Host-Directed Targeting of lincRNA-MIR99AHG Suppresses Intracellular Growth of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Social Science Research Network(2020)
摘要
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills 1.6 million people worldwide every year, and there is an urgent need for targeting host-pathogen interactions as a strategy to reduce mycobacterial resistance to current antimicrobials. Non-coding RNAs are emerging as important regulators of numerous biological processes and avenues for exploitation in host-directed therapeutics. Although long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are abundantly expressed in immune cells, their functional role in gene regulation and bacterial infections remains under-studied. Here, we identify an immunoregulatory, lincRNA-MIR99AHG, which is upregulated in macrophages upon IL-4/IL-13 stimulation and downregulated after Mtb infection and in active TB patients. To evaluate the functional role of lincRNA-MIR99AHG, we employed antisense GapmeR-mediated lncRNA knockdown experiments. Knockdown of lincRNA-MIR99AHG with LNA-GapmeRs significantly reduced intracellular Mtb growth in mouse and human macrophages and reduced proinflammatory cytokine production. In addition, in vivo treatment with MIR99AHG LNA-GapmeRs reduced the mycobacterial burden in the lung and spleen. In vivo LNA-GapmeR treatment experiments demonstrated a role of lincRNA-MIR99AHG as a regulator of macrophage polarization and a target for Mtb growth. Further, lincRNA-MIR99AHG translocated to the nucleus and interacts with a high affinity to hnRNPA2/B1 following IL-4/IL-13 stimulation and Mtb infection. Together, these findings identify lincRNA-MIR99AHG as a positive regulator of inflammation to promote Mtb growth and a possible target for host-directed therapeutics against TB.
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M. tuberculosis, long noncoding RNAs, host-directed therapy, macrophages, inflammation
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