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Hypoxia-Induced Downregulation of miR-29 in Renal Tumor Cells Affects Collagen IV Subunit Expression through Multiple Sites

Journal

BIOMEDICINES
Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10123286

Keywords

miR-29; collagen IV; extracellular matrix; 3 ' UTR; hypoxia

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China
  2. Innovation Foundation of Inner Mongolia University of Science Technology
  3. Research Program of Science and Technology at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China
  4. Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia
  5. [62071259]
  6. [61671256]
  7. [2019QDL-B43]
  8. [NJZY20096]
  9. [2019MS08175]
  10. [2021MS03007]

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Intratumoral hypoxia affects multiple tumor exacerbations and treatment procedures, and its interaction with the extracellular matrix influences cancer growth. The downregulation of miR-29b was observed in hypoxia-stressed mouse kidney tumor cells. Complementary sites to miR-29 were found in the 3'UTRs of extracellular matrix-related genes, including collagen IV. The study provides a theoretical basis for tumor and fibrosis research and treatment by exploring the regulation of miR-29 and extracellular matrix under hypoxia.
Multiple tumor exacerbations and treatment procedures, such as extracellular matrix remodeling, metabolic reprogramming, immunological evasion, and resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, are influenced by intratumoral hypoxia. It is becoming increasingly clear how hypoxia interacts with the extracellular matrix and how this affects the growth of cancer. We analyzed the published sequencing results of hypoxia-stressed mouse kidney tumor cells and found that the expression of miR-29b was significantly downregulated. There are several sites that are complementary to the miR-29 seed sequence in the 3 / non-coding regions (3'UTRs) of various extracellular matrix-related genes, including collagen IV. We analyzed the sequences of the 3'UTRs of different subunits of collagen IV in different species and constructed the corresponding phylogenetic trees. We found that the 3'UTRs of Col4a1 and Col4a4 may have been subjected to particular evolutionary pressures. By cloning the 3'UTRs of collagen IV subunits into the psiCHECK (TM)-2 vector, we found that seven of the eight sites in the Col4a3-Col4a6 gene complementary to miR-29 were significantly repressed by miR-29a, b (except for the 7774-7781 of Col4a3 gene). The inhibitory efficiency of miR-29a, b on these seven sites was between 27% and 57%. The research on the regulation of miR-29 and extracellular matrix by hypoxia can provide a theoretical basis for tumor and fibrosis research and treatment.

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