Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Among different leishmanial infections, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) if not treated is the most severe form with high mortality rates. In India, it is caused by the protozoan parasite Leishmania donovani. The therapy of visceral leishmaniasis is limited due to high toxicity, resistance to existing drugs and increasing cases of Leishmania co-infections. Hence, there is a need to identify novel drug and targets to overcome these hindrances. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs (∼22-24 nucleotide in length) that regulate gene expression in various biological processes. They play as intracellular mediators that are essential for different biological processes. OBJECTIVES:The aim of present study is to explore the leishmaniacidal role of trans-dibenzalacetone (DBA, a synthetic monoketone analog of curcumin) on the expression profile of miRNA in intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania donovani. METHODS:Small RNA libraries of samples (macrophages-infected with Leishmania amastigotes; and infected macrophages treated with DBA) were prepared by using Illumina Trueseq Small RNA kit. RESULTS:Using miRDIP database, we identified target gene of differentially expressed miRNAs (target miRNAs: hsa-mir-15b, hsa-mir-671, hsa-mir-151a and has-mir-30c) which was confirmed by real time stem-loop PCR. Ten KEGG pathways were significantly enriched with these target miRNA genes and they mainly relate to mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) pathway. We have previously established the antiproliferative and apoptotic effect of trans-dibenzalacetone (DBA, a synthetic monoketone analog of curcumin) on the Leishmania donovani parasites. In the present study, using GFP-ATG8 gene as a marker for tracking putative autophagosomes, we confirmed that autophagic vacuolization may lead to autophagic cell death in the DBA-treated parasites. Our results demonstrated that curcumin analog DBA has a role to play in regulating the balance between autophagy and apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS:We conclude that curcumin analog DBA triggers imbalance between two known phenotypes of cell death viz apoptosis and autophagy.
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Exp Parasitoljournal_title
Experimental parasitologyauthors
Singh N,Chauhan ISdoi
10.1016/j.exppara.2018.07.018subject
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2018-10-01 00:00:00pages
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0014-4894issn
1090-2449pii
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193pub_type
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