Qiu Xue-Mei, Li Xin, Liu Rui
State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2022 Jan;53(1):20-27. doi: 10.12182/20220160202.
The innate immune system is critical to the elimination and control of infections. However, uncontrolled immune responses can cause indirect host-mediated tissue damage. The regulation of immune homeostasis is a complex but finely regulated process. ncRNAs have been increasingly identified as important regulators of a variety of biological processes. Recent research findings suggest that microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs participate in antiviral responses, tumor immunity, and autoimmune diseases by regulating gene expression in the innate immune pathways. MicroRNAs regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level by binding to the 3' untranslated regions of mRNA, while long non-coding RNAs act as endogenous competing RNAs for microRNAs, inhibiting the binding of microRNAs and mRNAs. In this review, we summarized the regulatory role of non-coding RNAs in innate immunity and its mechanism to provide references for research in the regulation of innate immunity and immune-related diseases. In addition, we also reported discussions on the future research directions in the field, including the expression and maturation regulation mechanism of new non-coding RNAs, and the conservation of non-coding RNAs in evolution.
先天性免疫系统对于感染的清除和控制至关重要。然而,不受控制的免疫反应会导致间接的宿主介导的组织损伤。免疫稳态的调节是一个复杂但精细调控的过程。非编码RNA已越来越多地被确认为多种生物学过程的重要调节因子。最近的研究结果表明,微小RNA和长链非编码RNA通过调节先天性免疫途径中的基因表达参与抗病毒反应、肿瘤免疫和自身免疫性疾病。微小RNA通过与mRNA的3'非翻译区结合在转录后水平调节基因表达,而长链非编码RNA作为微小RNA的内源性竞争性RNA,抑制微小RNA与mRNA的结合。在本综述中,我们总结了非编码RNA在先天性免疫中的调节作用及其机制,为先天性免疫调节和免疫相关疾病的研究提供参考。此外,我们还报道了该领域未来研究方向的讨论,包括新非编码RNA的表达和成熟调控机制,以及非编码RNA在进化中的保守性。