Selective Export into Extracellular Vesicles and Function of tRNA Fragments during T Cell Activation
Selective Export into Extracellular Vesicles and Function of tRNA Fragments during T Cell Activation
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DOI:
10.1016/j.celrep.2018.11.073
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发表时间:
2018-12-18
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8.8
通讯作者:
Ansel, K. Mark
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作者:
Chiou, Ni-Ting;Kageyama, Robin;Ansel, K. Mark
The discovery of microRNA ( miRNA) sorting into extracellular vesicles (EVs) revealed a novel mode of intercellular communication and uncovered a link between cellular endomembrane compartments and small RNAs in EV-secreting cells. Using a two-step ultracentrifugation procedure to isolate EVs released by T cells, we found that 45% of tRNA fragments (tRFs), but fewer than 1% of miRNAs, were significantly enriched in EVs compared with the corresponding cellular RNA. T cell activation induced the EV-mediated release of a specific set of tRFs derived from the 5' end and 3'-internal region of tRNAs without variable loops. Inhibition of EV biogenesis pathways specifically led to the accumulation of these activation-induced EV-enriched tRFs within multivesicular bodies (MVBs). Introducing antisense oligonucleotides to inhibit these tRFs enhanced T cell activation. Taken together, these results demonstrate that T cells selectively release tRFs into EVs via MVBs and suggest that this process may remove tRFs that repress immune activation.