Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
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Plasma and PBMC miRNA profile in sexually HIV-1 exposed seronegative individuals / M. Biasin, S. Yahyaei, M. De Luca, I. Saulle, F. Gnudi, S. Ibba, M. Garziano, A. Berzi, V. Rainone, D. Trabattoni, S. Lo Caputo, F. Mazzotta, M. Clerici. - In: AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES. - ISSN 0889-2229. - 30:S1(2014 Oct 30), pp. PD02.04.A83-PD02.04.A83. (Intervento presentato al convegno HIV research for prevention (HIV R4P) tenutosi a Cape Town (South Africa) nel 2014).
Abstract:
Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small 20- to 24-nt non-coding RNAs involved in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression which play important defensive roles in several viral infections. Global expression profiles of cellular miRNAs have identified alterations of specific miRNAs post-HIV-1 infection both in vitro and in different patient cohorts suggesting potential roles for miRNA in pathogenesis and disease progression. We therefore decided to verify if natural resistance to HIV-1 infection observed in seronegative individuals repeatedly exposed to HIV-1 (HESN) through unprotected sexual intercourse could be secondary to a different expression of their miRNA profile. Methods: Expression levels of 25 miRNAs selected according to their proven anti-HIV-1 properties were analyzed in plasma, basal PBMC and in in vitro HIV-1 infected macrophages isolated from 30 HESN, 30 HIV seropositive subjects (HIV + ) and 30 healthy controls (HC).Results: In plasma the expression of mir-155, mir-382, mir-28
and mir-198 was significantly augmented in both HIV + and HESN compared to HC probably as a consequence of viral exposure.
Conversely the expression of mir-223 and mir-150 in plasma was significantly increased only in HESN and this result was also confirmed in basal PBMC suggesting a protective effect for these miRNAs in resistance to HIV-1 infection. Furthermore, the expression of mir-150 was significantly increased in HESN macrophages following HIV-1 infection. Conclusions: mir-223 and mir-150 can target the 3¢UTR of HIV-1 transcripts, and they have already been identified as anti-HIV-1 miRNAs. The higher expression of these miRNA in HESN samples could therefore represent a key protection mechanism against HIV infection.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
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M. Biasin, S. Yahyaei, M. De Luca, I. Saulle, F. Gnudi, S. Ibba, M. Garziano, A. Berzi, V. Rainone, D. Trabattoni, S. Lo Caputo, F. Mazzotta, M. Clerici
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