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Downregulated expression of miR-142-3p in macrophages contributes to increased IL-6 levels in aged mice.

Molecular Immunology 2016 December
Macrophages are innate immune cells that are important contributors to age-related functional impairment of the immune system. During the cell aging process, microRNAs are differentially expressed and participate in the regulation of aging-related immune responses. However, the role of aging-associated changes in miRNA expression in macrophages remains unclear. Here, we found that miR-142-3p expression is downregulated 50% in peritoneal macrophages from aged mice compared with young mice and is not upregulated by cell treatment with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), CpG, or polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid. Serum levels of miR-142-3p are also lower in aged mice than in young mice by q-PCR. Luciferase reporter analysis showed that IL-6 is a target of miR-142-3p in macrophages. In addition, the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A increased miR-142-3p expression by more than 3-fold in LPS-treated macrophages from aged mice compared with young mice, which in turn suppressed LPS-stimulated IL-6 production, suggesting that inhibition of miR-142-3p by histone deacetylation may be involved in the lack of response to LPS stimulation in macrophages of aged mice. These findings suggest that downregulation of miR-142-3p in macrophages of aged mice might contribute to IL-6-associated aging disorders and that epigenetic modification might be involved in age-related inflammatory diseases.

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