Altered microRNA expression links IL6 and TNF-induced inflammaging with myeloid malignancy in humans and mice

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Aging is associated with significant changes in the hematopoietic system, including increased inflammation, impaired hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function, and increased incidence of myeloid malignancy. Inflammation of aging ("inflammaging") has been proposed as a driver of age-related changes in HSC function and myeloid malignancy, but mechanisms linking these phenomena remain poorly defined. We identified loss of miR-146a as driving aging-associated inflammation in AML patients. miR-146a expression declined in old wild-type mice, and loss of miR-146a promoted premature HSC aging and inflammation in young miR-146a-null mice, preceding development of aging-associated myeloid malignancy. Using single-cell assays of HSC quiescence, stemness, differentiation potential, and epigenetic state to probe HSC function and population structure, we found that loss of miR-146a depleted a subpopulation of primitive, quiescent HSCs. DNA methylation and transcriptome profiling implicated NF-κB, IL6, and TNF as potential drivers of HSC dysfunction, activating an inflammatory signaling relay promoting IL6 and TNF secretion from mature miR-146a-/- myeloid and lymphoid cells. Reducing inflammation by targeting Il6 or Tnf was sufficient to restore single-cell measures of miR-146a-/- HSC function and subpopulation structure and reduced the incidence of hematological malignancy in miR-146a-/- mice. miR-146a-/- HSCs exhibited enhanced sensitivity to IL6 stimulation, indicating that loss of miR-146a affects HSC function via both cell-extrinsic inflammatory signals and increased cell-intrinsic sensitivity to inflammation. Thus, loss of miR-146a regulates cell-extrinsic and -intrinsic mechanisms linking HSC inflammaging to the development of myeloid malignancy.

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CommentIn: Blood. 2020 Jun 18;135(25):2204-2205. - PMID 32556135

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:135

Enthalten in:

Blood - 135(2020), 25 vom: 18. Juni, Seite 2235-2251

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Grants, Jennifer M [VerfasserIn]
Wegrzyn, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Hui, Tony [VerfasserIn]
O'Neill, Kieran [VerfasserIn]
Shadbolt, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Knapp, David J H F [VerfasserIn]
Parker, Jeremy [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Gopal, Aparna [VerfasserIn]
Docking, T Roderick [VerfasserIn]
Fuller, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jenny [VerfasserIn]
Boldin, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Eaves, Connie J [VerfasserIn]
Hirst, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Karsan, Aly [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cytokines
IL6 protein, human
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
MIRN146 microRNA, human
MicroRNAs
Mirn146 microRNA, mouse
NF-kappa B
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Date Completed 19.02.2021

Date Revised 19.02.2021

published: Print

CommentIn: Blood. 2020 Jun 18;135(25):2204-2205. - PMID 32556135

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1182/blood.2019003105

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309674069