PMID- 33262769 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210716 LR - 20210716 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - Characterization of miRNAs in Extracellular Vesicles Released From Atlantic Salmon Monocyte-Like and Macrophage-Like Cells. PG - 587931 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.587931 [doi] LID - 587931 AB - Cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) participate in cell-cell communication via transfer of molecular cargo including genetic material like miRNAs. In mammals, it has previously been established that EV-mediated transfer of miRNAs can alter the development or function of immune cells, such as macrophages. Our previous research revealed that Atlantic salmon head kidney leukocytes (HKLs) change their morphology, phagocytic ability and miRNA profile from primarily "monocyte-like" at Day 1 to primarily "macrophage-like" at Day 5 of culture. Therefore, we aimed to characterize the miRNA cargo packaged in EVs released from these two cell populations. We successfully isolated EVs from Atlantic salmon HKL culture supernatants using the established Vn96 peptide-based pull-down. Isolation was validated using transmission electron microscopy, nanoparticle tracking analysis, and Western blotting. RNA-sequencing identified 19 differentially enriched (DE) miRNAs packaged in Day 1 versus Day 5 EVs. Several of the highly abundant miRNAs, including those that were DE (e.g. ssa-miR-146a, ssa-miR-155 and ssa-miR-731), were previously identified as DE in HKLs and are associated with macrophage differentiation and immune response in other species. Interestingly, the abundance relative of the miRNAs in EVs, including the most abundant miRNA (ssa-miR-125b), was different than the miRNA abundance in HKLs, indicating selective packaging of miRNAs in EVs. Further study of the miRNA cargo in EVs derived from fish immune cells will be an important next step in identifying EV biomarkers useful for evaluating immune cell function, fish health, or response to disease. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Smith, Wajnberg, Chacko, Woldemariam, Lacroix, Crapoulet, Ayre, Lewis, Rise, Andreassen and Christian. FAU - Smith, Nicole C AU - Smith NC AD - Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada. FAU - Wajnberg, Gabriel AU - Wajnberg G AD - Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, NB, Canada. FAU - Chacko, Simi AU - Chacko S AD - Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, NB, Canada. FAU - Woldemariam, Nardos T AU - Woldemariam NT AD - Department of Life Sciences and Health, OsloMet-Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. FAU - Lacroix, Jacynthe AU - Lacroix J AD - Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, NB, Canada. FAU - Crapoulet, Nicolas AU - Crapoulet N AD - Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, NB, Canada. FAU - Ayre, D Craig AU - Ayre DC AD - Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. FAU - Lewis, Stephen M AU - Lewis SM AD - Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, NB, Canada. AD - Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Universite de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada. AD - Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Halifax, NS, Canada. FAU - Rise, Matthew L AU - Rise ML AD - Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada. FAU - Andreassen, Rune AU - Andreassen R AD - Department of Life Sciences and Health, OsloMet-Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. FAU - Christian, Sherri L AU - Christian SL AD - Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Halifax, NS, Canada. AD - Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20201111 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Extracellular Vesicles/genetics/*immunology MH - Head Kidney/cytology MH - Macrophages/*immunology MH - *MicroRNAs MH - Monocytes/*immunology MH - Salmo salar/*genetics/*immunology PMC - PMC7686242 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Atlantic salmon OT - RNA-seq OT - RNA-sequencing OT - extracellular vesicles OT - head kidney culture OT - macrophage OT - microRNA EDAT- 2020/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/17 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/12/02 05:33 PHST- 2020/07/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/02 05:33 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.587931 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2020 Nov 11;11:587931. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.587931. eCollection 2020.