Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced miR-132 regulates TNFα expression in THP-1 derived macrophages

Mi Hee Park; Eunjoo Park; Hyung-Joon Kim; Hee Sam Na; Jin Chung

doi:10.1186/s40064-016-2363-6

Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced miR-132 regulates TNFα expression in THP-1 derived macrophages

Springerplus. 2016 Jun 17;5(1):761. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2363-6. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Mi Hee Park^#¹, Eunjoo Park^#¹, Hyung-Joon Kim², Hee Sam Na¹, Jin Chung¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral Microbiology, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do 626-870 South Korea.
² Department of Oral Physiology, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan-si, 626-870 South Korea.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Background: Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease induced by periodontopathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small single-stranded noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the level of translation. MiRNAs have been reported to be involved in inflammatory processes. In this study, we examined the effects of P. gingivalis-induced inflammatory miRNAs expression on TNFα production in THP-1 derived macrophages.

Results: Porphyromonas gingivalis induced the expression of miR-132. P. gingivalis-induced miR-132 expression was significantly inhibited by TLR2/4 knock-down and NF-κB inhibitor. Additionally, miR-132 antagomir strongly repressed production of TNFα. The expression of NFE2L2 and NFAT5, the putative target genes of miR-132 involved in regulation of TNFα, decreased in response to P. gingivalis. Furthermore, miR-132 antagomir rescued P. gingivalis-induced suppression of NFE2L2 and NFAT5.

Conclusions: These results suggest that the induction of miR-132 by P. gingivalis can modulate the pathogenesis of periodontitis induced via regulatory expression of TNFα.

Keywords: Inflammation; Porphyromonas gingivalis; TNFα; miR-132.