Rheumatoid arthritis and citrullination.
Rheumatoid arthritis and citrullination.
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DOI:
10.1097/bor.0000000000000452
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发表时间:
2018-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Andrade F
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作者:
Darrah E;Andrade F
Dysregulated citrullination is a key element that drives the production and maintenance of antibodies to citrullinated proteins, a hallmark in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This article reviews recent literature on the origin of citrullinated antigens in RA. The study of synovial fluid (SF) from patients with RA has provide important insights into the identity of citrullinated proteins that accumulate in the RA joint (the RA citrullinome) and mechanisms that control their generation. Citrullinating enzymes (peptidylarginine deiminases, PADs) are tightly controlled to limit their hyperactivation. Calcium and redox conditions are important regulators of PAD activity. Studies suggest that citrullination is dysregulated both intra- and extracellularly in RA. In neutrophils, host (i.e. perforin and the membrane attack complex) and bacterial (i.e. toxins) pore-forming proteins induce prominent calcium influx, cytolysis and hyperactivation of PADs, which likely maintain hypercitrullination in the RA joint and at extra-articular sites of disease initiation, respectively. Autoantibodies that bind and activate PAD4 have also been identified in the circulation of patients with severe RA. Since the extracellular environment is oxidizing, conditions that are known to inactivate PADs, efficient extracellular citrullination in RA probably requires the constant release of active enzymes from dying cells and may be accelerated by PAD-activating autoantibodies. Understanding how PADs are hyperactivated in patients with RA and the array of citrullinated proteins generated (i.e. the citrullinome), is important to identifying pathways responsible for the development and maintenance of anti-citrullinated protein immune responses.