Human-derived microRNA 21 regulates indole and L-tryptophan biosynthesis transcripts in a prominent gut symbiont

Author:

Flanagan Kayla,Gassner Kirsten,Lang MichaelaORCID,Ozelyte Jurgita,Hausmann BelaORCID,Crepaz Daniel,Pjevac PetraORCID,Gasche Christoph,Berry David,Vesely CorneliaORCID,Pereira Fatima C.ORCID

Abstract

AbstractIn the gut, microRNAs (miRNAs) produced by intestinal epithelial cells are secreted into the lumen and can shape the composition and function of the gut microbiome. Crosstalk between gut microbes and the host plays a key role in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel diseases, yet little is known about how the miRNA-gut microbiome axis contributes to the pathogenesis of these conditions. In this study, we aimed to explore the ability of miR-21, a miRNA that we found decreased in stool samples from IBS patients, to associate with and regulate gut microbiome function. Incubation of human faecal microbiota with miR-21 revealed a rapid association with microbial cells, reproducible across multiple donor samples. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting and sequencing of microbial cells incubated with fluorescently-labelled miR-21 identified organisms belonging to the generaBacteroides,Limosilactobacillus,Ruminococcus, orCoprococcuswhich predominantly interacted with miR-21. Surprisingly, these and other genera also interacted with a miRNA scramble control, suggesting that physical interaction and/or uptake of these miRNAs by gut microbiota is not sequence-dependent. Nevertheless, transcriptomic analysis of the gut commensalBacteroides thetaiotaomicronrevealed a miRNA sequence-specific effect on bacterial transcript levels. Supplementation of miR-21, but not of small RNA controls resulted in significantly altered levels of many cellular transcripts and increased transcription of a biosynthetic operon for indole and L-tryptophan, metabolites known to regulate host inflammation and colonic motility. Our study identifies a novel putative miR-21-dependent pathway of regulation of intestinal function through the gut microbiome with implications for gastrointestinal conditions.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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