Downregulation of SRSF6 Inhibits the Macrophage Inflammatory Response by Regulating the Alternative Splicing of MyD88
10.13865/j.cnki.cjbmb.2024.10.1270
- VernacularTitle:下调丝氨酸/精氨酸富集剪接因子6通过调控髓系分化因子88选择性剪接抑制巨噬细胞炎症反应
- Author:
Yu FU
1
;
Lu-Yao ZHANG
;
Bo CHENG
;
Wei-Ye SHI
;
Ni LI
;
Ying-Ze WANG
Author Information
1. 河北科技大学食品与生物学院生命科学系,石家庄050018
- Keywords:
serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 6(SRSF6);
macrophage;
inflammatory response;
myeloid differentiation factor 88(MyD88);
alternative splicing
- From:
Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2024;40(11):1563-1573
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 6 (SRSF6) is a member of the serine and arginine-rich (SR) protein family,and it plays a crucial regulatory role in RNA splicing.Dysregulation of SRSF6 ex-pression or function can lead to aberrant alternative splicing of certain genes,and contribute to the devel-opment and progression of inflammatory diseases,including tumors,diabetes,and pleural fibrosis.How-ever,the role of SRSF6 in inflammation remains unclear.In this study,we found that the expression of inflammatory factors,including tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2),was induced by lipopolysaccharides (LPS) .Concurrently,both the levels of SRSF6 mRNA and protein ex-pression significantly increased with prolonged LPS stimulation (P<0.05) .Furthermore,we investigated the change of SRSF6 expression on the expression of inflammatory factors.The results showed that upreg-ulation of SRSF6 enhanced the expression of LPS-induced inflammatory factors (P<0.05),while down-regulation of SRSF6 inhibited their expression (P<0.05) .Additionally,the activation of the nuclear fac-tor-κB (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways was suppressed by SRSF6 knockdown (P<0.05),indicating that SRSF6 is involved in regulating inflammatory responses in macrophages.Myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) is a key adaptor protein in the TLR4 signaling pathway,with its splicing isoforms MyD88-L and MyD88-S exerting pro-inflammatory and anti-inflamma-tory effects,respectively.Analysis of RNA-binding protein database and RNA immunoprecipitation showed that SRSF6 binds to MyD88 mRNA.Splicing analysis indicated that downregulation of SRSF6 promoted the expression of the anti-inflammatory MyD88-S mRNA isoform (P<0.01) .Moreover,knock-down of MyD88-S could rescue the expression of inflammatory factors suppressed by SRSF6 downregula-tion.These findings suggest that SRSF6 regulates MyD88 alternative splicing in macrophages,thereby af-fecting the activation of inflammatory signaling pathways and the expression of inflammatory factors.This study provides a foundation for further elucidating the role of SRSF6 in inflammatory diseases.
