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Increased expression of microRNA-155-5p by alveolar type II cells contributes to development of lethal ARDS in H1N1 influenza A virus-infected mice

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Virology. 2020 Jun;545:40-52. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2020.03.005. Epub 2020 Mar 23.
Increased expression of microRNA-155-5p by alveolar type II cells contributes to development of lethal ARDS in H1N1 influenza A virus-infected mice.


Woods PS[SUP]1[/SUP], Doolittle LM[SUP]1[/SUP], Rosas LE[SUP]1[/SUP], Nana-Sinkam SP[SUP]2[/SUP], Tili E[SUP]3[/SUP], Davis IC[SUP]4[/SUP].

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Abstract

Alveolar type II (ATII) cells are essential to lung function and a primary site of influenza A virus (IAV) replication. Effects of IAV infection on ATII cell microRNA (miR) expression have not been comprehensively investigated. Infection of C57BL/6 mice with 10,000 or 100 pfu/mouse of IAV A/WSN/33 (H1N1) significantly altered expression of 73 out of 1908 mature murine miRs in ATII cells at 2 days post-infection (d.p.i.) and 253 miRs at 6 d.p.i. miR-155-5p (miR-155) showed the greatest increase in expression within ATII cells at both timepoints and the magnitude of this increase correlated with inoculum size and pulmonary edema severity. Influenza-induced lung injury was attenuated in C57BL/6-congenic miR-155-knockout mice without affecting viral replication. Attenuation of lung injury was dependent on deletion of miR-155 from stromal cells and was recapitulated in ATII cell-specific miR-155-knockout mice. These data suggest that ATII cell miR-155 is a potential therapeutic target for IAV-induced ARDS.
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KEYWORDS:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Alveolar type II cell; Influenza A virus; Mouse; microRNA


PMID:32308197DOI:10.1016/j.virol.2020.03.005
 
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