MicroRNAs modulate the noncanonical transcription factor NF-κB pathway by regulating expression of the kinase IKKα during macrophage differentiation
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- 15 August 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Immunology
- Vol. 11 (9), 799-805
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.1918
Abstract
MicroRNAs regulate many biological processes, including the development of cells of the immune response. Liu et al. demonstrate that a decrease in particular microRNAs prevents macrophage hyperactivation but primes their responsiveness to proinflammatory stimuli. MicroRNAs are key regulators of many biological processes, including cell differentiation. Here we show that during human monocyte-macrophage differentiation, expression of the microRNAs miR-223, miR-15a and miR-16 decreased considerably, which led to higher expression of the serine-threonine kinase IKKα in macrophages. In macrophages, higher IKKα expression in conjunction with stabilization of the kinase NIK induced larger amounts of p52. Because of low expression of the transcription factor RelB in untreated macrophages, high p52 expression repressed basal transcription of both canonical and noncanonical NF-κB target genes. However, proinflammatory stimuli in macrophages resulted in greater induction of noncanonical NF-κB target genes. Thus, a decrease in certain microRNAs probably prevents macrophage hyperactivation yet primes the macrophage for certain responses to proinflammatory stimuli.Keywords
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