Experimental immunology
Acute meningitis in rats is associated with decreased levels of miR132 and miR146a
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Submission date: 2014-04-10
 
 
Final revision date: 2014-06-03
 
 
Acceptance date: 2014-06-06
 
 
Publication date: 2014-10-14
 
 
Cent Eur J Immunol 2014;39(3):316-322
 
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Introduction: The pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae is still unclear. Despite early treatment with antibiotics, its morbidity and mortality is still high.
Material and methods: Streptococcus pneumoniae induced rat meningitis models were taken and divided into 2 groups; control (C) and meningitis (M). Western blot was used to detect toll like receptor 4 (TLR4), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin 1B (IL1B), nuclear factor κB (NFκB) and real time polymerase chain reaction were used to detect the expression of miR146a, miR132, respectively.
Results: We found that the expressions of TLR4, TNF-α, IL1B, NFκB were all up-regulated in the acute stage of bacterial meningitis when compared to the control group. While for the post transcription factors, miR146a and miR132, the opposite was observed. They were down-regulated in the meningitis group.
Conclusions: miR146a and miR132 may take part in the pathogenesis of SP bacterial meningitis as well as the TLR4- NFκB- TNF-α/IL1B signal transduction pathway.
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