MicroRNA-mediated Regulation of Mucin-type O-glycosylation Pathway: A Putative Mechanism of Salivary Gland Dysfunction in Sjögren Syndrome

Journal of Rheumatology - Tập 46 Số 11 - Trang 1485-1494 - 2019
Alessia Gallo1,2,3,4, Serena Vella, Fabio Tuzzolino, Nicola Cuscino, Antonella Cecchettini, Francesco Ferro, Marta Mosca, Ilias Alevizos, Stefano Fedele, Pier Giulio Conaldi, Chiara Baldini
1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
2From the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Advanced Biotechnologies, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione)
3Research Office, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo
4Sjögren's Syndrome and Salivary Gland Dysfunction Unit, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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Objective.To investigate microRNA (miRNA) that is potentially implicated in primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS)–related salivary hypofunction in labial salivary glands and to study miRNA-mediated mechanisms underlying oral dryness and altered rheology, focusing on the mucin O-glycosylation pathway.Methods.We performed miRNA expression profiling in minor salivary gland samples of patients with pSS presenting a different impairment in their unstimulated salivary flow rate. A computational in silico analysis was performed to identify genes and pathways that might be modulated by the deregulated miRNA that we had identified. To confirm in silico analysis, expression levels of genes encoding for glycosyltransferases and glycan-processing enzymes were investigated using Human Glycosylation-RT2 Profiler PCR Array.Results.Among 754 miRNA analyzed, we identified 126 miRNA that were significantly deregulated in pSS compared to controls, with a trend that was inversely proportional with the impairment of salivary flow rates. An in silico approach pinpointed that several upregulated miRNA in patients with pSS target important genes in the mucin O-glycosylation. We confirmed this prediction by quantitative real-time PCR, highlighting the downregulation of some glycosyltransferase and glycosidase genes in pSS samples compared to controls, such as GALNT1, responsible for mucin-7 glycosylation.Conclusion.Collectively, our data suggest that the expression of different predicted miRNA-target genes in the mucin type O-glycan biosynthesis pathway is altered in pSS patients with low salivary flow and that the miRNA expression profile could influence the glycosidase expression levels and consequently the rheology in pSS.

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Journal of Rheumatology

Tập 46 Số 11

1485-1494

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