MicroRNA-132 Potentiates Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Signaling by Targeting Acetylcholinesterase
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MicroRNA-132 Potentiates Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Signaling by Targeting Acetylcholinesterase. / Shaked, Iftach; Meerson, Ari; Wolf, Yochai; Avni, Ran; Greenberg, David; Gilboa-Geffen, Adi; Soreq, Hermona.
In: Immunity, Vol. 31, No. 6, 18.12.2009, p. 965-973.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - MicroRNA-132 Potentiates Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Signaling by Targeting Acetylcholinesterase
AU - Shaked, Iftach
AU - Meerson, Ari
AU - Wolf, Yochai
AU - Avni, Ran
AU - Greenberg, David
AU - Gilboa-Geffen, Adi
AU - Soreq, Hermona
PY - 2009/12/18
Y1 - 2009/12/18
N2 - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) contribute to both neuronal and immune cell fate, but their involvement in intertissue communication remained unexplored. The brain, via vagal secretion of acetylcholine (ACh), suppresses peripheral inflammation by intercepting cytokine production; therefore, we predicted that microRNAs targeting acetylcholinesterase (AChE) can attenuate inflammation. Here, we report that inflammatory stimuli induced leukocyte overexpression of the AChE-targeting miR-132. Injected locked nucleic acid (LNA)-modified anti-miR-132 oligonucleotide depleted miR-132 amounts while elevating AChE in mouse circulation and tissues. In transfected cells, a mutated 3'UTR miR-132 binding site increased AChE mRNA expression, whereas cells infected with a lentivirus expressing pre-miR-132 showed suppressed AChE. Transgenic mice overexpressing 3'UTR null AChE showed excessive inflammatory mediators and impaired cholinergic anti-inflammatory regulation, in spite of substantial miR-132 upregulation in brain and bone marrow. Our findings identify the AChE mRNA-targeting miR-132 as a functional regulator of the brain-to-body resolution of inflammation, opening avenues for study and therapeutic manipulations of the neuro-immune dialog.
AB - MicroRNAs (miRNAs) contribute to both neuronal and immune cell fate, but their involvement in intertissue communication remained unexplored. The brain, via vagal secretion of acetylcholine (ACh), suppresses peripheral inflammation by intercepting cytokine production; therefore, we predicted that microRNAs targeting acetylcholinesterase (AChE) can attenuate inflammation. Here, we report that inflammatory stimuli induced leukocyte overexpression of the AChE-targeting miR-132. Injected locked nucleic acid (LNA)-modified anti-miR-132 oligonucleotide depleted miR-132 amounts while elevating AChE in mouse circulation and tissues. In transfected cells, a mutated 3'UTR miR-132 binding site increased AChE mRNA expression, whereas cells infected with a lentivirus expressing pre-miR-132 showed suppressed AChE. Transgenic mice overexpressing 3'UTR null AChE showed excessive inflammatory mediators and impaired cholinergic anti-inflammatory regulation, in spite of substantial miR-132 upregulation in brain and bone marrow. Our findings identify the AChE mRNA-targeting miR-132 as a functional regulator of the brain-to-body resolution of inflammation, opening avenues for study and therapeutic manipulations of the neuro-immune dialog.
KW - GENE-EXPRESSION
KW - DENDRITIC CELLS
KW - SPLICE VARIANTS
KW - HEART-FAILURE
KW - HOST RESPONSE
KW - VAGUS NERVE
KW - PATHWAY
KW - ACTIVATION
KW - BRAIN
KW - INFLAMMATION
U2 - 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.09.019
DO - 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.09.019
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 965
EP - 973
JO - Immunity
JF - Immunity
SN - 1074-7613
IS - 6
ER -
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