Neuronal Substance P-driven MRGPRX2-dependent Mast Cell Degranulation Products Differentially Promote Vascular Permeability

Overview

Journal Front Immunol

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2024 Dec 6

PMID 39640264

Authors

Masakazu Nagamine

Ayako Kaitani

Kumi Izawa

Tomoaki Ando

Akihisa Yoshikawa

Masahiro Nakamura

Akie Maehara

Risa Yamamoto

Yoko Okamoto

Hexing Wang

Hiromichi Yamada

Keiko Maeda

Nobuhiro Nakano

Toshiaki Shimizu

Hideoki Ogawa

Ko Okumura

Jiro Kitaura

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Abstract

Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor b2 (Mrgprb2) binding to its cationic endogenous and exogenous ligands induces mast cell degranulation and promotes inflammation in mice. However, the physiological roles of its human homologue MRGPRX2 remain unclear. Here we aimed to elucidate the mechanisms by which MRGPRX2 regulates vascular permeability, and generated MRGPRX2 knock-in (MRGPRX2-KI) and Mrgprb2 knockout (Mrgprb2-KO) mice. Substance P (SP) and ciprofloxacin strongly degranulated MRGPRX2-KI peritoneal mast cells (PMCs) better than WT PMCs, whereas Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p) extract and phenol-soluble modulin α3 (PSMα3) did not degranulate PMCs. SP-stimulated MRGPRX2-KI PMCs released large amounts of histamine and mast cell protease 4 (MCPT4) chymase. Der p extract, PSMα3, and MCPT4, but not histamine, induced SP release from dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells. However, this effect of Der p extract/PSMα3 was suppressed by a transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) antagonist. SP-, ciprofloxacin-, Der p extract-, PSMα3-, and MCPT4-induced vascular permeability was highest in MRGPRX2-KI mice, which depended on SP. In addition, SP-, ciprofloxacin- and PSMα3-induced MRGPRX2-dependent vascular hyperpermeability was suppressed by antihistamine and chymase inhibitor. TRPV1 antagonist also inhibited PSMα3-induced MRGPRX2-dependent vascular hyperpermeability. Both Mrgprb2-KO and MRGPRX2-KI did not influence the histamine-induced murine vascular hyperpermeability. Overall, our results suggest that neuronal SP induces MRGPRX2-dependent mast cell degranulation, releasing histamine and chymase, which promote vascular hyperpermeability directly or indirectly via DRG cell activation. Importantly, the worsening cycle (MRGPRX2 → mast cell degranulation → chymase → DRG activation → SP → MRGPRX2) seems to play an important role in human MRGPRX2-depdendent inflammation.

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