Inhibition of anti-inflammatory cytokines, IL-10 and TGF-β, in Leishmania major infected macrophage by miRNAs: A new therapeutic modality against leishmaniasis.

Autor: Hamidi F; Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Mohammadi-Yeganeh S; Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Haji Molla Hoseini M; Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Seyyed Tabaei SJ; Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Taghipour N; Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Lasjerdi Z; Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., Gholamrezaei M; Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran., Haghighi A; Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: a_haghighi@sbmu.ac.ir.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Microbial pathogenesis [Microb Pathog] 2021 Apr; Vol. 153, pp. 104777. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104777
Abstrakt: Leishmania major (L. major) applies several mechanisms to escape the immune system. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) and Transforming Growth Factor (TGF-β) downregulate nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) leading to the survival of Leishmania within macrophages. The miRNAs are known as the modulators of the immune system. The present study was conducted to assess the effect of synthetic miR-340 mimic on cytokines (IL-10 and TGF-β1) involved in L. major infected macrophages. The miRNAs targeting of IL-10 and TGF-β1 was predicted using bioinformatic tools. Relative expression of predicted miRNA, IL-10, and TGF-β1 was measured by RT-qPCR before and after synthetic miRNA mimic transfection. Concentration of IL-10 and TGF-β was measured in posttreatment condition using ELISA method. Also, infectivity was assessed by Giemsa staining. mmu-miR-340 received the highest score for targeting cytokines. The expression of miR-340 was downregulated in L. major infected macrophages. By contrast, expression of IL-10 and TGF-β1 was upregulated in infected macrophages. After miRNA transfection, TGF-β1 and IL-10 were both downregulated and interestingly, the combination of miR-340 and miR-27a had a stronger effect on the downregulation of target genes. This research revealed that transfection of infected macrophages with miR-340 alone or in combination with miR-27a mimic can reduce macrophage infectivity and might be introduced as a novel therapeutic agent for cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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