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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 318, Issue 5, Pages C857-C869Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00406.2019
Keywords
high glucose; HUVEC; hydrogen sulfide; migration; miR-126-3p
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31830042, 81870212, 81670248, 81970361]
- Macau Science and Technology Development fund [FDCT 0007/2019/AKP]
- Innovative research team of high-level local universities in Shanghai
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [ZDSYS14005]
- FDUROP (Fudan's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program)
- University Student Innovation Program of Shanghai
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Diabetes (especially Type II) is one of the primary threats to cardiovascular health. Wound healing defects and vascular dysfunction are common in diabetic patients, and the primary cause of deterioration is sustained high plasma glucose. microRNA, a noncoding RNA, has regulatory functions that are critical to maintaining homeostasis. MicroRNA (miR)-126-3p is a potential diabetes biomarker and a proangiogenic factor, and its plasma level decreases in diabetic patients. Previous studies have revealed the proangiogenic character of the gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide (H2S). However, little is known about the relationship between H2S and miR-126-3p when the extracellular glucose level is high, let alone their influences on deteriorated endothelial cell migration, a key component of angiogenesis, which is crucial for wound healing. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were treated with high glucose (33.3 mmol/L) or normal glucose (5.5 mmol/L) for 48 h. Affymetrix miRNA profiling and real-time PCR were used to validate the miRNA expression. An H2S probe (HSip-1) was used to detect endogenous H2S. Scratch wound-healing assays were used to evaluate HUVEC migration. The protein levels were quantified by Western blot. Both exogenous and endogenous H2S could upregulate the miR-126-3p levels in HUVECs or muscle tissue. High glucose decreased the H2S level and the protein expression of the H2S-producing enzyme cystathionine gamma-lyase (CSE) in HUVECs; however, the DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) protein level was upregulated. CSE overexpression not only increased the miR-126-3p level by decreasing the DNMT1 protein level but also rescued the deteriorated cell migration in HUVECs treated with high glucose. DNMT1 overexpression decreased the miR-126-3p level and inhibited the migration of HUVECs, whereas silencing DNMT1 improved cell migration. High glucose decreased the endogenous H2S and miR-126-3p levels and increased the DNMT1 expression, thus inducing the migration dysfunction of HUVECs. Treatment with exogenous H2S or the overexpression of the endogenously produced enzyme CSE would rescue this migration dysfunction through H(2)SDNMT1-miR-126-3p.
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