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MicroRNAs and apoptosis evaluation in B-1 cells progenitors along aging

Grant number: 19/27009-4
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
Start date: June 01, 2020
End date: February 28, 2026
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Immunology - Cellular Immunology
Principal Investigator:Ana Flavia Popi
Grantee:Olívia Fonseca Souza
Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Associated scholarship(s):23/16705-5 - GENE MODULATION OF LET7A/LIN28B AXIS TO EVALUATE DEVELOPMENT, MATURATION AND LONG-TERM SURVIVAL MECHANISMS OF HUMAN FETAL VERSUS HUMAN ADULT B CELLS, BE.EP.DD

Abstract

Accumulation of mutations and changes in the immune system could happen in aging, for example, due to environmental pressures. It was seen that there is an accumulation of B-1 cells in bone marrow and lymphoid organs of old mice and our group showed that the B-1 cell progenitor (B-1p - Lin-CD45R-CD19+CD93+) population increases in the bone marrow of healthy old C57Bl/6 mice (with 30 weeks old) (Souza, O.F., not published data). Moreover, the occurrence of some diseases has a higher incidence in elderly individuals. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) happens in people with more than 50th years, where there are an apoptosis failure and accumulation of B-1 cells (CD5+ B cells). Some studies in NZB/NZW[F1], the model mice to study CLL, showed that peritoneal B-1 cells can survive to irradiation and presents downregulation of miR15a/16. However, we do not know the contributions of B-1 cell progenitor to the development of CLL and there are not enough studies focusing on that. Here we pretend to elucidate the characteristics of B-1p cells and search for alterations in the apoptosis pathway in cells from old mice that could explain the hyperplasia of the population identified before and maybe maintained until the mature status of B-1 cells. These cells will be obtained from the bone marrow of these animals, enriched with cell sorting and compared with cells from young animals (with 8 weeks old). The parameters that will be evaluated are related to the occurrence and regulation of apoptosis, principally by microRNAs. We propose that the B-1 cell progenitor is involved at the beginning of the CLL and we pretend to elucidate some mechanisms involved into deregulation of apoptosis. (AU)

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
SOUZA, OLIVIA F.; DE OLIVEIRA, VIVIAN C.; RODRIGUES, GABRIEL J. F.; COSTA, LUCAS V. S.; CORADO, FERNANDA; POPI, ANA F.. Age-related accumulation of B-1 cell progenitors in mice reflects changes in miR15a/16-1 expression and radioresistance capacity. EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY, v. 12, n. 1, p. 6-pg., . (17/24451-2, 19/27009-4, 17/11725-7, 21/05377-1)
SOUZA, OLIVIA FONSECA; POPI, ANA FLAVIA. Role of microRNAs in B-Cell Compartment: Development, Proliferation and Hematological Diseases. BIOMEDICINES, v. 10, n. 8, p. 17-pg., . (19/27009-4, 21/05377-1)