MicroRNA-252 and FoxO repress inflammaging by a dual inhibitory mechanism on Dawdle mediated TGF-β pathway in Drosophila muscle
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ABSTRACT: The abstract for the manuscript Inflammaging refers to low-grade, chronically activated innate immunity that negatively impacts adult survival. However, little is known about the intrinsic signaling pathway that upregulates innate immune genes during aging. Here using Drosophila melanogaster, we profile the microRNA targetomes in young and aged animals, and reveal Dawdle (Daw), an activin-like ligand of the TGF-beta pathway, as a physiological target of microRNA-252 (miR-252). We show that miR-252 cooperates with the transcriptional regulation of Daw by Forkhead box O (FoxO), a conserved transcriptional factor implicated in aging, at the post-transcriptional levels. Unopposed Daw triggers hyper activation of innate immune genes coupled with a catastrophic decline in organismal survival. Single-cell sequencing analysis describes a non-cell autonomous regulation between Daw and the induction of innate immune genes in the muscle. We further determine the downstream cascade by which Daw signaling leads to increased Kenny /IKKgamma protein, which in turn activates Relish/NF-kappaB protein and consequentially upregulation of innate immune genes. Finally, while aging leads to a decline in FoxO activity, transgenic increase of miR-252 and FoxO pathway factors in wild-type Drosophila extends lifespan and mitigates the induction of innate immune genes in aging. Together, we propose that miR-252 and FoxO repress inflammaging by cooperative inhibition of Daw mediated TGF-beta pathway.
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
PROVIDER: GSE142655 | GEO | 2021/01/01
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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