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MicroRNA expression profiling of intestinal mucosa tissue predicts multiple crucial regulatory molecules and signaling pathways for gut barrier dysfunction of AIDS patients

  • Authors:
    • Yu Xu
    • Hua‑Wei Wang
    • Hua‑You Luo
    • Ruo Shu
    • Jia Liu
    • Liang Sun
    • Xue‑Fei Han
    • Na Lin
    • Ting‑Hua Wang
    • Yu‑Jian Zeng
    • Kun‑Hua Wang
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  • Published online on: October 4, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.7722
  • Pages: 8854-8862
  • Copyright: © Xu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus‑1 (HIV‑1) infection severely damages the gut‑associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), the immune system and the gut barrier, which leads to accelerating the disease progression for patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) may contribute to this process. However, few studies have investigated the importance of miRNAs in AIDS pathogenesis and progression. The whole miRNA profile of patients with HIV infection from southwest P.R. China and the mode of interaction between HIV‑1 and miRNAs remains to be elucidated. Colon mucosal samples were collected from HIV+ patients and HIV‑ healthy individuals, miRNAs were isolated and subjected to array hybridization in the present study. A total of 476 human and virus‑derived microRNAs were significantly altered in the HIV+ group when compared with the control group (P<0.05), which may be involved in the progression to AIDS. Target genes of the significantly altered miRNAs were predicted using the TargetScan, miRbase and miRanda databases and the 10 shared target genes of upregulated miRNAs and the 391 target genes of downregulated miRNAs were selected. As only 10 target genes were predicted for upregulated miRNAs, subsequent GO and KEGG pathway analyses were focused on the 391 target genes of the downregulated miRNAs. The findings of the present study identified a series of crucial pathways, including cell‑extracellular matrix interaction and chemokine regulation, which indicated close affinity with CD4+ T cell activation. These pathways, involving genes such as integrin α5, led to a gut barrier dysfunction of patients with HIV. Important miRNAs include hsa‑miRNA‑32‑5p, hsa‑miRNA‑195‑5p, hsa‑miRNA‑20b‑5p, hsa‑miRNA‑590‑5p. The expression levels of the miRNAs and their target genes were confirmed using RT‑qPCR. Taking into previous observations, the findings of the present study identified the importance of miRNAs for regulating gut barrier dysfunction via multiple regulatory molecules and signaling pathways, which elucidated the underlying molecular mechanism of gut barrier dysfunction in patients with HIV.
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Xu Y, Wang HW, Luo HY, Shu R, Liu J, Sun L, Han XF, Lin N, Wang TH, Zeng YJ, Zeng YJ, et al: MicroRNA expression profiling of intestinal mucosa tissue predicts multiple crucial regulatory molecules and signaling pathways for gut barrier dysfunction of AIDS patients. Mol Med Rep 16: 8854-8862, 2017
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Xu, Y., Wang, H., Luo, H., Shu, R., Liu, J., Sun, L. ... Wang, K. (2017). MicroRNA expression profiling of intestinal mucosa tissue predicts multiple crucial regulatory molecules and signaling pathways for gut barrier dysfunction of AIDS patients. Molecular Medicine Reports, 16, 8854-8862. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.7722
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Xu, Y., Wang, H., Luo, H., Shu, R., Liu, J., Sun, L., Han, X., Lin, N., Wang, T., Zeng, Y., Wang, K."MicroRNA expression profiling of intestinal mucosa tissue predicts multiple crucial regulatory molecules and signaling pathways for gut barrier dysfunction of AIDS patients". Molecular Medicine Reports 16.6 (2017): 8854-8862.
Chicago
Xu, Y., Wang, H., Luo, H., Shu, R., Liu, J., Sun, L., Han, X., Lin, N., Wang, T., Zeng, Y., Wang, K."MicroRNA expression profiling of intestinal mucosa tissue predicts multiple crucial regulatory molecules and signaling pathways for gut barrier dysfunction of AIDS patients". Molecular Medicine Reports 16, no. 6 (2017): 8854-8862. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.7722