Ting Li, Xiaoqin Tan, Yuexia Huang, Jun Cui, Fan Chen, Ying Xiong
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MicroRNA miR-627-5p restrains pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell dysfunction by targeting MAP 2 K4 and PI3K/AKT signaling.
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by pulmonary vascular remodeling, which can be caused by abnormal proliferation and migration of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). Several microRNAs were demonstrated to regulate the PASMC dysfunction. Our study intends to evaluate whether miR-627-5p affects cigarette smoke extract (CSE)-induced aberrant biological behaviors of PASMCs.
Methods: PASMCs was treated with CSE to create the in vitro cellular model of COPD. The viability and LDH release of PASMCs was detected by CCK-8 assay and LDH release assay. MiR-627-5p and MAP 2 K4 expression in CSE (2%)-treated PASMCs was detected by qRT-PCR. PASMC proliferation was observed under a microscope, and PASMC migration was assessed by Transwell migration assays. The binding of miR-627-5p on MAP 2 K4 was verified by dual-luciferase reporter assay. Protein levels of MAP2K4 and the PI3K/AKT signaling markers were examined by western blotting.
Results: The viability of PASMCs treated with 2% CSE reached a peak. CSE dose-dependently downregulated miR-627-5p expression in PASMCs. MiR-627-5p overexpression attenuated the CSE-induced abnormal proliferation and migration of PASMCs. However, MAP2K4 overexpression antagonized the effects of miR-627-5p on PASMC dysfunction. Importantly, miR-627-5p inhibited CSE-stimulated activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway via downregulating MAP2K4.
Conclusion: MiR-627-5p improves CSE-induced abnormal proliferation and migration of PASMCs by inhibiting MAP2K4 expression and the PI3K/AKT pathway.
期刊介绍:
Genes and Environment is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that aims to accelerate communications among global scientists working in the field of genes and environment. The journal publishes articles across a broad range of topics including environmental mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, environmental genomics and epigenetics, molecular epidemiology, genetic toxicology and regulatory sciences.
Topics published in the journal include, but are not limited to, mutagenesis and anti-mutagenesis in bacteria; genotoxicity in mammalian somatic cells; genotoxicity in germ cells; replication and repair; DNA damage; metabolic activation and inactivation; water and air pollution; ROS, NO and photoactivation; pharmaceuticals and anticancer agents; radiation; endocrine disrupters; indirect mutagenesis; threshold; new techniques for environmental mutagenesis studies; DNA methylation (enzymatic); structure activity relationship; chemoprevention of cancer; regulatory science. Genetic toxicology including risk evaluation for human health, validation studies on testing methods and subjects of guidelines for regulation of chemicals are also within its scope.