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Single-cell profiling identifies a CD8bright CD244bright Natural Killer cell subset that reflects disease activity in HLA-A29-positive birdshot chorioretinopathy

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  • Pulak R. Nath

    (NIH
    A Miltenyi Biotec Company)

  • Mary Maclean

    (NIH
    NIAMS)

  • Vijay Nagarajan

    (NIH
    NIH)

  • Jung Wha Lee

    (NIH)

  • Mehmet Yakin

    (NIH)

  • Aman Kumar

    (NIH)

  • Hadi Nadali

    (NIH)

  • Brian Schmidt

    (NIH)

  • Koray D. Kaya

    (NIH)

  • Shilpa Kodati

    (NIH)

  • Alice Young

    (NIH)

  • Rachel R. Caspi

    (NIH)

  • Jonas J. W. Kuiper

    (University of Utrecht)

  • H. Nida Sen

    (NIH)

Abstract

Birdshot chorioretinopathy is an inflammatory eye condition strongly associated with MHC-I allele HLA-A29. The striking association with MHC-I suggests involvement of T cells, whereas natural killer (NK) cell involvement remains largely unstudied. Here we show that HLA-A29-positive birdshot chorioretinopathy patients have a skewed NK cell pool containing expanded CD16 positive NK cells which produce more proinflammatory cytokines. These NK cells contain populations that express CD8A which is involved in MHC-I recognition on target cells, display gene signatures indicative of high cytotoxic activity (GZMB, PRF1 and ISG15), and signaling through NK cell receptor CD244 (SH2D1B). Long-term monitoring of a cohort of birdshot chorioretinopathy patients with active disease identifies a population of CD8bright CD244bright NK cells, which rapidly declines to normal levels upon clinical remission following successful treatment. Collectively, these studies implicate CD8bright CD244bright NK cells in birdshot chorioretinopathy.

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  • Pulak R. Nath & Mary Maclean & Vijay Nagarajan & Jung Wha Lee & Mehmet Yakin & Aman Kumar & Hadi Nadali & Brian Schmidt & Koray D. Kaya & Shilpa Kodati & Alice Young & Rachel R. Caspi & Jonas J. W. Ku, 2024. "Single-cell profiling identifies a CD8bright CD244bright Natural Killer cell subset that reflects disease activity in HLA-A29-positive birdshot chorioretinopathy," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-50472-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50472-0
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