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TOXICOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 345, Issue -, Pages 12-23Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2021.04.002
Keywords
Cadmium; Kidney; Apoptosis; MicroRNA-363-3p; Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81972990]
- Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Plan [2017B030314152]
- Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project [201804010005]
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This study investigated the role of miR-363-3p in Cd-induced nephrotoxicity in occupational workers. The findings suggest that the increase of miR-363-3p is associated with down-regulation of PI3K and suppressed proliferation and enhanced apoptosis of renal tubule epithelial cells. MiR-363-3p may be considered for possible therapeutic strategies for Cd-associated kidney damage.
We previously determined that specific microRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in renal pathophysiological occurrences induced by cadmium (Cd) in rats. This study expands our studies on miRNAs, determining their role in Cd-induced nephrotoxicity in occupational workers. We performed miRNA microarray analyses of blood and urine samples from patients diagnosed as occupational chronic Cd poisoning (OCCP) with abnormally elevated concentrations of urinary beta-2-microglobulin (U-beta(2)-MG), an indicator of tubular proteinuria. We also performed in vitro bioinformatics-based investigations of apoptosis-related genes targeted by miRNAs involved in the biological response to Cd exposure. We tested five differentially expressed miRNAs and determined a significant increase of sera miR-363-3p. Also, we determined that miR-363-3p increase is associated with phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) down-regulation and the suppressed proliferation and enhanced apoptosis of renal tubule epithelial cells. The obtained results suggest miR-363-3p involvement in the pathophysiology of Cd-induced renal injury in humans and maybe considered for possible interventional therapeutic strategies for Cd-associated kidney damage. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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