Toll-like receptor 7 is reduced in severe asthma and linked to altered microRNA profile
Toll-like receptor 7 is reduced in severe asthma and linked to altered microRNA profile
RATIONALE:Asthma is one of the commonest chronic diseases worldwide and severe asthma sufferers experience recurrent exacerbations. Exacerbations are predominantly viral-associated and have been linked to defective airway interferon responses. Ascertaining the molecular mechanisms underlying this deficiency is a major research goal in order to identify new therapeutic targets.
OBJECTIVES:We investigated the hypothesis that reduced toll-like receptor (TLR) 7-derived signalling was driving the impaired interferon responses to rhinovirus by asthmatic alveolar macrophages (AMs) and molecular mechanisms underlying this deficiency were explored.
METHODS:AMs were recovered from bronchoalveolar lavage from healthy and severe asthma subjects. Expression of pattern-recognition receptors and microRNAs was evaluated by quantitative PCR and western blotting. A TLR7-luciferase reporter construct was created to evaluate binding of microRNAs to the 3'UTR of TLR7. Interferon production was measured by quantitative PCR and ELISA.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:The expression of TLR7 was significantly reduced in severe asthma AMs and was associated with reduced rhinovirus and imiquimod-induced interferon responses by these cells compared to healthy AMs. Severe asthma AMs also expressed increased levels of 3 microRNAs that we showed are able to directly reduce TLR7 expression. Ex vivo knock-down of these microRNAs restored TLR7 expression with concomitant augmentation of virus-induced interferon production.
microrna, TLR, interferon, macrophages, rhinovirus
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Howarth, Peter
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Martinez-Nunez, Rocio Teresa
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Havelock, Tom
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Grainge, Chris
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Francisco-Garcia, Ana
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Jayasekera, Nivenka
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Dennison, Patrick
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Sanchez-Elsner, Tilman
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Rupani, Hitasha
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Howarth, Peter
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Lau, Laurie
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Martinez-Nunez, Rocio Teresa
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Havelock, Tom
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Grainge, Chris
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Francisco-Garcia, Ana
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Jayasekera, Nivenka
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Sanchez-Elsner, Tilman, Rupani, Hitasha, Howarth, Peter, Lau, Laurie, Martinez-Nunez, Rocio Teresa, Havelock, Tom, Grainge, Chris, Francisco-Garcia, Ana, Jayasekera, Nivenka and Dennison, Patrick
(2016)
Toll-like receptor 7 is reduced in severe asthma and linked to altered microRNA profile.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 194 (1), .
(doi:10.1164/rccm.201502-0280OC).
(PMID:26815632)
Abstract
RATIONALE:Asthma is one of the commonest chronic diseases worldwide and severe asthma sufferers experience recurrent exacerbations. Exacerbations are predominantly viral-associated and have been linked to defective airway interferon responses. Ascertaining the molecular mechanisms underlying this deficiency is a major research goal in order to identify new therapeutic targets.
OBJECTIVES:We investigated the hypothesis that reduced toll-like receptor (TLR) 7-derived signalling was driving the impaired interferon responses to rhinovirus by asthmatic alveolar macrophages (AMs) and molecular mechanisms underlying this deficiency were explored.
METHODS:AMs were recovered from bronchoalveolar lavage from healthy and severe asthma subjects. Expression of pattern-recognition receptors and microRNAs was evaluated by quantitative PCR and western blotting. A TLR7-luciferase reporter construct was created to evaluate binding of microRNAs to the 3'UTR of TLR7. Interferon production was measured by quantitative PCR and ELISA.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:The expression of TLR7 was significantly reduced in severe asthma AMs and was associated with reduced rhinovirus and imiquimod-induced interferon responses by these cells compared to healthy AMs. Severe asthma AMs also expressed increased levels of 3 microRNAs that we showed are able to directly reduce TLR7 expression. Ex vivo knock-down of these microRNAs restored TLR7 expression with concomitant augmentation of virus-induced interferon production.
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Accepted/In Press date: 25 January 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 January 2016
Keywords:
microrna, TLR, interferon, macrophages, rhinovirus
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Clinical & Experimental Sciences
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Local EPrints ID: 386771
URI: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/386771
ISSN: 1073-449X
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Hitasha Rupani
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Laurie Lau
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Rocio Teresa Martinez-Nunez
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Tom Havelock
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Chris Grainge
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Ana Francisco-Garcia
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Nivenka Jayasekera
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Patrick Dennison
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