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. 2020 May 19;7:196. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00196

Table 3.

Overview of miR-223 experiments and their expression in asthma and COPD.

Overview of miR-223 experiments Expression of target genes in asthma and COPD
Expression of miR-223 Cell type Condition References Asthma COPD References
Downregulation miR-223 HBECs ↑ NF-kB activity (37) ↑ NF-kb activity in HBECs ↑ NF-kb activity in HBECs (51)
Overexpression of miR-223 HBECs ↓ PARP-1 (22) ↑ PARP-1 activity in PBMCs
and lung tissue
↑ PARP-1 activity in blood (52, 53)
Reduction of miR-223 Monocytes/Macrophages ↑ IKKα (36) No differences in PBMCs No differences in IKKα activity in PBMCs No differences in PBMCs
↑ IKKα activity in PBMCs
(54)
Downregulation miR-223 Basal epithelial cells of zebrafish ↑ TRAF6 (37) No differences in PBMCs NA (55)
Downregulation miR-223 HBECs ↑ CUL1 (37) NA NA
Downregulation miR-223 HBECs ↑ TAB2 (37) NA NA
Overexpression of miR-223 Murine neutrophils/A549 cells ↓ NLRP3 (24) ↑ NLRP3 in sputum of neutrophilic asthma patients ↑ NLRP3 in PBMCs
No differences in HBECs
(56, 57)
Overexpression of miR-223 A549 cells ↓ RhoB (39) NA NA
Knock out of miR-223 Murine lung ↑ IL-6 (42) ↑ IL-6 BALF and sputum ↑ IL-6 BALF and sputum (8)
Knock out of miR-223 Murine lung ↑ CCL3 (42) ↑ CCL3 in BALF and CD4+ T cells
No differences in BALF
↑ CCL3 in CD8+ T-cells
↑ CCL3 in sputum (5862)
Knock out of miR-223 Murine lung ↑ CXCL2 (42) NA ↑ CXCL2 in lung tissue (63, 64)
Overexpression of miR-223 Murine macrophages ↓ STAT3 (41) ↑ STAT3 activity in airway smooth muscle cells ↑ STAT3 in lung tissue (6567)
Overexpression of miR-223 Human coronary artery
endothelial cells
↓ ICAM-1 (50) ↑ ICAM-1 in blood, BALF
and nasal lavage fluid
↑ ICAM-1 in lung tissue (64, 68)
Overexpression of miR-223 human pulmonary artery endothelial cells (HPAEC) ↓ HDAC2 (43) NA ↓ HDAC2 activity in lung tissue and alveolar macrophages (69)
Knock out of miR-223 T cells ↓ Mef2c (17) ↓ Mef2c in HBECs NA (70)
Overexpression of miR-223 Human adenocarcinoma ↓ IGF-1R (44) ↑ IGF1 signaling in bronchial biopsies ↓ IGF-1 in serum
↑ IGF-1 in quadriceps
(44, 57, 61)
Knock out of miR-223 Neutrophils ↑ IGF-1R (17)
Overexpression of miR-223 Airway smooth muscle cells ↓ IGF-1R (46)
Overexpression of miR-223 Lewis lung carcinoma cells ↓ IGF-1R (45)
Overexpression of miR-223 A549 cells ↓ TGFBR3 (47) ↓ TGFBR3 in blood ↓ TGFBR3 in severe COPD patients (71, 72)
Downregulation miR-223 SPC-A1 lung cancer cells ↑ TGFBR3 (47)
Overexpression of miR-223 Human lung squamous
cell carcinoma cells
↓ p53 (48) NA ↑ p53 in lung tissue (73, 74)
Overexpression of miR-223 Lewis lung carcinoma cells ↓ CDK2 (45) NA NA

BALF, Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; CCL3, Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3; CDK2, Cyclin-dependent kinase 2; CUL, cullin 1; CXCL2, CXCL2, Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 2; HBECs, human bronchial epithelial cells; HDAC2, histone deacetylase 2; ICAM-1, Intercellular adhesion molecule 1; IGF-1R, insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor; IKKα, IκB kinase α; IL-6, Interleukin-6; Mef2c, Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2C; NLRP3, NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3; PARP-1, Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1; PBMCs, Peripheral blood mononuclear cell; RhoB, Rho-related GTP binding protein; STAT3, Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; TAB2, TGF-Beta Activated Kinase 1 (MAP3K7) Binding Protein 2; TGFBR3, Transforming growth factor beta receptor III; TRAF6, TGF-beta activated kinase 1 binding protein 2.