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- Title
Aerosolized miR-138-5p and miR-200c targets PD-L1 for lung cancer prevention.
- Authors
Qi Zhang; Jing Pan; Donghai Xiong; Junjun Zheng; McPherson, Kristi N.; Sangbeom Lee; Mofei Huang; Yitian Xu; Shu-hsia Chen; Yian Wang; Ruiz, Lea Hildebrandt; Ming You
- Abstract
The development of chemopreventive strategies with the ability to prevent the progression of lung lesions to malignant cancers would reduce the mortality and morbidity resulting from this deadly disease. Delivery of microRNA (miRNA) by inhalation is a novel method for lung cancer prevention. In this study, we investigated the combined efficacy of aerosolized miR-138-5p and miR-200c miRNA mimics in lung cancer prevention. Combination of the two miRNAs inhibited Benzo(a)pyrene (B((a))P)-induced lung adenomas and N-nitroso-trischloroethylurea (NTCU)-induced lung squamous cell carcinomas with no detectable side effects. Using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and imaging mass cytometry (IMC), we found that both miRNAs inhibited programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression. Our flow cytometry results showed that aerosolized delivery of combined miRNAs increased CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and reduced the expression of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and T-regulatory cells. Our results demonstrated that the delivery of aerosolized microRNAs targeting PD-L1 can be highly effective in preventing lung cancer development and progression in mice.
- Subjects
LUNG cancer; CANCER prevention; PROGRAMMED death-ligand 1; GENE expression; REGULATORY T cells
- Publication
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023, p1
- ISSN
1664-3224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fimmu.2023.1166951