Discovery of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers of chronic Chagas heart disease via a small RNA-Seq approach.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 20 09 2023
accepted: 05 01 2024
medline: 13 1 2024
pubmed: 13 1 2024
entrez: 12 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Chagas disease affects approximately 7 million people worldwide in Latin America and is a neglected tropical disease. Twenty to thirty percent of chronically infected patients develop chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy decades after acute infection. Identifying biomarkers of Chagas disease progression is necessary to develop better therapeutic and preventive strategies. Circulating microRNAs are increasingly reliable biomarkers of disease and therapeutic targets. To identify new circulating microRNAs for Chagas disease, we performed exploratory small RNA sequencing from the plasma of patients and performed de novo miRNA prediction, identifying potential new microRNAs. The levels of the new microRNAs temporarily named miR-Contig-1519 and miR-Contig-3244 and microRNAs that are biomarkers for nonchagasic cardiomyopathies, such as miR-148a-3p and miR-224-5p, were validated by quantitative reverse transcription. We found a specific circulating microRNA signature defined by low miR-Contig-3244, miR-Contig-1519, and miR-148a-3 levels but high miR-224-5p levels for patients with chronic Chagas disease. Finally, we predicted in silico that these altered circulating microRNAs could affect the expression of target genes involved in different cellular pathways and biological processes, which we will explore in the future.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38216639
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-51487-9
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-51487-9
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Journal Article

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eng

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Organisme : Agencia Nacional e Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
ID : PICT 2013-1892
Organisme : Secretaría de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario
ID : 1MED410
Organisme : Ministerio de Economía y competitividad and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional
ID : SAF2016-75988-R (MINECO/FEDER)
Organisme : Ministerio de Economía y competitividad and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional
ID : SAF2015-63868-R (MINECO/FEDER)
Organisme : Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales
ID : RICET RD12/0018/0004
Organisme : Consejería de Sanidad, Comunidad de Madrid
ID : S-2010/BMD-2332
Organisme : Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades-Agencia Estatal de Investigación and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional
ID : PGC2018-096132-B-I00

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Auteurs

Silvina R Villar (SR)

Instituto de Inmunología Clínica y Experimental de Rosario (IDICER-CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina.

Alfonso Herreros-Cabello (A)

Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain.

Francisco Callejas-Hernández (F)

Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain.
Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY, USA.

María C Maza (MC)

Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain.

Javier Del Moral-Salmoral (J)

Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain.

Mario Gómez-Montes (M)

Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain.

Héctor O Rodríguez-Angulo (HO)

Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas- IVIC, Caracas, 1021, Venezuela.

Irene Carrillo (I)

Division of Infectious Diseases, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Miguel Górgolas (M)

Division of Infectious Diseases, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Department of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Pau Bosch-Nicolau (P)

International Health Unit Vall d'Hebron-Drassanes, Infectious Diseases Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, PROSICS Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

Israel Molina (I)

International Health Unit Vall d'Hebron-Drassanes, Infectious Diseases Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, PROSICS Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

José A Pérez-Molina (JA)

National Referral Unit for Tropical Diseases, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, IRICYS, Madrid, Spain.
CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

Begoña Monge-Maillo (B)

National Referral Unit for Tropical Diseases, Infectious Diseases Department, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, IRICYS, Madrid, Spain.
CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

Oscar A Bottasso (OA)

Instituto de Inmunología Clínica y Experimental de Rosario (IDICER-CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina.

Juan Beloscar (J)

Cátedra y Servicio de Cardiología, Sección Chagas, Hospital Provincial del Centenario, Rosario, Argentina.

Ana R Pérez (AR)

Instituto de Inmunología Clínica y Experimental de Rosario (IDICER-CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina.

Manuel Fresno (M)

Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain.
Instituto Universitario de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (IUBM-UAM), Madrid, Spain.
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.

Núria Gironès (N)

Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), 28049, Madrid, Spain. nuria.girones@uam.es.
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain. nuria.girones@uam.es.
Instituto Universitario de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (IUBM-UAM), Madrid, Spain. nuria.girones@uam.es.
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain. nuria.girones@uam.es.

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