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Microrna Involvement in the Regulation of Survivin in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells From Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Publisher Pubmed



Ebrahimiyan H1 ; Rezaei N2, 3, 4 ; Vojdanian M1 ; Aslani S1, 5 ; Jamshidi A1 ; Mahmoudi M1, 5
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Source: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases Published:2019


Abstract

Aim: Impaired regulation of immune tolerance results in autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Survivin is an anti-apoptotic protein and can induce cellular mitosis. In the current study, we assessed the transcript level of total survivin (survivin-TS) and its three major variants and evaluated the expression level of important micro RNAs (miRNAs) involved in survivin expression regulation in RA patients. Method: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated from 50 healthy controls and 50 RA-active patients. RNA extraction was performed and then single-strand complementary DNA was synthesized. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to assess the expression level of survivin-TS and its variants with effective miRNAs in PBMCs. Results: Overexpression of survivin-2B (fold change = 1.57, P = 0.005), survivn-ΔEx3 (fold change = 1.93, P = 0.009) and downregulation of survivin-WT (fold change = 0.64, P = 0.0002) were found in PBMCs of patients, while messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of survivin-TS had no significant difference between RA patients and controls. Expression levels of miR-335-5p, miR-485-5p, miR-16-5p, miR-150-5p, miR-34a-5p, and miR-203a-3p were significantly increased in PBMCs from patients compared with healthy controls. In a correlation study, dysregulation of these miRNAs were not correlated with mRNA expression level of survivin. Conclusion: While survivin-TS was not differently expressed in RA patients, its variants had altered expression. Although miRNAs were aberrantly expressed in PBMCs from RA subjects, they did not regulate survivin-TS. miRNAs might be involved in RA pathogenesis, but not through controlling survivin. © 2019 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
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