PMID- 37275883 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230613 LR - 20231210 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2023 TI - Single cell transcriptomics of bone marrow derived macrophages reveals Ccl5 as a biomarker of direct IFNAR-independent responses to DNA sensing. PG - 1199730 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1199730 [doi] LID - 1199730 AB - INTRODUCTION: The type I interferon (IFN) response is an innate immune program that mediates anti-viral, anti-cancer, auto-immune, auto-inflammatory, and sterile injury responses. Bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) are commonly used to model macrophage type I IFN responses, but the use of bulk measurement techniques obscures underlying cellular heterogeneity. This is particularly important for the IFN response to immune stimulatory double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) because it elicits overlapping direct and indirect responses, the latter of which depend on type I IFN cytokines signaling via the IFN alpha receptor (IFNAR) to upregulate expression of interferon stimulated genes (ISGs). Single cell transcriptomics has emerged as a powerful tool for revealing functional variability within cell populations. METHODS: Here, we use single cell RNA-Seq to examine BMDM heterogeneity at steady state and after immune-stimulatory DNA stimulation, with or without IFNAR-dependent amplification. RESULTS: We find that many macrophages express ISGs after DNA stimulation. We also find that a subset of macrophages express ISGs even if IFNAR is inhibited, suggesting that they are direct responders. Analysis of this subset reveals Ccl5 to be an IFNAR-independent marker gene of direct DNA sensing cells. DISCUSSION: Our studies provide a method for studying direct responders to IFN-inducing stimuli and demonstrate the importance of characterizing BMDM models of innate immune responses with single cell resolution. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 McCarty, Yu, Ninh, Calcagno, Lee and King. FAU - McCarty, Emily AU - McCarty E AD - Department of Bioengineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States. FAU - Yu, Justin AU - Yu J AD - Department of Bioengineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States. FAU - Ninh, Van K AU - Ninh VK AD - Department of Bioengineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States. FAU - Calcagno, David M AU - Calcagno DM AD - Department of Bioengineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States. FAU - Lee, Jodi AU - Lee J AD - Department of Bioengineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States. FAU - King, Kevin R AU - King KR AD - Department of Bioengineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States. AD - Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States. LA - eng GR - DP2 AR075321/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 HL007444/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - S10 OD026929/OD/NIH HHS/United States GR - R00 HL129168/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 HL105373/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20230518 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - 0 (Interferon Type I) RN - 0 (Interferon-alpha) SB - IM MH - Biomarkers MH - DNA MH - *Interferon Type I/metabolism MH - Interferon-alpha MH - Macrophages MH - *Transcriptome MH - Animals MH - Mice PMC - PMC10232813 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Ccl5 OT - Ifnar OT - Irf3 OT - dsDNA OT - interferon stimulated genes OT - macrophages OT - single cell RNA-Seq OT - transcriptomics COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/06/05 19:10 MHDA- 2023/06/07 06:42 PMCR- 2023/01/01 CRDT- 2023/06/05 12:23 PHST- 2023/04/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/05/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/07 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/05 19:10 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/05 12:23 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1199730 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2023 May 18;14:1199730. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1199730. eCollection 2023.