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MicroRNA-29 regulates T-box transcription factors and interferon-? production in helper T cells.

ABSTRACT: MicroRNA (miRNA)-deficient helper T cells exhibit abnormal IFN-? production and decreased proliferation. However, the contributions of individual miRNAs to this phenotype remain poorly understood. We conducted a screen for miRNA function in primary T cells and identified individual miRNAs that rescue the defects associated with miRNA deficiency. Multiple members of the miR-17 and miR-92 families enhanced miRNA-deficient T cell proliferation whereas miR-29 largely corrected their aberrant interferon-? (IFN-?) expression. Repression of IFN-? production by miR-29 involved direct targeting of both T-bet and Eomes, two transcription factors known to induce IFN-? production. Although not usually expressed at functionally relevant amounts in helper T cells, Eomes was abundant in miRNA-deficient cells and was upregulated after miR-29 inhibition in wild-type cells. These results demonstrate that miR-29 regulates helper T cell differentiation by repressing multiple target genes, including at least two that are independently capable of inducing the T helper 1 (Th1) cell gene expression program.

SUBMITTER: Steiner DF

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3361370 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MicroRNA-29 regulates T-box transcription factors and interferon-γ production in helper T cells.

Steiner David F DF Thomas Molly F MF Hu Joyce K JK Yang Zhiyong Z Babiarz Joshua E JE Allen Christopher D C CD Matloubian Mehrdad M Blelloch Robert R Ansel K Mark KM

Immunity 20110804 2

MicroRNA (miRNA)-deficient helper T cells exhibit abnormal IFN-γ production and decreased proliferation. However, the contributions of individual miRNAs to this phenotype remain poorly understood. We conducted a screen for miRNA function in primary T cells and identified individual miRNAs that rescue the defects associated with miRNA deficiency. Multiple members of the miR-17 and miR-92 families enhanced miRNA-deficient T cell proliferation whereas miR-29 largely corrected their aberrant interfe ...[more]

PMID: 21820330

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MicroRNA-29 regulates T-box transcription factors and interferon-? production in helper T cells.

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MicroRNA-29 regulates T-box transcription factors and interferon-γ production in helper T cells.

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