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ArticleCellular & molecular immunology2021

Three paralogous clusters of the miR-17~92 family of microRNAs restrain IL-12-mediated immune defense.

Xiang Zhang, Sinead M Smith, Xi Wang, Baohong Zhao, Li Wu, Xiaoyu Hu

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Article in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiang ZhangInstitute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4729-0581
Sinead M SmithDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3460-3590
Xi WangDepartment of Immunology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Cancer Invasion and Metastasis, Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China.
Baohong ZhaoArthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program and the David Z. Rosensweig Genomics Research Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Li WuInstitute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Xiaoyu HuInstitute for Immunology and School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. xiaoyuhu@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-6998
Center for Life Sciences · CNCapital Medical University · CNHospital for Special Surgery · USKing Center · USTrinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2015CB943200Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2015CB943201National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31330027National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31821003, 31725010, 81571580, 91642115, and 81661130161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been widely implicated in immune regulation, but evidence for the coordinated function of paralogous miRNA clusters remains scarce. Here, by using genetically modified mice with individual or combined cluster deficiencies, we found that three paralogous clusters of the miR-17~92 family of miRNAs collectively suppressed IL-12 production in macrophages. Accordingly, miR-17~92 family miRNAs deficiencies resulted in heightened production of IL-12 and thus enhanced the host defense against intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in vivo. Mechanistically, different members of the miR-17~92 family of miRNAs acted on a common target, PTEN, to inhibit IL-12 expression by modulating the PI3K-Akt-GSK3 pathway. In addition, the expression of miR-17~92 family miRNAs was collectively inhibited by the transcription factor RBP-J, and RBP-J-associated macrophage functional defects were genetically rescued by deleting three clusters of miR-17~92 family miRNAs on a RBP-J null background. Thus, our results illustrated key roles of three clusters of miR-17~92 family miRNAs in cooperatively controlling IL-12-mediated immune responses and identified miR-17~92 family miRNAs as functional targets of RBP-J in macrophages.

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MicroRNAsAnimalsGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3Interleukin-12MacrophagesMicePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3Interleukin-12MicroRNAsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesIL-12MacrophagesmicroRNAmiR-17~92 family miRNAsRBP-J

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PMID32015501
PMCPMC8245425
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