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FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.658236
Keywords
immunity; galactose-deficient IgA1; astragaloside IV; miR-98-5p; IgA nephropathy; β -1; 3-galactosyltransferase
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- Hunan innovative province construction project [2019SK2211]
- Changsha Science and Technology Planning Project [kq2001044]
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The study revealed that AS-IV could inhibit Gd-IgA1 secretion via miR-98-5p, and increased levels of miR-98-5p in pediatric IgAN patients might affect the glycosylation of IgA1 by targeting C1GALT1. Additionally, the pathogenesis of IgAN may differ from that of IgAV-N, providing significant insight into potential therapeutic targets.
Purpose: The factor associated with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is an abnormality of IgA known as galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1). The purpose of this study was to determine the molecular role played by miRNAs in the formation of Gd-IgA1 in IgAN and investigate the regulatory role of Astragaloside IV (AS-IV) in miRNAs. Patients and methods: Bioinformatics analysis, along with functional and mechanistic experiments, were used to investigate the relationship and function of miRNA, beta-1, 3-galactosyltransferase (C1GALT1), Gd-IgA1, and AS-IV. Analyses involved a series of tools, including quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-qPCR), Western blot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Vicia Villosa lectin-binding assay (VVA), Cell counting kit-8 assay (CCK-8), and the dual-luciferase reporter assay. Results: miRNA screening and validation showed that miR-98-5p was significantly upregulated in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of pediatric patients with IgAN compared with patients diagnosed with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (MsPGN) and immunoglobulin A vasculitis nephritis (IgAV-N), and healthy controls (p < 0.05). Experiments with the dual-luciferase reporter confirmed that miR-98-5p might target C1GALT1. The overexpression of miR-98-5p in DAKIKI cells decreased both the mRNA and protein levels of C1GALT1 and increased the levels of Gd-IgA1 levels; these effects were reversed by co-transfection with the C1GALT1 plasmid, and vice versa. In addition, AS-IV downregulated the levels of Gd-IgA1 level in DAKIKI cells by inhibiting miR-98-5p. Conclusions: Our results revealed that AS-IV could inhibit Gd-IgA1 secretion via miR-98-5p. Increased levels of miR-98-5p in pediatric IgAN patients might affect the glycosylation of IgA1 by targeting C1GALT1. In addition, our analyses suggest that the pathogenesis of IgAN may differ from that of IgAV-N. Collectively, these results provide significant insight into the pathogenesis of IgAN and identify a potential therapeutic target.
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