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MicroRNAs miR-155 and miR-16 decrease AID and E47 in B cells from elderly individuals

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Frasca, Daniela, Diaz, Alain, Romero, Maria, Ferracci, Franco, Blomberg, Bonnie B·2015·The Journal of Immunology

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Our research in the past few years has identified B cell-specific biomarkers able to predict optimal Ab responses in both young and elderly individuals. These biomarkers are activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), the enzyme of class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation; the transcription factor E47, crucial for AID expression; and the ability to generate optimal memory B cells. Moreover, we have found that the increased proinflammatory status of the elderly, both in sera and intrinsic to B cells, negatively impacts B cell function. We have now investigated whether particular inflammatory microRNAs (miRs) contribute to decreased E47 and AID in aged B cells. Our data indicate that E47 and AID mRNA stability is lower in stimulated B cells from elderly individuals. We measured the expression of two miRs crucial for class switch recombination, miR-155 and miR-16, in human unstimulated B cells from young and elderly individuals with the rationale that increases in these before stimulation would decrease E47/AID upon cell activation. We found these miRs and B cell-intrinsic inflammation upregulated in aged unstimulated B cells and negatively associated with AID in the same B cells after stimulation with CpG. We propose that the downregulation of AID in aged human B cells may occur through binding of miR-155 to the 3'-untranslated regions of AID mRNA and/or binding of miR-16 to the 3'-untranslated regions of E47 mRNA, as well as at the transcriptional level of less E47 for AID. Our results indicate novel molecular pathways leading to reduced B cell function with aging.

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Authors
Frasca, D., Diaz, A., Romero, M., Ferracci, F., & Blomberg, B. B.
Affiliations
University of Miami (US)
Corresponding author
Frasca, Daniela
Venue
The Journal of Immunology
Published
2015-09-01
Volume
195
Issue
5
Pages
2134-2140
ISSN
  • 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-6606
OpenAlex
W2158271393
Cited by
69
References
65
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 1
FWCI
3.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Journal of Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Miami
  • Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health Systems
  • National Institutes of Health (AG-32576, AG042826)
  • Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
  • National Institute on Aging (R01AG032576, R37AG023717, AG32576, AG042826, R56AG032576, R21AG042826)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R21AI096446, AI096446)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
Keywords
miR-155, miR-16, microRNA, activation-induced cytidine deaminase, B cell aging, class switch recombination, somatic hypermutation, memory B cells, CpG stimulation, mRNA stability, 3' untranslated region, immunosenescence
MeSH terms
AICDA (Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase), Adult, Age Factors, Aged, B-Lymphocytes, Cells, Cultured, Cytidine Deaminase, Female, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, RNA, Messenger, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Down-Regulation, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, 3' Untranslated Regions, MicroRNAs, Transcription Factor 3

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