Cell Reports (May 2023)

Tissue-resident, extravascular Ly6c− monocytes are critical for inflammation in the synovium

  • Anna B. Montgomery,
  • Shang Yang Chen,
  • Yidan Wang,
  • Gaurav Gadhvi,
  • Maximilian G. Mayr,
  • Carla M. Cuda,
  • Salina Dominguez,
  • Hadijat-Kubura Moradeke Makinde,
  • Miranda G. Gurra,
  • Alexander V. Misharin,
  • Arthur M. Mandelin,
  • Eric M. Ruderman,
  • Anjali Thakrar,
  • Simran Brar,
  • Mary Carns,
  • Kathleen Aren,
  • Mahzad Akbarpour,
  • Andrew Filer,
  • Saba Nayar,
  • Ana Teososio,
  • Triin Major,
  • Ankit Bharat,
  • G.R. Scott Budinger,
  • Deborah R. Winter,
  • Harris Perlman

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 5
p. 112513

Abstract

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Summary: Monocytes are abundant immune cells that infiltrate inflamed organs. However, the majority of monocyte studies focus on circulating cells, rather than those in tissue. Here, we identify and characterize an intravascular synovial monocyte population resembling circulating non-classical monocytes and an extravascular tissue-resident monocyte-lineage cell (TR-MC) population distinct in surface marker and transcriptional profile from circulating monocytes, dendritic cells, and tissue macrophages that are conserved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. TR-MCs are independent of NR4A1 and CCR2, long lived, and embryonically derived. TR-MCs undergo increased proliferation and reverse diapedesis dependent on LFA1 in response to arthrogenic stimuli and are required for the development of RA-like disease. Moreover, pathways that are activated in TR-MCs at the peak of arthritis overlap with those that are downregulated in LFA1−/− TR-MCs. These findings show a facet of mononuclear cell biology that could be imperative to understanding tissue-resident myeloid cell function in RA.

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