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ArticleThe Journal of investigative dermatology2025

Pemphigus Vulgaris Autoantibodies Induce an Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response.

Coryn L Hoffman, Navaneetha Krishnan Bharathan, Yoshitaka Shibata, William Giang, Johann E Gudjonsson, John T Seykora, Stephen M Prouty, Sara N Stahley, Aimee S Payne, Andrew P Kowalczyk

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Article in The Journal of investigative dermatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Coryn L HoffmanDepartment of Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Navaneetha Krishnan BharathanDepartment of Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Yoshitaka ShibataDepartment of Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
William GiangDepartment of Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Johann E GudjonssonDepartment of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
John T SeykoraDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Stephen M ProutyDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sara N StahleyDepartment of Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Aimee S PayneDepartment of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Andrew P KowalczykDepartment of Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: AndrewKowalczyk@psu.edu.

Funding

Study Design and Data AnalysisP30AR069589 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Elizabeth Anne Grice · 2016 to 2026
$8.6M
Role of p0071 in Cutaneous Intercellular JunctionsR01AR048266 · NIAMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI ANDREW P. KOWALCZYK · 2002 to 2026
$8.2M
University of Michigan Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based CenterP30AR075043 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Johann Eli Gudjonsson · 2019 to 2026
$6.6M
Keratinocyte adhesion and signaling in the skin blistering disease pemphigus vulgarisR01AR081883 · NIAMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI ANDREW P. KOWALCZYK · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
Cadherin regulation of planar polarityR35GM150921 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI Sara N Stahley · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Immunomodulatory effects of desmoglein 3 chimeric autoantibody receptor T cells (DSG3-CAART) in mucosal pemphigus vulgarisR01AR082675 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Aimee S Payne · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR069589NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR075043NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR048266NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR081883NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR082675NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM150921
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Desmosomes are intercellular junctions that mediate cell-cell adhesion and are essential for maintaining tissue integrity. Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune epidermal blistering disease caused by autoantibodies (IgG) targeting desmoglein 3, a desmosomal cadherin. PV autoantibodies cause desmosome disassembly and loss of cell-cell adhesion; however, the molecular signaling pathways that regulate these processes are not fully understood. Using high-resolution time-lapse imaging of live keratinocytes, we found that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) tubules make frequent and persistent contacts with internalizing desmoglein 3 puncta in keratinocytes treated with IgG of patients with PV. Biochemical experiments demonstrated that PV IgG activated ER stress signaling pathways, including both IRE1⍺ and PERK pathways, in cultured keratinocytes. Furthermore, ER stress transcripts were upregulated in the skin of patients with PV. Pharmacological inhibition of ER stress protects against PV IgG-induced desmosome disruption and loss of keratinocyte cell-cell adhesion, suggesting that ER stress may be an important pathomechanism and a therapeutically targetable pathway for PV treatment. These data support a model in which desmosome adhesion is integrated with ER function to serve as a cell adhesion stress sensor that is activated in blistering skin diseases.

Indexed as

AutoantibodiesEndoplasmic Reticulum StressPemphigusCell AdhesionCells, CulturedDesmoglein 3DesmosomeseIF-2 KinaseEndoplasmic ReticulumEndoribonucleasesHumansImmunoglobulin GKeratinocytesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSignal TransductionAutoantibodiesDesmoglein 3DSG3 protein, humanEIF2AK3 protein, humaneIF-2 KinaseEndoribonucleasesERN1 protein, humanImmunoglobulin GProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesCadherinsDesmosomesEndoplasmic reticulumER stressPemphigus

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PMID39909113
PMCPMC12317713

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