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The role of immune checkpoint molecules in cutaneous vasculitis

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K17813
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 53050:Dermatology-related
Research InstitutionTokyo Women's Medical University (2020-2023)
Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University (2019)

Principal Investigator

Miyabe Chie  東京女子医科大学, 医学部, 非常勤講師 (80540426)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords血管炎 / 自己免疫性疾患 / T細胞 / 免疫チェックポイント / 皮膚 / 病原体 / PD-1 / 抑制性共刺激分子
Outline of Research at the Start

PD-1に代表される抑制性共刺激分子は、T細胞の免疫疲弊(増殖能低下、サイトカイン産生能低下、免疫記憶形成能低下)を誘導することで、過剰な免疫反応を制御する役割を持つが、近年血管炎病態への関与が示唆されている。 中型~大型血管炎においては一部研究が行われているが、小型血管炎における抑制性共刺激分子の研究は全く進んでいない。本研究では、小型血管炎で症状の現れやすい皮膚組織、および末梢血標本を用いて、小型血管炎発症における抑制性共刺激分子の動態を明らかにし、新たな診断・治療標的となる可能性を検討する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the profile of immune checkpoint molecules in the skin and peripheral blood of patients with vasculitis and healthy donors. We found that some of the inhibitory checkpoint molecules, including programmed cell death 1 receptor (PD-1), were elevated in T-cells in the blood. In addition, programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression was elevated in the skin of patients with vasculitis. Histologically, PD-L1 was highly expressed in the vessels in the skin along with CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell infiltration in patients with vasculitis. Notably, plasma soluble PD-L1 levels were also increased, and these correlated with fever, C-reactive protein, and creatinine titers in patients with vasculitis. Our findings suggest that inhibitory checkpoint molecules might be differentially modulated in the skin and peripheral blood, and that the alteration of the PD-L1/PD-1 axis may be associated with the regulation of T-cell activation in vasculitis.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、小型血管炎で症状の現れやすい皮膚組織、および末梢血を用いて、小型血管炎発症における抑制性共刺激分子の動態を明らかにした。皮膚血管炎では、T細胞活性化マーカーの発現が上昇している一方で、PD-L1/PD-1による抑制性シグナルも亢進し、皮膚と末梢血で異なる抑制性共刺激因子の構成を示す可能性が示唆された。皮膚血管炎は、全身症状の前駆的な症状を呈することもあれば、逆に自然軽快することも少なくない。この抑制性共刺激因子による免疫反応の制御が、皮膚血管炎の収束に何らかの役割を果たすことが推察され、血管炎の予後の予測に有用な情報の一つになる可能性がある。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (18 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 18 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Alteration of microbial composition in the skin and blood in vasculitis2023

    • Author(s)
      Miyata Ryujin、Miyabe Chie、Oki Hiroya、Motooka Daisuke、Nakamura Shota、Miyabe Yoshishige、Takenaka Yuko、Fukuya Yasuko、Yudo Kazuo、Ishiguro Naoko
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 13 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-023-42307-7

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Chemokines and chemokine receptors as promising targets in rheumatoid arthritis2023

    • Author(s)
      Murayama Masanori A.、Shimizu Jun、Miyabe Chie、Yudo Kazuo、Miyabe Yoshishige
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Immunology

      Volume: 14 Pages: 1100869-1100869

    • DOI

      10.3389/fimmu.2023.1100869

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Lithium carbonate‐induced Stevens‐Johnson syndrome: the first case report2022

    • Author(s)
      Itoh Madoka、Fukuya Yasuko、Endo Chihiro、Miyata Ryujin、Miyabe Chie、Tsunemi Yuichiro、Izumi Miki、Ishiguro Naoko
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Dermatology

      Volume: 62 Issue: 3

    • DOI

      10.1111/ijd.16367

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Nephritis‐associated plasmin receptor in the cutaneous vessels in <scp>IgA</scp> vasculitis2022

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Chie、Oda Takashi、Miyata Ryujin、Miyabe Yoshishige、Ishiguro Naoko
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Dermatology

      Volume: 50 Issue: 1 Pages: 102-103

    • DOI

      10.1111/1346-8138.16574

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Pathogens in Vasculitis: Is It Really Idiopathic?2021

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Chie, Miyabe Yoshishige, Miyata Ryujin, Ishiguro Naoko
    • Journal Title

      JMA Journal

      Volume: 4 Issue: 3 Pages: 216-224

    • DOI

      10.31662/jmaj.2021-0021

    • NAID

      130008072947

    • ISSN
      2433-328X, 2433-3298
    • Year and Date
      2021-07-15
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Immune checkpoint molecule expression is altered in the skin and peripheral blood in vasculitis2021

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Chie、Dong Yupeng、Ikeda Takaharu、Takahashi Kazuo、Miyabe Yoshishige、Kawakami Tamihiro
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-021-99558-5

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Skin lesions as the initial sign of systemic relapse in a case of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia2021

    • Author(s)
      Miyata Ryujin、Miyabe Chie、Fukuya Yasuko、Tanaka Norina、Tanaka Junji、Ishiguro Naoko
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Dermatology

