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CircIRAK3 Promotes Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation by Improving the Stability of ELANE mRNA in Sepsis.

Yao Lu, Huang Wu, Yuanyuan Luo, Wenjun Xia, Denglian Sun, Ruichi Chen, Zeqing Miao, Weiwei Zhang, Yang Yu, Aiqing Wen

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Yao Lu *Department of Blood Transfusion, Daping Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Burns and Combined Injury, Army Medical University, NO 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping District, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Huang Wu *Department of Blood Transfusion, Daping Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Burns and Combined Injury, Army Medical University, NO 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping District, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Yuanyuan LuoDepartment of Blood Transfusion Medicine, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, NO 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China.
Wenjun XiaDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Daping Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Burns and Combined Injury, Army Medical University, NO 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping District, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Denglian SunDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Daping Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Burns and Combined Injury, Army Medical University, NO 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping District, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Ruichi ChenDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Daping Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Burns and Combined Injury, Army Medical University, NO 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping District, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Zeqing MiaoDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Daping Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Burns and Combined Injury, Army Medical University, NO 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping District, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Weiwei ZhangDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Daping Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Burns and Combined Injury, Army Medical University, NO 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping District, Chongqing, 400042, China.
Yang YuDepartment of Blood Transfusion Medicine, The First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, NO 28, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China. yuyangpla301@163.com.
Aiqing WenDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Daping Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, Burns and Combined Injury, Army Medical University, NO 10, Changjiang Branch Road, Daping District, Chongqing, 400042, China. wenaiqing@tmmu.edu.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) has been shown to exacerbate inflammatory injury and organ damage in patients with sepsis. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) abnormally expressed in immune cells of sepsis patients, and play an important role in the pathogenesis of dysregulated immune responses. However, the functions of circRNAs in NET formation during sepsis remain unknown. Here, we identified circIRAK3, a novel circRNA that was upregulated in peripheral blood neutrophils of sepsis patients. Combining clinical data, we revealed that elevated circIRAK3 was positively correlated with blood NET levels. Furthermore, knockdown and overexpression in differentiated HL-60 (dHL-60) neutrophil-like cells demonstrated that circIRAK3 promoted NET formation. In addition, we found that circIRAK3 promoted NET formation via positively regulating elastase expression in dHL-60 cells when treated with inflammatory stimuli. Mechanistically, circIRAK3 directly interacted with ELAVL1 to improve ELANE mRNA stability and consequently promote elastase protein expression. In summary, our study reveals that circIRAK3 promotes NET formation in sepsis by increasing ELANE mRNA levels.

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Extracellular TrapsLeukocyte ElastaseNeutrophilsRNA, CircularRNA, MessengerRNA StabilitySepsisELAV-Like Protein 1HL-60 CellsHumansELANE protein, humanELAVL1 protein, humanELAV-Like Protein 1Leukocyte ElastaseRNA, CircularRNA, MessengerCircular RNAELANEELAVL1mRNA stabilityNeutrophil extracellular trapSepsis

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PMCPMC12336077

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