Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (6): 2619-2628.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.06.033

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Knockdown of let-7-5p from Echinococcus multilocularis Inhibited the Peritoneal Macrophages Polarization and Worm Growth in BALB/c Mice

Liqun WANG1(), Yixuan WU1,2(), Guiting PU1, Shanling CAO1, Dexian WNAG1, Tingli LIU1, Hong LI1, Tharheer Oluwashola AMUDA1, Xiaola GUO1, Hong YIN1,3, Xuenong LUO1,3,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention/Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China
    2. Life Science and Engineering College of Northwest University of Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, China
    3. Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
  • Received:2023-09-12 Online:2024-06-23 Published:2024-06-28
  • Contact: Xuenong LUO E-mail:wlq1282690114@163.com;wyx2211591074@163.com;luoxuenong@caas.cn

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of knockdown of Echinococcus multilocularis emu-let-7-5p on mouse peritoneal macrophages polarization and worm growth. A recombinant adeno-associated virus vector expressing emu-let-7-5p sponge sequence of E. multilocularis was constructed, and its inhibitory effect and specificity were validated in 293T cells. Seventy clean-grade BALB/c mice were injected intravenously (tail vein) with AAV8-si-let-7-5p, AAV8-control, and PBS, respectively. After two weeks, two mice in each group were randomly selected, and the expression of GFP, emu-let-7-5p and its target C/EBP δ in liver were detected by Western blot and qRT-PCR. At 3 months after intraperitoneal inoculation of 1 000 protoscolexs in each mouse, the transcriptional levels of emu-let-7-5p, C/EBP δ, M1 type (IL-1β, iNOS and IL-6) and M2 type (Arg-1, IL-4 and IL-10) related molecules in peritoneal macrophages were detected by qRT-PCR, and cysts weight and protoscolexs number of E. multilocularis in each group were analyzed. The results showed that, on the 15th day after injection, AAV8-si-let-7-5p successfully targeted the mouse liver and caused knockdown of emu-let-7-5p and up-regulation of C/EBP δ. At 3 months after infection, the expressions of emu-let-7-5p and M2 related molecule (Arg-1) in peritoneal macrophages were significantly down-regulated in AAV8-si-let-7-5p group, while C/EBP δ and M1 related molecules (IL-1β and iNOS) were significantly up-regulated. In addition, in AAV8-si-let-7-5p group, the expressions of IL-4 and IL-6 were down-regulated, while the expression of IL-10 was up-regulated, and cysts weight and protoscolexs number in AAV8-si-let-7-5p group were significantly lower than those in the control group. The above results suggested that knockdown of emu-let-7-5p in mice infected with E. multilocularis can promote the expression of C/EPB δ, and thus inhibit M2 macrophage polarization and worm growth.

Key words: Echinococcus multilocularis, emu-let-7-5p, peritoneal macrophages polarization, worm growth

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