Time-course full profiling of circulating miRNAs in neurologically deceased organ donors: a proof of concept study to understand the onset of the cytokine storm

Neurologically deceased organ donors (NDDs) generally display an immune response involving an intense production of pro-inflammatory cytokines referred to as the cytokine storm. The sudden surge of inflammatory mediators in circulation promotes tissue and organ damages and ultimately leads to poor t...

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Main Authors: Andrée-Anne Clément, Daphnée Lamarche, Marie-Hélène Masse, Cécilia Légaré, Lee-Hwa Tai, Laurence Fleury Deland, Marie-Claude Battista, Luigi Bouchard, Frédérick D’Aragon
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2022.2076048
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author Andrée-Anne Clément
Daphnée Lamarche
Marie-Hélène Masse
Cécilia Légaré
Lee-Hwa Tai
Laurence Fleury Deland
Marie-Claude Battista
Luigi Bouchard
Frédérick D’Aragon
author_facet Andrée-Anne Clément
Daphnée Lamarche
Marie-Hélène Masse
Cécilia Légaré
Lee-Hwa Tai
Laurence Fleury Deland
Marie-Claude Battista
Luigi Bouchard
Frédérick D’Aragon
author_sort Andrée-Anne Clément
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description Neurologically deceased organ donors (NDDs) generally display an immune response involving an intense production of pro-inflammatory cytokines referred to as the cytokine storm. The sudden surge of inflammatory mediators in circulation promotes tissue and organ damages and ultimately leads to poor transplant outcome. As microRNAs (miRNAs) are frequently proposed as key regulators of inflammation and are relatively stable in circulation, changes in their profiles could play a role in the onset of the cytokine storm in NDDs. In this proof-of-concept study, we sought to investigate differentially abundant circulating miRNAs in a temporal manner between neurological death and organ recovery and to assess the association between specific miRNAs and levels of inflammatory cytokines in blood. Plasma samples from five NDDs were obtained at multiple time points between organ donation consent and organ recovery. Using a time-course analysis and miRNA sequencing, we identified 32 plasma miRNAs fluctuating between consent and organ recovery (false discovery rate; q-value < 0.1). Eleven miRNAs relatively abundant (>100 reads) and detected in all samples were selected for further biological pathway analysis (miR-486-3p, miR-103a-3p, miR-106b-3p, miR-182-5p, miR-101-3p, miR-10a-5p, miR-125a-5p, miR-146b-5p, miR-26a-5p, miR-423-5p, miR-92b-3p). These miRNAs targeted genes such as c-JUN (TNF signalling pathway) and eEF2 (AMPK pathway), suggesting a potential role in regulation of inflammation. Our results contribute to a better understanding of the miRNAs dynamic after neurological death in organ donors and could potentially be used to predict the related early cytokine storm.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT03786991. Registered December 2018
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spelling doaj.art-48b612bb75bf41168c5992ee951c01372023-09-21T13:23:12ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEpigenetics1559-22941559-23082022-11-0117111546156110.1080/15592294.2022.20760482076048Time-course full profiling of circulating miRNAs in neurologically deceased organ donors: a proof of concept study to understand the onset of the cytokine stormAndrée-Anne Clément0Daphnée Lamarche1Marie-Hélène Masse2Cécilia Légaré3Lee-Hwa Tai4Laurence Fleury Deland5Marie-Claude Battista6Luigi Bouchard7Frédérick D’Aragon8Université de SherbrookeFMHS,Université de SherbrookeCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de SherbrookeUniversité de SherbrookeCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de SherbrookeFMHS,Université de SherbrookeFMHS,Université de SherbrookeUniversité de SherbrookeFMHS,Université de SherbrookeNeurologically deceased organ donors (NDDs) generally display an immune response involving an intense production of pro-inflammatory cytokines referred to as the cytokine storm. The sudden surge of inflammatory mediators in circulation promotes tissue and organ damages and ultimately leads to poor transplant outcome. As microRNAs (miRNAs) are frequently proposed as key regulators of inflammation and are relatively stable in circulation, changes in their profiles could play a role in the onset of the cytokine storm in NDDs. In this proof-of-concept study, we sought to investigate differentially abundant circulating miRNAs in a temporal manner between neurological death and organ recovery and to assess the association between specific miRNAs and levels of inflammatory cytokines in blood. Plasma samples from five NDDs were obtained at multiple time points between organ donation consent and organ recovery. Using a time-course analysis and miRNA sequencing, we identified 32 plasma miRNAs fluctuating between consent and organ recovery (false discovery rate; q-value < 0.1). Eleven miRNAs relatively abundant (>100 reads) and detected in all samples were selected for further biological pathway analysis (miR-486-3p, miR-103a-3p, miR-106b-3p, miR-182-5p, miR-101-3p, miR-10a-5p, miR-125a-5p, miR-146b-5p, miR-26a-5p, miR-423-5p, miR-92b-3p). These miRNAs targeted genes such as c-JUN (TNF signalling pathway) and eEF2 (AMPK pathway), suggesting a potential role in regulation of inflammation. Our results contribute to a better understanding of the miRNAs dynamic after neurological death in organ donors and could potentially be used to predict the related early cytokine storm.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT03786991. Registered December 2018http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2022.2076048organ donationtransplantationcirculating mirnasmicrornasnext-generation sequencingmicrotranscriptome
spellingShingle Andrée-Anne Clément
Daphnée Lamarche
Marie-Hélène Masse
Cécilia Légaré
Lee-Hwa Tai
Laurence Fleury Deland
Marie-Claude Battista
Luigi Bouchard
Frédérick D’Aragon
Time-course full profiling of circulating miRNAs in neurologically deceased organ donors: a proof of concept study to understand the onset of the cytokine storm
Epigenetics
organ donation
transplantation
circulating mirnas
micrornas
next-generation sequencing
microtranscriptome
title Time-course full profiling of circulating miRNAs in neurologically deceased organ donors: a proof of concept study to understand the onset of the cytokine storm
title_full Time-course full profiling of circulating miRNAs in neurologically deceased organ donors: a proof of concept study to understand the onset of the cytokine storm
title_fullStr Time-course full profiling of circulating miRNAs in neurologically deceased organ donors: a proof of concept study to understand the onset of the cytokine storm
title_full_unstemmed Time-course full profiling of circulating miRNAs in neurologically deceased organ donors: a proof of concept study to understand the onset of the cytokine storm
title_short Time-course full profiling of circulating miRNAs in neurologically deceased organ donors: a proof of concept study to understand the onset of the cytokine storm
title_sort time course full profiling of circulating mirnas in neurologically deceased organ donors a proof of concept study to understand the onset of the cytokine storm
topic organ donation
transplantation
circulating mirnas
micrornas
next-generation sequencing
microtranscriptome
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2022.2076048
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