Journal
VASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 88, Issue -, Pages 48-55Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2016.12.002
Keywords
MiR-126; Inflammation; Diabetes; Atherosclerosis; High-mobility group box 1
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81570419, 81470568, 81270372]
- Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation [1608085MH168]
- Cultivation Project for the National Natural Science Foundation of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University [2558]
- Research Project for Practice Development of National TCM Clinical Research Bases [JDZX2015133]
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MicroRNA-126(miR-126) targets involved in inflammation need to be identified. In this study, we aim to investigate whether high-mobility group box 1(HMGB1), an inflammation-related gene, is the target of miR-126 in diabetic vascular endothelium. The diabetic apoE(-/-) mice model, a classical diabetic atherosclerosis model, was established. The aorta of diabetic apoE(-/-) mice showed decrease of miR-126 and elevation of HMGB1 and inflammation. Next, we employed several in vitro experiments to address the role of miRNA-126 on the regulation of HMGB1 in endothelial cells under hyperglycemic and inflammatory conditions. Manipulation of miRNA levels in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) was achieved by transfecting cells with miR-126 mimic and antagomir. Overexpression of miR-126 could decrease the expression of downstream components of HMGB1 including TNF-alpha, ROS, and NADPH oxidase activity in HUVECs under hyperglycemic condition. Nevertheless, such phenomenon was completely reversed by miR-126 antagomir. The expression of HMGB1 protein rather than HMGB1 mRNA was down-regulated after transfection with miR-126 mimic, which indicated the modulation of HMGB1 mediated by miR-126 was at the posttranslational level. Luciferase reporter assay confirmed the 3'-UTR of HMGB1 gene was a direct target of miR-126. Western blot analysis also indicated that overexpression of miR-126 contributed to the elevation of p-eNOS, eNOS and p-ART expressions, respectively. In summary, our findings suggest that miR-126 may suppress inflammation and ROS production in endothelial cells treated by high glucose through modulating the expression of HMGB1. Our study provides a novel pathogenic link between dysregulated miRNA expression and inflammation in diabetic vascular endothelium. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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