Lipid-orchestrated paracrine circuit coordinates mast cell maturation and anaphylaxis through functional interaction with fibroblasts

Immunity. 2024 Aug 13;57(8):1828-1847.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.06.012. Epub 2024 Jul 12.

Abstract

Interaction of mast cells (MCs) with fibroblasts is essential for MC maturation within tissue microenvironments, although the underlying mechanism is incompletely understood. Through a phenotypic screening of >30 mouse lines deficient in lipid-related genes, we found that deletion of the lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor LPA1, like that of the phospholipase PLA2G3, the prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) synthase L-PGDS, or the PGD2 receptor DP1, impairs MC maturation and thereby anaphylaxis. Mechanistically, MC-secreted PLA2G3 acts on extracellular vesicles (EVs) to supply lysophospholipids, which are converted by fibroblast-derived autotaxin (ATX) to LPA. Fibroblast LPA1 then integrates multiple pathways required for MC maturation by facilitating integrin-mediated MC-fibroblast adhesion, IL-33-ST2 signaling, L-PGDS-driven PGD2 generation, and feedforward ATX-LPA1 amplification. Defective MC maturation resulting from PLA2G3 deficiency is restored by supplementation with LPA1 agonists or PLA2G3-modified EVs. Thus, the lipid-orchestrated paracrine circuit involving PLA2G3-driven lysophospholipid, eicosanoid, integrin, and cytokine signaling fine-tunes MC-fibroblast communication, ensuring MC maturation.

Keywords: anaphylaxis; fibroblast; lipid mediator; lysophosphatidic acid; mast cell; phospholipase A(2); prostaglandin.

MeSH terms

  • Anaphylaxis* / immunology
  • Anaphylaxis* / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Extracellular Vesicles / metabolism
  • Fibroblasts* / metabolism
  • Interleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 Protein
  • Interleukin-33 / metabolism
  • Intramolecular Oxidoreductases / genetics
  • Intramolecular Oxidoreductases / metabolism
  • Lipocalins
  • Lysophospholipids* / metabolism
  • Mast Cells* / immunology
  • Mast Cells* / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout*
  • Paracrine Communication*
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases* / genetics
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases* / metabolism
  • Prostaglandin D2 / metabolism
  • Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid* / genetics
  • Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid* / metabolism
  • Receptors, Prostaglandin / genetics
  • Receptors, Prostaglandin / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction*

Substances

  • Lysophospholipids
  • Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases
  • lysophosphatidic acid
  • alkylglycerophosphoethanolamine phosphodiesterase
  • Prostaglandin D2
  • Interleukin-33
  • Intramolecular Oxidoreductases
  • prostaglandin R2 D-isomerase
  • lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1, mouse
  • Receptors, Prostaglandin
  • Il1rl1 protein, mouse
  • Il33 protein, mouse
  • Interleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 Protein
  • Lipocalins