TLR8-Activating miR-146a-3p is an Intermediate Signal Contributing to Fetal Membrane Inflammation in Response to Bacterial LPS

Author:

Georges Hanah M.,Cassin Caterina,Tong Mancy,Abrahams Vikki M.ORCID

Abstract

AbstractPreterm birth is the largest contributor to neonatal morbidity and is often associated with chorioamnionitis, defined as inflammation/infection of the fetal membranes (FMs). Chorioamnionitis is characterized by neutrophil infiltration of the FMs and is associated with elevated levels of the neutrophil chemoattractant, interleukin (IL)-8, and the proinflammatory cytokine, IL-1β. While FMs can respond to infections through innate immune sensors, such as Toll-like receptors (TLRs), the downstream mechanisms by which chorioamnionitis arises are not fully understood. A novel group of non-classical microRNAs (miR-21a, miR-29a, miR-146a-3p, Let-7b) function as endogenous danger signals by activating the ssRNA viral sensors TLR7 and TLR8. In this study, the pro-inflammatory roles of TLR7/TLR8-activating miRs were examined as mediators of FM inflammation in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) using anin vitrohuman FM explant system, anin vivomouse model of pregnancy, and human clinical samples. Following LPS exposure, miR-146a-3p was significantly increased in both human FM explants and in wildtype mouse FMs. Expression of miR-146a-3p was also significantly elevated in FMs from women with preterm birth and chorioamnionitis. FM IL-8 and inflammasome-mediated IL-1β production in response to LPS was dependent on miR-146a-3p and TLR8, downstream of TLR4 activation. In wildtype mice, LPS exposure increased FM IL-8 and IL-1β production and induced preterm birth. InTLR7−/−/TLR8−/−mice, LPS exposure was able to initiate, but not sustain preterm birth, and FM inflammation was reduced. Together, we demonstrate a novel signaling mechanism at the maternal-fetal interface in which TLR8-activating miR-146a-3p acts as an intermediate danger signal to drive FM inflammasome-dependent and -independent mechanisms of inflammation and thus, may play a role in chorioamnionitis and subsequent preterm birth.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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