Qu Mingjuan, Zhang Jianlong, Yu Xin, Jiang Linlin, Zhu Hongwei, Zhang Xingxiao
School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, PR China; Collaborative Innovation Center for the Pet Infectious Diseases and Public Health in the Middle and Lower Stream Regions of the Yellow River, Yantai 264025, PR China; Shandong Engineering Research Center for Aquaculture Environment Control, Yantai 264025, PR China; Yantai Key Laboratory of Animal Pathogenic Microorganisms and Immunology, Yantai 264025, PR China.
School of Life Sciences, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, PR China; Shandong Engineering Research Center for Aquaculture Environment Control, Yantai 264025, PR China; Yantai Key Laboratory of Animal Pathogenic Microorganisms and Immunology, Yantai 264025, PR China.
Poult Sci. 2025 Jun 26;104(9):105482. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2025.105482.
Salmonella infections cause significant economic losses in poultry and livestock production. Salmonella infection reprograms the proteomic and miRNA profiles of intestinal macrophage-derived exosomes, which subsequently modulates the inflammatory responses of surrounding recipient cells. However, the mechanisms underlying the selective packaging of specific miRNAs into exosomes during inflammation are still incompletely understood. In this study, we employed Tandem Mass Tag (TMT)-based quantitative proteomics to analyze exosomes derived from macrophages following Salmonella infection versus uninfected controls. Furthermore, RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assays were conducted to investigate potential interactions between a candidate exosomal protein and miR-27a-5p. The proteomic analysis revealed that Salmonella infection induced significant remodeling of the exosomal protein cargo secreted by RAW 264.7 macrophage-like cells. Quantitative comparison with uninfected controls showed 383 proteins were significantly upregulated and 666 were downregulated in exosomes at 12 h post-infection, demonstrating infection-dependent reprogramming of exosomal composition. Limited differential protein expression was observed at 3 h post-Salmonella infection group. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis indicated that the target genes are mainly associated with bacterial infectious diseases, translation, and molecular binding. Notably, the RNA binding protein heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B (hnRNP A/B) was significantly upregulated in exosomes derived from Salmonella-infected macrophages. RIP assays confirmed specific binding of hnRNP A/B to miR-27a-5p. Furthermore, knockout (KO) of hnRNP A/B markedly decreased exosomal miR-27a-5p export while increasing its cellular retention. These findings establish hnRNP A/B as a critical regulator of miR-27a-5p sorting during Salmonella infection, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic target to interfere with bacterial pathogenesis and host immune evasion mechanisms in poultry and livestock medicine.
沙门氏菌感染在家禽和家畜生产中造成重大经济损失。沙门氏菌感染会重新编程肠道巨噬细胞衍生外泌体的蛋白质组和微小RNA(miRNA)谱,进而调节周围受体细胞的炎症反应。然而,炎症期间特定miRNA选择性包装到外泌体中的潜在机制仍未完全阐明。在本研究中,我们采用基于串联质谱标签(TMT)的定量蛋白质组学方法,分析沙门氏菌感染巨噬细胞与未感染对照细胞所产生的外泌体。此外,进行了RNA免疫沉淀(RIP)实验,以研究候选外泌体蛋白与miR-27a-5p之间的潜在相互作用。蛋白质组学分析显示,沙门氏菌感染诱导RAW 264.7巨噬细胞样细胞分泌的外泌体蛋白货物发生显著重塑。与未感染对照进行定量比较发现,感染后12小时外泌体中有383种蛋白质显著上调,666种蛋白质下调,表明外泌体组成存在感染依赖性重编程。在沙门氏菌感染组3小时后观察到有限的差异蛋白表达。京都基因与基因组百科全书(KEGG)和基因本体论(GO)富集分析表明,靶基因主要与细菌感染性疾病、翻译和分子结合相关。值得注意的是,RNA结合蛋白异质性核核糖核蛋白A/B(hnRNP A/B)在沙门氏菌感染巨噬细胞衍生的外泌体中显著上调。RIP实验证实hnRNP A/B与miR-27a-5p特异性结合。此外,敲除(KO)hnRNP A/B显著减少外泌体miR-27a-5p的输出,同时增加其细胞内保留。这些发现确立了hnRNP A/B作为沙门氏菌感染期间miR-27a-5p分选的关键调节因子,表明其作为干扰家禽和家畜医学中细菌发病机制和宿主免疫逃避机制的治疗靶点的潜力。