Brief Report: Drugs Implicated in Systemic Autoimmunity Modulate Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation
2018
Objective
Aberrant neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation has been implicated as a mechanism to induce auto-reactivity in at-risk individuals. The study objective was to assess whether medications implicated in cases of drug-induced autoimmunity (hydralazine and procainamide) and medications less commonly associated with drug-induced autoimmunity (minocycline and clozapine) induce NET formation and/or prevent NET degradation.
Methods
Human neutrophils were incubated with the drugs of interest and resultant NET formation was quantified by fluorescent microscopy. The ability of these drugs to interfere with NET degradation by serum nucleases was assessed. Pathways of drug-induced NET formation were studied with pharmacologic inhibitors of reactive oxygen species (ROS), peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs), and muscarinic receptors, and by assessment of intracellular calcium levels by flow cytometry. To determine if NET protein cargo varies by drug stimuli and/or neutrophil source, proteomic analysis of NET lysates induced by specific medications was compared using neutrophils from healthy donors and from patients with autoimmune diseases.
Results
Hydralazine and procainamide significantly induced NET formation while minocycline and clozapine did not. None of the medications significantly impaired NET degradation. NETosis induced by these drugs required NADPH oxidase and PAD4 activation. Procainamide triggered NETs via muscarinic receptor engagement on neutrophils, while hydralazine modulated calcium release from intracellular stores. Differences in protein cargo, particularly histone content, were observed in NETs induced by hydralazine and procainamide.
Conclusion
Medications commonly implicated in drug-induced autoimmunity trigger NET formation displaying distinct protein cargo, via common and specific pathways. NETosis may play a role in the pathogenesis of drug-induced autoimmunity.
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