      Volume: - Issue: 8

    • DOI

      10.1111/ijd.15956

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Editorial: Targeting the Chemoattractant System in Inflammation2021

    • Author(s)
      Hosoya Tadashi、Cordelia Dunai、Michael Benedict D.、Miyabe Chie、Nagai Jun、Murooka Thomas T.、Miyabe Yoshishige
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Pharmacology

      Volume: 12 Pages: 744290-744290

    • DOI

      10.3389/fphar.2021.744290

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Hypergammaglobulinemic purpura: Does hypergammaglobulinemia cause purpura?2021

    • Author(s)
      Kimura Keiko、Miyabe Chie、Miyata Ryujin、Fukuya Yasuko、Ishiguro Naoko
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Dermatology

      Volume: 48 Issue: 11

    • DOI

      10.1111/1346-8138.16122

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Case of hypergammaglobulinemic purpura successfully treated with colchicine2021

    • Author(s)
      Kimura Keiko、Miyabe Chie、Nakamura Shohei、Tochihara Mari、Ishiguro Naoko
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Dermatology

      Volume: 48 Issue: 10

    • DOI

      10.1111/1346-8138.16078

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Targeting the Chemokine System in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Vasculitis2020

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Yoshishige, Miyabe Chie, Iwai Yoshiko, Luster Andrew D.
    • Journal Title

      JMA Journal

      Volume: 3 Issue: 3 Pages: 182-192

    • DOI

      10.31662/jmaj.2020-0019

    • NAID

      130007905837

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Skin biopsies using dermoscopy for earlier diagnosis of intravascular large B‐cell lymphoma2020

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Chie、Nomura Jun、Ikeda Takaharu、Takahashi Kazuo、Kawakami Tamihiro
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Dermatology

      Volume: 47 Issue: 7

    • DOI

      10.1111/1346-8138.15350

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Relationship between lysosomal-associated membrane protein-2 and anti-phosphatidylserine/prothrombin complex antibody in the pathogenesis of cutaneous vasculitis2020

    • Author(s)
      Tamihiro Kawakami, Ayaka Kikuchi, Chie Miyabe, Takaharu Ikeda, Sora Takeuchi, Yuto Tamura, Yuka Nishibata, Sakiko Masuda, Daigo Nakazawa, Utano Tomaru, Akihiro Ishizu
    • Journal Title

      Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

      Volume: 38 Pages: 161-165

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Kojic acid alters pheomelanin content in human induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived melanocytes2020

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Chie、Dong Yupeng、Wakamatsu Kazumasa、Ito Shosuke、Kawakami Tamihiro
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Dermatology

      Volume: N/A Issue: 4 Pages: 435-436

    • DOI

      10.1111/1346-8138.15260

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Chemokines in rheumatic diseases: pathogenic role and therapeutic implications2019

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Yoshishige、Lian Jeffrey、Miyabe Chie、Luster Andrew D.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Reviews Rheumatology

      Volume: 15 Issue: 12 Pages: 731-746

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41584-019-0323-6

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Abrogation of lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 ameliorates murine vasculitis2019

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Chie、Miyabe Yoshishige、Nagai Jun、Miura Noriko N.、Ohno Naohito、Chun Jerold、Tsuboi Ryoji、Ueda Hiroshi、Miyasaka Masayuki、Miyasaka Nobuyuki、Nanki Toshihiro
    • Journal Title

      Arthritis Research & Therapy

      Volume: 21 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1186/s13075-019-1973-0

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Dectin-2?induced CCL2 production in tissue-resident macrophages ignites cardiac arteritis2019

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Chie、Miyabe Yoshishige、Bricio-Moreno Laura、Lian Jeffrey、Rahimi Rod A.、Miura Noriko N.、Ohno Naohito、Iwakura Yoichiro、Kawakami Tamihiro、Luster Andrew D.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Clinical Investigation

      Volume: 129 Issue: 9 Pages: 3610-3624

    • DOI

      10.1172/jci123778

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Atypical complement receptor C5aR2 transports C5a to initiate neutrophil adhesion and inflammation2019

    • Author(s)
      Miyabe Yoshishige、Miyabe Chie、Mani Vinidhra、Mempel Thorsten R.、Luster Andrew D.
    • Journal Title

      Science Immunology

      Volume: 4 Issue: 35

    • DOI

      10.1126/sciimmunol.aav5951

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 皮膚血管炎の研究ー最近のトピックス2023

    • Author(s)
      宮部千恵
    • Organizer
      日本皮膚科学会研修講習会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Dectin-2-induced CCL2 production in cardiac macrophages ignites vascular inflammation2019

    • Author(s)
      Chie Miyabe, Andrew Luster, Tamihiro Kawakami
    • Organizer
      日本皮膚科学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Dectin-2-induced CCL2 production in cardiac macrophages ignites vascular inflammation2019

    • Author(s)
      Chie Miyabe, Yoshishige Miyabe, Laura Moreno, Jeffrey Lian, Rod A. Rahimi, Noriko N. Miura, Naohito Ohno, Yoichiro Iwakura, Tamihiro Kawakami, Andrew D. Luster2
    • Organizer
      日本研究皮膚科学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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