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MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
卷 118, 期 5, 页码 570-587出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14986
关键词
cancer; exosomes; HCC; hepatitis C virus; miR-375; pathogenesis
资金
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India [HCV-CoE 2017]
- Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- Science and Engineering Research Board
In this study, the role of exosome-associated miR-375 in HCV-induced liver disease progression was investigated. It was found that miR-375 is significantly upregulated in exosomes isolated from patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Depletion of miR-375 inhibited HCV-induced cell migration and proliferation, and exosomal transfer of miR-375 increased cell proliferation and migration in recipient cells. Additionally, miR-375 was found to target a gene involved in cell growth and malignancy. These findings demonstrate the critical involvement of exosome-associated miR-375 in HCV-induced disease progression.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the most common causes of liver cancer. HCV infection causes chronic disease followed by cirrhosis, which often leads to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we investigated the roles of exosome-associated miRNAs in HCV-induced disease pathology. Small RNA sequencing was performed to identify miRNAs that are differentially regulated in exosomes isolated from patient sera at two different stages of HCV infection: cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Among the differentially expressed miRNAs, miR-375 was found to be significantly upregulated in exosomes isolated from patients with cirrhosis and HCC. A similar upregulation was observed in intracellular and extracellular/exosomal levels of miR-375 in HCV-JFH1 infected Huh7.5 cells. The depletion of miR-375 in infected cells inhibited HCV-induced cell migration and proliferation, suggesting a supportive role for miR-375 in HCV pathogenesis. miR-375, secreted through exosomes derived from HCV-infected cells, could also be transferred to naive Huh7.5 cells, resulting in an increase in cell proliferation and migration in the recipient cells. Furthermore, we identified Insulin growth factor binding protein 4 (IGFBP4), a gene involved in cell growth and malignancy, as a novel target of miR-375. Our results demonstrate the critical involvement of exosome-associated miR-375 in HCV-induced disease progression.
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