China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (3): 1117-1125.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2022.03.034

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miR-145a-3p Regulates Brucella Induced Mouse Macrophage RAW264.7 Autophagy by Targeting ATG14

WANG Yueli1,2, SHAO Zhiran3, YI Jihai1,2, WANG Yong1,2, WANG Zhen1,2, CHEN Chuangfu1,2   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China;
    2. Collaborative Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, Shihezi 832000, China;
    3. Xinjiang Vocational University, Urumqi 830013, China
  • Received:2021-09-16 Online:2022-03-05 Published:2022-03-03

Abstract: 【Objective】 The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effects of miR-145a-3p on Brucella induced autophagy of macrophages (RAW264.7) and its effect on the intracellular survival of Brucella.【Method】 First, miR-145a-3p mimics, miR-145a-3p inhibitor and NC mimics of autophagy related miRNA miR-145a-3p were synthesized and transfected into GFP-RFP-RAW264.7 macrophages.Then, Brucella infected the cells for 24 h, and the effect of miR-145a-3p on autophagy was observed by laser confocal microscopy.Bioinformatics softwares such as TargetScan and miRBase were used to predict the target protein of mir-145a-3p.The recombinant plasmids PmirGLO-ATG14-3'UTR and PmirGLO-ATG14-3'UTR-mutation were constructed, and were identified by double enzyme digestion with SacⅠ and KpnⅠ, and the targeting relationship between miR-145a-3p and autophagy related gene 14 (ATG14) was verified by double luciferase reporting system.When RAW264.7 cells were cultured to 60% confluence, miR-145a-3p mimics, miR-145a-3p inhibitor and NC mimics were transfected respectively, after transfection for 7 h, they were infected with Brucella, and PBS was added as the uninfected control.The cells were collected after 24 h of culture, and the regulatory effects of miR-145a-3p on ATG14 mRNA and protein expression were detected by Real-time quantitative PCR and Western blotting.Finally, the macrophages transfected with miR-145a-3p were infected by Brucella, and the bacterial colony was counted to verify the effect of miR-145a-3p on the intracellular survival of Brucella.【Result】 miR-145a-3p mimics promoted Brucella induced autophagy, while miR-145a-3p inhibitor inhibited Brucella induced autophagy.The results of software prediction showed that the target of miR-145a-3p was due to the autophagy related protein ATG14-3'UTR.The results of double enzyme digestion showed that the recombinant plasmids PmirGLO-ATG14-3'UTR and PmirGLO-ATG14-3'UTR-mutation were successfully constructed.When the interaction between miR-145a-3p mimics and ATG14-3'UTR was verified by double luciferase reporter gene system, the fluorescence value of miR-145a-3p mimics group was decreased significantly compared with NC mimics group (P<0.01).Compared with the NC mimics group, when not infected with Brucella, in miR-145a-3p mimics group, the level of ATG14 mRNA was extremely significantly decreased (P<0.01) and the level of ATG14 protein was significantly decreased (P<0.05), whlie the level of ATG14 mRNA was significantly increased in miR-145a-3p inhibitor group (P<0.01);After Brucella infection, the level of ATG14 mRNA in miR-145a-3p mimics+Bru group was extremely significantly increased (P<0.01), and the level of ATG14 mRNA in miR-145a-3p mimics+Bru group was significantly higher than that of NC mimics+Bru group (P<0.05).miR-145a-3p mimics promoted the expression level of ATG14 protein.The overexpression of miR-145a-3p decreased the number of intracellular survival of Brucella (P<0.05).【Conclusion】 miR-145a-3p was highly expressed after Brucella infection, and promoted autophagy by targeting ATG14 and inhibited Brucella replication.

Key words: Brucella; miRNA; autophagy; autophagy associated protein ATG14; intracellular survival

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