ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2024
Identification of memory mechanism in tissue-resident stem cells via ANGPTL4 beyond immune cells upon viral antigen exposure.
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Abstract
Although memory functions of immune cells characterized by increased resistance to subsequent infections after initial pathogen exposure are well-established, it remains unclear whether non-immune cells, especially tissue-resident stem cells, exhibit similar memory mechanisms. The present study revealed that detrimental effects of initial viral antigen exposure (human papillomavirus [HPV]) on diverse stem cell functions were significantly exacerbated upon subsequent secondary exposure both in vitro and in vivo. Importantly, endometrial stem cells exhibited robust memory functions following consecutive HPV antigen exposures, whereas fully differentiated cells such as fibroblasts and vesicular cells did not show corresponding changes in response to the same antigen exposures. Deficiency of angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) achieved through small hairpin RNA knockdown in vitro and knockout (KO) mice in vivo highlighted the critical role of ANGPTL4 in governing memory functions associated with various stem cell processes. This regulation occurred through histone H3 methylation alterations and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways in response to successive HPV antigen exposures. Furthermore, memory functions associated with various stem cell functions that were evident in wild-type mice following consecutive exposures to HPV antigen were not observed in ANGPTL4 KO mice. In summary, our findings strongly support the presence of memory mechanism in non-immune cells, particularly tissue-resident stem cells.
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