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MicroRNA-27a controls the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by regulating calcium-associated autophagy.


ABSTRACT: Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills millions every year, and there is urgent need to develop novel anti-TB agents due to the fast-growing of drug-resistant TB. Although autophagy regulates the intracellular survival of Mtb, the role of calcium (Ca2+) signaling in modulating autophagy during Mtb infection remains largely unknown. Here, we show that microRNA miR-27a is abundantly expressed in active TB patients, Mtb-infected mice and macrophages. The target of miR-27a is the ER-located Ca2+ transporter CACNA2D3. Targeting of this transporter leads to the downregulation of Ca2+ signaling, thus inhibiting autophagosome formation and promoting the intracellular survival of Mtb. Mice lacking of miR-27a and mice treated with an antagomir to miR-27a are more resistant to Mtb infection. Our findings reveal a strategy for Mtb to increase intracellular survival by manipulating the Ca2+-associated autophagy, and may also support the development of host-directed anti-TB therapeutic approaches.

SUBMITTER: Liu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6191460 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MicroRNA-27a controls the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by regulating calcium-associated autophagy.

Liu Feng F   Chen Jianxia J   Wang Peng P   Li Haohao H   Zhou Yilong Y   Liu Haipeng H   Liu Zhonghua Z   Zheng Ruijuan R   Wang Lin L   Yang Hua H   Cui Zhenling Z   Wang Fei F   Huang Xiaochen X   Wang Jie J   Sha Wei W   Xiao Heping H   Ge Baoxue B  

Nature communications 20181016 1


Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills millions every year, and there is urgent need to develop novel anti-TB agents due to the fast-growing of drug-resistant TB. Although autophagy regulates the intracellular survival of Mtb, the role of calcium (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) signaling in modulating autophagy during Mtb infection remains largely unknown. Here, we show that microRNA miR-27a is abundantly expressed in active TB patients, Mtb-infected mice and macrophages. The targe  ...[more]

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