Department of Tuberculosis, Hangzhou Chest Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University Medical College, Hangzhou, China.
The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2023 Feb;50(2):132-139. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.13716. Epub 2022 Nov 23.
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play a vital role in the regulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) by macrophages. In this project, the potential role of hsa_circ_0001204 in M.tb-infected macrophages is explored. Hsa_circ_0001204 was determined in the patients with tuberculosis (TB) and M.tb-infected macrophages. Its effect on the survival of M.tb and the apoptosis and inflammation of M.tb-infected macrophages was evaluated. Toll-like receptor 4/nuclear factor-κB (TLR4/NF-κB) signalling was detected by western blotting and immunofluorescence. TB patients and M.tb-infected THP-1 cells showed the significant downregulation of hsa_circ_0001204. Upregulating hsa_circ_0001204 reduced M.tb survival and suppressed the apoptosis and inflammatory response of THP-1 cells. The TLR4/NF-κB signalling pathway could be inhibited by hsa_circ_0001204 overexpression, which was activated by M.tb-infection. Hsa_circ_0001204 confers protective effects in M.tb-infected THP-1 cells, at least partly via the inhibition of TLR4/NF-κB signalling pathway.
环状 RNA(circRNAs)在巨噬细胞中调控结核分枝杆菌(M.tb)中发挥着重要作用。本项目探索了 hsa_circ_0001204 在感染 M.tb 的巨噬细胞中的潜在作用。在结核患者(TB)和感染 M.tb 的巨噬细胞中检测到 hsa_circ_0001204。评估了其对 M.tb 存活以及感染 M.tb 的巨噬细胞凋亡和炎症的影响。通过 Western blot 和免疫荧光检测 Toll 样受体 4/核因子-κB(TLR4/NF-κB)信号通路。TB 患者和感染 M.tb 的 THP-1 细胞中 hsa_circ_0001204 的表达显著下调。上调 hsa_circ_0001204 减少 M.tb 的存活并抑制 THP-1 细胞的凋亡和炎症反应。TLR4/NF-κB 信号通路可被 hsa_circ_0001204 过表达抑制,而 hsa_circ_0001204 的激活是由 M.tb 感染引起的。hsa_circ_0001204 赋予感染 M.tb 的 THP-1 细胞保护作用,至少部分通过抑制 TLR4/NF-κB 信号通路。