Sloan A Lewis1,2, Brianna Doratt1,2, Suhas Sureshchandra1,2, Tianyu Pan3, Steven W Gonzales4, Weining Shen3, Kathleen A Grant4, Ilhem Messaoudi1,2,5. 1. Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA. 2. Institute for Immunology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA. 3. Department of Statistics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA. 4. Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA. 5. University of Kentucky, 760 Press Avenue, Lexington, United States, 40536-0679, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Long-term alcohol drinking is associated with numerous health complications including susceptibility to infection, cancer, and organ damage. However, due to the complex nature of human drinking behavior, it has been challenging to identify reliable biomarkers of alcohol drinking behavior prior to signs of overt organ damage. Recently, extracellular vesicle-bound microRNAs (EV-miRNAs) have been found to be consistent biomarkers of conditions that include cancer and liver disease. METHODS: In this study, we profiled the plasma EV-miRNA content by miRNA-Seq from 80 nonhuman primates after 12 months of voluntary alcohol drinking. RESULTS: We identified a list of up- and downregulated EV-miRNA candidate biomarkers of heavy drinking and those positively correlated with ethanol dose. We overexpressed these candidate miRNAs in control primary peripheral immune cells to assess their potential functional mechanisms. We found that overexpression of miR-155, miR-154, miR-34c, miR-450a, and miR-204 led to increased production of the inflammatory cytokines TNFα or IL-6 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after stimulation. CONCLUSION: This exploratory study identified several EV-miRNAs that could serve as biomarkers of long-term alcohol drinking and provide a mechanism to explain alcohol-induced peripheral inflammation.
BACKGROUND: Long-term alcohol drinking is associated with numerous health complications including susceptibility to infection, cancer, and organ damage. However, due to the complex nature of human drinking behavior, it has been challenging to identify reliable biomarkers of alcohol drinking behavior prior to signs of overt organ damage. Recently, extracellular vesicle-bound microRNAs (EV-miRNAs) have been found to be consistent biomarkers of conditions that include cancer and liver disease. METHODS: In this study, we profiled the plasma EV-miRNA content by miRNA-Seq from 80 nonhuman primates after 12 months of voluntary alcohol drinking. RESULTS: We identified a list of up- and downregulated EV-miRNA candidate biomarkers of heavy drinking and those positively correlated with ethanol dose. We overexpressed these candidate miRNAs in control primary peripheral immune cells to assess their potential functional mechanisms. We found that overexpression of miR-155, miR-154, miR-34c, miR-450a, and miR-204 led to increased production of the inflammatory cytokines TNFα or IL-6 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after stimulation. CONCLUSION: This exploratory study identified several EV-miRNAs that could serve as biomarkers of long-term alcohol drinking and provide a mechanism to explain alcohol-induced peripheral inflammation.
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