PMID- 33289699 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210507 LR - 20210507 IS - 1945-4589 (Electronic) IS - 1945-4589 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Dec 3 TI - Autophagy-mediated regulation patterns contribute to the alterations of the immune microenvironment in periodontitis. PG - 555-577 LID - 10.18632/aging.202165 [doi] AB - The relationship between autophagy and immunity has been thoroughly investigated. However, little is known about the role of autophagy in shaping the immune-microenvironment of periodontitis. Thus, we aim to explore the impact of autophagy on the immune-microenvironment of periodontitis. The expression distinctions of autophagy genes between healthy and periodontitis samples have been investigated. The connections between autophagy and immune characteristics including infiltrating immunocyte, immune reaction and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene were evaluated. The distinct autophagy-mediated expression patterns were identified and immune characteristics under distinct patterns were revealed. Autophagy phenotype-related genes were identified. 16 autophagy genes were dysregulated and a ten-autophagy classifier was constructed that can well distinguish periodontitis and healthy samples. Immune characteristics were closely related to autophagy: higher expression of EDEM1 positively relates to infiltrating activated B cell; NCKAP1 negatively relates to monocyte; CXCR4 enhances BCR Signaling Pathway and PEX3 decreases the activity of TNF Family Members Receptors; positive expression correlation of EDEM1-HLADOB and negative correlation of RAB11A-HLADOB were observed. Two distinct autophagy expression patterns were identified which demonstrated different immune characteristics. 4309 autophagy phenotype-related genes were identified, and 219 of them were related to immunity, whose biological functions were found to be involved in immunocyte regulations. Our study revealed the strong impact of autophagy on the immune-microenvironment of periodontitis and brought new insights into the understanding of the pathogenesis of periodontitis. FAU - Zhang, Xiaoqi AU - Zhang X AD - Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. FAU - Jin, Yu AU - Jin Y AD - Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. FAU - Wang, Qingxuan AU - Wang Q AD - Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. FAU - Jian, Fan AU - Jian F AD - Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. FAU - Li, Minqi AU - Li M AD - Department of Bone Metabolism, School of Stomatology, Shandong University and Shandong Key Laboratory of Oral Tissue Regeneration and Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Dental Materials and Oral Tissue Regeneration, Jinan 250014, China. FAU - Long, Hu AU - Long H AD - Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. FAU - Lai, Wenli AU - Lai W AD - Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201203 PL - United States TA - Aging (Albany NY) JT - Aging JID - 101508617 RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (CXCR4 protein, human) RN - 0 (EDEM1 protein, human) RN - 0 (HLA-D Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DO antigens) RN - 0 (Lipoproteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (NCKAP1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Peroxins) RN - 0 (Pex3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell) RN - 0 (Receptors, CXCR4) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (rab11 protein) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (rab GTP-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics MH - Autophagy/genetics/*immunology MH - B-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cellular Microenvironment/*immunology MH - HLA-D Antigens/genetics MH - Humans MH - Lipoproteins/genetics MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics MH - Monocytes/immunology MH - Periodontitis/genetics/*immunology MH - Peroxins/genetics MH - Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/metabolism MH - Receptors, CXCR4/genetics MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transcriptome MH - rab GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics PMC - PMC7835039 OTO - NOTNLM OT - autophagy OT - gene expression OT - immune microenvironment OT - immunity OT - periodontitis COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2020/12/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/08 06:00 PMCR- 2021/01/15 CRDT- 2020/12/08 12:31 PHST- 2020/05/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/08 12:31 [entrez] PHST- 2021/01/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 202165 [pii] AID - 10.18632/aging.202165 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Dec 3;13(1):555-577. doi: 10.18632/aging.202165. Epub 2020 Dec 3.