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MOLECULAR THERAPY
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 582-592Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.11.013
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- Chinese National Natural Science Foundation [81501062, 81771345]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [GK201603114, GK201703079, GK201701009, 2017CSY021, 2017CSZ007]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS075260] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs involved in immune response regulation. Specific miRNAs have been linked to the development of various autoimmune diseases; however, their contribution to the modulation of CNS-directed cellular infiltration remains unclear. In this study, we found that miR-23b, in addition to its reported functions in the suppression of IL-17-associated autoimmune inflammation, halted the progression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), by directly inhibiting the migration of pathogenic leukocytes to the CNS. We demonstrated that miR-23b was specifically decreased during the acute phase of EAE and that overexpression of miR-23b resulted in a defect in leukocyte migration and strong resistance to EAE. Furthermore, we found that miR-23b suppressed leukocyte migration of EAE by targeting CCL7, a chemokine that attracts monocytes during inflammation and metastasis. Finally, in the adoptive transfer model, miR-23b reduced the severity of EAE by inhibiting the migration of pathogenic T cells to the CNS rather than diminishing the encephalitogenesis of T cells. Taken together, our results characterize a novel aspect of miR-23b function in leukocyte migration, and they identify miR-23b as a potential therapeutic target in the amelioration of MS and likely other autoimmune diseases.
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