ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2021
Xist attenuates acute inflammatory response by female cells.
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- Epigenomic landscape of the human dorsal root ganglion: sex differences and transcriptional regulation of nociceptive genes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Epigenetic developmental mechanisms underlying sex differences in cancer.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2024Review
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- lncRNA XIST Interacts with Regulatory T Cells within the Tumor Microenvironment in Chronic Hepatitis B-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Turk patoloji dergisi · 2024Article
- Modulation of recovery from neonatal hyperoxic lung injury by sex as a biological variable.Redox biology · 2023Article
- Association of XIST/miRNA155/Gab2/TAK1 cascade with the pathogenesis of anti-phospholipid syndrome and its effect on cell adhesion molecules and inflammatory mediators.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Biological sex influences inflammatory response, as there is a greater incidence of acute inflammation in men and chronic inflammation in women. Here, we report that acute inflammation is attenuated by X-inactive specific transcript (Xist), a female cell-specific nuclear long noncoding RNA crucial for X-chromosome inactivation. Lipopolysaccharide-mediated acute inflammation increased Xist levels in the cytoplasm of female mouse J774A.1 macrophages and human AML193 monocytes. In both cell types, cytoplasmic Xist colocalizes with the p65 subunit of NF-κB. This interaction was associated with reduced NF-κB nuclear migration, suggesting a novel mechanism to suppress acute inflammation. Further supporting this hypothesis, expression of 5' XIST in male cells significantly reduced IL-6 and NF-κB activity. Adoptive transfer of male splenocytes expressing Xist reduced acute paw swelling in male mice indicating that Xist can have a protective anti-inflammatory effect. These findings show that XIST has functions beyond X chromosome inactivation and suggest that XIST can contribute to sex-specific differences underlying inflammatory response by attenuating acute inflammation in women.
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