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- Title
Integrated Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Analyses Reveal Histidine Metabolism Plays an Important Role in Imiquimod-Induced Psoriasis-like Skin Inflammation.
- Authors
Wu, Xia; Zhu, Jiang; Chen, Siji; Xu, Yaohan; Hua, Chunting; Lai, Lihua; Cheng, Hao; Song, Yinjing; Chen, Xianzhen
- Abstract
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by massive keratinocyte proliferation and immune cell infiltration into the epidermis. However, the specific mechanisms underlying the development of psoriasis remain unclear. Untargeted metabolomics and transcriptomics have been used separately to profile biomarkers and risk genes in the serum of psoriasis patients. However, the integration of metabolomics and transcriptomics to identify dysregulated metabolites and genes in the psoriatic skin is lacking. In this study, we performed an untargeted metabolomics analysis of imiquimod (IMQ)-induced psoriasis-like mice and healthy controls, and found that levels of a total of 4,188 metabolites differed in IMQ-induced psoriasis-like mice compared with those in control mice. Metabolomic data analysis using MetaboAnalyst showed that the metabolic pathways of primary metabolites, such as folate biosynthesis and galactose metabolism, were significantly altered in the skin of mice after treatment with IMQ. Furthermore, IMQ treatment also significantly altered metabolic pathways of secondary metabolites, including histidine metabolism, in mouse skin tissues. The metabolomic results were verified by transcriptomics analysis. RNA-seq results showed that histamine decarboxylase (HDC) mRNA levels were significantly upregulated after IMQ treatment. Targeted inhibition of histamine biosynthesis process using HDC-specific inhibitor, pinocembrin (PINO), significantly alleviated epidermal thickness, downregulated the expression of interleukin (IL)-17A and IL-23, and inhibited the infiltration of immune cells during IMQ-induced psoriasis-like skin inflammation. In conclusion, our study offers a validated and comprehensive understanding of metabolism during the development of psoriasis and demonstrated that PINO could protect against IMQ-induced psoriasis-like skin inflammation.
- Subjects
SKIN inflammation; METABOLITES; HISTIDINE; METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; SKIN diseases; AMINO acid metabolism
- Publication
DNA & Cell Biology, 2021, Vol 40, Issue 10, p1325
- ISSN
1044-5498
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/dna.2021.0465