To understand why livers from aged donors are successfully used for transplants, we looked for markers of liver aging in 71 biopsies from donors aged 12-92 years before transplants and in 11 biopsies after transplants with high donor-recipient age-mismatch. We also assessed liver function in 36 age-mismatched recipients. The major findings were the following: (i) miR-31-5p, miR-141-3p, and miR-200c-3p increased with age, as assessed by microRNAs (miRs) and mRNA transcript profiling in 12 biopsies and results were validated by RT-qPCR in a total of 58 biopsies; (ii) telomere length measured by qPCR in 45 samples showed a significant age-dependent shortage; (iii) a bioinformatic approach combining transcriptome and miRs data identified putative miRs targets, the most informative being GLT1, a glutamate transporter expressed in hepatocytes. GLT1 was demonstrated by luciferase assay to be a target of miR-31-5p and miR-200c-3p, and both its mRNA (RT-qPCR) and protein (immunohistochemistry) significantly decreased with age in liver biopsies and in hepatic centrilobular zone, respectively; (iv) miR-31-5p, miR-141-3p and miR-200c-3p expression was significantly affected by recipient age (older environment) as assessed in eleven cases of donor-recipient extreme age-mismatch; (v) the analysis of recipients plasma by N-glycans profiling, capable of assessing liver functions and biological age, showed that liver function recovered after transplants, independently of age-mismatch, and recipients apparently 'rejuvenated' according to their glycomic age. In conclusion, we identified new markers of aging in human liver, their relevance in donor-recipient age-mismatches in transplantation, and offered positive evidence for the use of organs from old donors.
Identification of miR-31-5p, miR-141-3p, miR-200c-3p, and GLT1 as human liver aging markers sensitive to donor-recipient age-mismatch in transplants / Capri, Miriam; Olivieri, Fabiola; Lanzarini, Catia; Remondini, Daniel; Borelli, Vincenzo; Lazzarini, Raffaella; Graciotti, Laura; Albertini, Maria Cristina; Bellavista, Elena; Santoro, Aurelia; Biondi, Fiammetta; Tagliafico, Enrico; Tenedini, Elena; Morsiani, Cristina; Pizza, Grazia; Vasuri, Francesco; D'Errico, Antonietta; Dazzi, Alessandro; Pellegrini, Sara; Magenta, Alessandra; D'Agostino, Marco; Capogrossi, Maurizio C.; Cescon, Matteo; Rippo, Maria Rita; Procopio, Antonio Domenico; Franceschi, Claudio; Grazi, Gian Luca. - In: AGING CELL. - ISSN 1474-9718. - 16:2(2017), pp. 262-272.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 |
Data di prima pubblicazione: | 20-dic-2016 |
Titolo: | Identification of miR-31-5p, miR-141-3p, miR-200c-3p, and GLT1 as human liver aging markers sensitive to donor-recipient age-mismatch in transplants |
Autore/i: | Capri, Miriam; Olivieri, Fabiola; Lanzarini, Catia; Remondini, Daniel; Borelli, Vincenzo; Lazzarini, Raffaella; Graciotti, Laura; Albertini, Maria Cristina; Bellavista, Elena; Santoro, Aurelia; Biondi, Fiammetta; Tagliafico, Enrico; Tenedini, Elena; Morsiani, Cristina; Pizza, Grazia; Vasuri, Francesco; D'Errico, Antonietta; Dazzi, Alessandro; Pellegrini, Sara; Magenta, Alessandra; D'Agostino, Marco; Capogrossi, Maurizio C.; Cescon, Matteo; Rippo, Maria Rita; Procopio, Antonio Domenico; Franceschi, Claudio; Grazi, Gian Luca |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acel.12549 |
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Volume: | 16 |
Fascicolo: | 2 |
Pagina iniziale: | 262 |
Pagina finale: | 272 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000395379500008 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-85007240054 |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 27995756 |
Citazione: | Identification of miR-31-5p, miR-141-3p, miR-200c-3p, and GLT1 as human liver aging markers sensitive to donor-recipient age-mismatch in transplants / Capri, Miriam; Olivieri, Fabiola; Lanzarini, Catia; Remondini, Daniel; Borelli, Vincenzo; Lazzarini, Raffaella; Graciotti, Laura; Albertini, Maria Cristina; Bellavista, Elena; Santoro, Aurelia; Biondi, Fiammetta; Tagliafico, Enrico; Tenedini, Elena; Morsiani, Cristina; Pizza, Grazia; Vasuri, Francesco; D'Errico, Antonietta; Dazzi, Alessandro; Pellegrini, Sara; Magenta, Alessandra; D'Agostino, Marco; Capogrossi, Maurizio C.; Cescon, Matteo; Rippo, Maria Rita; Procopio, Antonio Domenico; Franceschi, Claudio; Grazi, Gian Luca. - In: AGING CELL. - ISSN 1474-9718. - 16:2(2017), pp. 262-272. |
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