Amelioration of sepsis by inhibiting sialidase-mediated disruption of the CD24-SiglecG interaction
NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY
Authors: Chen, Guo-Yun; Chen, Xi; King, Samantha; Cavassani, Karen A.; Cheng, Jiansong; Zheng, Xincheng; Cao, Hongzhi; Yu, Hai; Qu, Jingyao; Fang, Dexing; Wu, Wei; Bai, Xue-Feng; Liu, Jin-Qing; Woodiga, Shireen A.; Chen, Chong; Sun, Lei; Hogaboam, Cory M.; Kunkel, Steven L.; Zheng, Pan; Liu, Yang
Abstract
Suppression of inflammation is critical for effective therapy of many infectious diseases. However, the high rates of mortality caused by sepsis attest to the need to better understand the basis of the inflammatory sequelae of sepsis and to develop new options for its treatment. In mice, inflammatory responses to host danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), but not to microbial pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), are repressed by the t interaction of CD24 and SiglecG (SIGLEC10 in human). Here we use an intestinal perforation model of sepsis to show that microbial sialidases target the sialic acid-based recognition of CD24 by SiglecG/10 to exacerbate inflammation. Sialidase inhibitors protect mice against sepsis by a mechanism involving both CD24 and Siglecg, whereas mutation of either gene exacerbates sepsis. Analysis of sialidase-deficient bacterial mutants confirms the key contribution of disrupting sialic acid-based pattern recognition to microbial virulence and supports the clinical potential of sialidase inhibition for dampening inflammation caused by infection.
MIR22HG As A Tumor Suppressive lncRNA In HCC: A Comprehensive Analysis Integrating RT-qPCR, mRNA-Seq, And Microarrays
ONCOTARGETS AND THERAPY
Authors: Gao, Li; Xiong, Dan-dan; He, Rong-quan; Yang, Xia; Lai, Ze-feng; Liu, Li-min; Huang, Zhi-guang; Wu, Hua-yu; Yang, Li-hua; Ma, Jie; Li, Sheng-hua; Lin, Peng; Yang, Hong; Luo, Dian-zhong; Dang, Yi-wu; Chen, Gang
Abstract
Introduction: MIR22HG has a reported involvement in the tumorigenesis of a variety of cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the exact molecular mechanism of MIR22HG in HCC has not been clarified. Methods: In the present study, we integrated data from in-house RT-qPCR, RNA-sequencing, microarray, and literature studies to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the clinico-pathological and prognostic significance of MIR22HG in an extremely large group of HCC samples. We also explored the potential mechanism of MIR22HG in HCC by analyzing the alteration profiles of MIR22HG in HCC to predict transcription factors (TFs) that may interact with MIR22HG and to annotate the biological functions of genes co-expressed with MIR22HG. MIR22HG expression was also compared in HCC nude mice xenografts before and after a treatment with nitidine chloride. Results: We found that MIR22HG was downregulated in HCC and that this downregulation correlated with the malignant phenotype of HCC. Comprehensive analysis of the prognostic impact of MIR22HG in HCC revealed a beneficial effect of MIR22HG on the survival outcome of HCC patients. Seven cases of MIR22HG deep deletion occurred in 360 of the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) provisional HCC samples. A total of 22 MIR22HG-TF-mRNA triplets in HCC were predicted by the lncRNAmap. Co-expressed genes of MIR22HG, identified by weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA), mainly participated in the pathways involving osteoclast differentiation, chemokine signaling pathways, and hematopoietic cell lineage. In vivo experiments demonstrated that nitidine chloride could stimulate MIR22HG expression in HCC xenografts. Conclusion: In summary, MIR22HG may play a tumor-suppressive role in HCC by coordinating with predicted TFs and co-expressed genes, such as NLRP3, CSF1R, SIGLEC10, and ZEB2, or by being controlled by nitidine chloride.