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CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 45, Issue 4, Pages 820-830Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cbin.11526
Keywords
atherosclerosis; atherosclerotic plaques; bone marrow‐ derived mesenchymal stem cells microvesicles; macrophage; microRNA‐ 223; Nod‐ like receptor protein 3; pyroptosis
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BMSCs-MVs can stabilize atherosclerotic plaques by inhibiting NLRP3 expression through miR-223, reducing vulnerability and inflammation.
Rupture of atherosclerotic plaques constitutes the major cause of thrombosis and acute ischemic coronary syndrome. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells microvesicles (BMSCs-MVs) are reported to promote angiogenesis. This study investigated the role of BMSCs-MVs in stabilizing atherosclerotic plaques. BMSCs-MVs in mice were isolated and identified. The mouse model of atherosclerosis was established, and mice were injected with BMSCs-MVs via the tail vein. The macrophage model with high glucose and oxidative damage was established and then incubated with BMSCs-MVs. Nod-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) expression, pyroptosis-related proteins, and inflammatory factors were detected. Actinomycin D was used to inhibit the secretion of BMSCs-MVs to verify the source of microRNA-223 (miR-223). The binding relationship between miR-223 and NLRP3 was predicted and verified. BMSCs-MVs with knockdown of miR-223 were cocultured with bone marrow-derived macrophages with knockdown of NLRP3, and then levels of miR-223, NLRP3, pyroptosis-related proteins, and inflammatory factors were detected. BMSCs-MVs could reduce the vulnerability index of atherosclerotic plaques and intima-media thickness in mice, and inhibit pyroptosis and inflammation. BMSCs-MVs inhibited pyroptosis and inflammatory factors in macrophages. BMSCs-MVs carried miR-223 to inhibit NLRP3 expression and reduce macrophage pyroptosis, thereby stabilizing the atherosclerotic plaques.
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