells in salivary glands of patients and sicca controls. TG treatment induced autophagy, as indicated by enhanced protein expression of LC3II. The protein levels of UPR marker XBP-1 were increased after TG treatment, while GRP78/BiP levels were decreased. TG treatment resulted in induction of HSG apoptosis. Ro/SSA and La/SSB autoantigens were localized predominantly to the cytoplasm in resting cells, while they were redistributed to cell membrane and blebs in the apoptotic cells. In conclusion, ER stress is activated in minor salivary gland epithelial cells from SS patients and controls. ER stress-induced apoptosis in HSG cells leads to cell surface and apoptotic blebs relocalization of Ro/SSA and La/SSB autoantigens. CI - (c) 2015 British Society for Immunology. FAU - Katsiougiannis, S AU - Katsiougiannis S AD - Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. AD - Dental Research Institute, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA. FAU - Tenta, R AU - Tenta R AD - Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. FAU - Skopouli, F N AU - Skopouli FN AD - Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. AD - Euroclinic of Athens, Department of Internal Medicine and Autoimmune Diseases, Athens, Greece. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Clin Exp Immunol JT - Clinical and experimental immunology JID - 0057202 RN - 0 (Autoantigens) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP) RN - 0 (HSPA5 protein, human) RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (MAP1LC3A protein, human) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 0 (Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Ribonucleoproteins) RN - 0 (SS-A antigen) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (X-Box Binding Protein 1) RN - 0 (XBP1 protein, human) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Autoantigens/*genetics/metabolism MH - Autophagy/drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Membrane/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Cytoplasm/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/drug effects/*genetics MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Protein Transport/drug effects MH - Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors MH - Ribonucleoproteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Salivary Glands, Minor/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Sjogren's Syndrome/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Thapsigargin/pharmacology MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism MH - Unfolded Protein Response/drug effects MH - X-Box Binding Protein 1 MH - SS-B Antigen PMC - PMC4516440 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ER stress OT - La/SSB OT - Ro/SSA OT - Sjogren's syndrome OT - apoptosis OT - autoimmunity OT - autophagy OT - epithelial cells EDAT- 2015/04/08 06:00 MHDA- 2015/10/01 06:00 PMCR- 2016/08/01 CRDT- 2015/04/08 06:00 PHST- 2014/12/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/03/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/03/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/04/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/10/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/cei.12638 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Immunol. 2015 Aug;181(2):244-52. doi: 10.1111/cei.12638.