Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 20–24 nt RNAs that can be packaged into exosomes and play important regulatory roles. Here we show that miRNA-containing exosomes from NK cells could alleviate symptoms of chronic mild stress in mice. In vivo experiment, these exosomes decreased the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in the medium of astrocytes. By microarray analysis of exosome miRNA profiles, miR-207 was found to be an overexpressed miRNA in exosomes derived from unstressed mice. Experiments confirmed that miR-207 directly targets TLR4 interactor with leucine-rich repeats (Tril) and inhibits NF-κB signaling downsream of TLRs in astrocytes. When overexpressed in astrocytes, miR-207 decreased the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and by inclusion of miR-207 inhibitor in astrocytes, higher release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and higher expression of Tril was found in vitro experiments. When NK cells were transfected with miR-207 inhibitor, miR-207 levels in NK cells derived exosomes were also declined. These exosomes with low miR-207 levels showed a decreased antidepressant activity in the vivo experiment. Collectively, our findings revealed that exosomal miR-207 alleviated the depression symptoms of stress mice by targeting Tril to inhibit NF-κB signaling downstream of TLRs in astrocytes.
Project description:TMEM213, 207, 116, 72 and 30B were found to be deregulated in ccRCC tumors, but their function in the epithelium remains unclear. To obtain an insight into their role in cellular processes the five TMEM genes were overexpressed in HEK293 cell line