PUBLICATION
Zebrafish tsc1 and cxcl12a increase susceptibility to mycobacterial infection
- Authors
- Wright, K., Han, D.J., Song, R., de Silva, K., Plain, K.M., Purdie, A.C., Shepherd, A., Chin, M., Hortle, E., Wong, J.J., Britton, W.J., Oehlers, S.H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-240203-7
- Date
- 2024
- Source
- Life science alliance 7(4): (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Chemokine CXCL12*/metabolism
- Granuloma/genetics
- Macrophages
- MicroRNAs*/genetics
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous*/genetics
- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous*/microbiology
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 1 Protein*/metabolism
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins*/metabolism
- PubMed
- 38307625 Full text @ Life Sci Alliance
Citation
Wright, K., Han, D.J., Song, R., de Silva, K., Plain, K.M., Purdie, A.C., Shepherd, A., Chin, M., Hortle, E., Wong, J.J., Britton, W.J., Oehlers, S.H. (2024) Zebrafish tsc1 and cxcl12a increase susceptibility to mycobacterial infection. Life science alliance. 7(4):.
Abstract
Regulation of host miRNA expression is a contested node that controls the host immune response to mycobacterial infection. The host must counter subversive efforts of pathogenic mycobacteria to launch a protective immune response. Here, we examine the role of miR-126 in the zebrafish-Mycobacterium marinum infection model and identify a protective role for infection-induced miR-126 through multiple effector pathways. We identified a putative link between miR-126 and the tsc1a and cxcl12a/ccl2/ccr2 signalling axes resulting in the suppression of non-tnfa expressing macrophage accumulation at early M. marinum granulomas. Mechanistically, we found a detrimental effect of tsc1a expression that renders zebrafish embryos susceptible to higher bacterial burden and increased cell death via mTOR inhibition. We found that macrophage recruitment driven by the cxcl12a/ccl2/ccr2 signalling axis was at the expense of the recruitment of classically activated tnfa-expressing macrophages and increased cell death around granulomas. Together, our results delineate putative pathways by which infection-induced miR-126 may shape an effective immune response to M. marinum infection in zebrafish embryos.
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