Crosstalk Between RNA-Binding Proteins and Immune Microenvironment Revealed Two RBP Regulatory Patterns with Distinct Immunophenotypes in Periodontitis

Overview

Journal J Immunol Res

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2021 Jul 21

PMID 34285922

Authors

Lu Xing

Guanqun Meng

Tian Chen

Xiaoqi Zhang

Ding Bai

Hui Xu

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Abstract

Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease whose pathogenesis is closely related with immunology. RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) were found to play crucial roles in immunity. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the potential impact of RBPs in the immune microenvironment in periodontitis. The differential expressions of RBPs in periodontitis and healthy samples were determined and were used to construct an RBP-based classifier for periodontitis using logistic regression. The correlations between RBPs and immune characteristics were investigated by the Spearman correlation. Unsupervised clustering was conducted to identify the RBP regulatory patterns. RBP-related genes were identified by WGCNA, while biological distinctions were revealed by GSVA and GO. 24 dysregulated RBPs were identified, from which a 12-RBP classifier was established to distinguish periodontitis with AUC of 0.942. Close protein-protein interactions and expression correlations were observed especially between SPATS2 and ISG20. ISG20 and ESRP1 were found to be highly correlated with immunocyte infiltration, immune signaling activation, and HLA expressions in periodontitis. Two distinct RBP regulatory patterns were identified with different immune and other biological characteristics in periodontitis. Our findings indicate a significant impact of RBPs in shaping the immune microenvironment in periodontitis, which might bring new insights into the understanding of immune mechanisms in the pathogenesis of periodontitis.

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