期刊
CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 46, 期 4, 页码 1439-1454出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000489185
关键词
Microrna-223; Cardiac fibrosis; RASA1; Myocardial infarction
资金
- Shanghai General Hospital [0601N16094]
Background/Aims: Percutaneous coronary intervention reduces acute myocardial infarction (MI)-induced mortality to a great extent, but effective treatments for MI-induced cardiac fibrosis and heart failure are still lacking. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a variety of roles in cells and have thus been investigated extensively. MicroRNA-223 (miR-223) expression has been reported to be altered in post-MI heart failure in humans; however, the roles of miR-223 in MI remain unknown. Our study aimed to elucidate the roles of miR-223 in cardiac fibrosis. Methods: Cultured cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) were activated by TGF-beta 1 stimulation. Gain and loss of miR-223 and RAS p21 protein activator 1 (RASA1) knockdown in CFs were achieved by transfecting the cells with miR-223 mimics and inhibitors, as well as small interfering RNA-RASA1 (siRASA1), respectively. Quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactions (qRT-PCR) was used to determine miR-223-3p and RASA1 expression levels, and Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8), transwell migration and scratch assays were performed to assess CFs viability and migration, respectively. Western blotting was used to detect collagen I, collagen III, alpha-smooth muscle actin (a-SMA), RASA1, p-Akt/t-Alct, p-MEK1/2/t-MEK1/2, and p-ERK1/2/t-ERK1/2 protein expressions, and immunofluorescence assays were used to detect the expression of alpha-actin, vimentin and alpha-SMA. Luciferase assays were carried out to determine whether miR-223 binds to RASA1. Rat models of MI were established by the ligation of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. MiR-223 inhibition in vivo was achieved via intramyocardial injections of the miR-223 sponge carried by adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9). The cardiac function was detected by echocardiography, and cardiac fibrosis was shown by Masson's trichrome staining. Results: miR-223 was increased in CFs compared to cardiomypcytes, and TGF-beta 1 treatment increased miR-223 expression in CFs. The miR-223 mimics enhanced cell proliferation and migration and collagen I, collagen III, and alpha-SMA protein expression in CFs, while the miR-223 inhibitors had contrasting effects and partially prevented the promoting effects of TGF-beta 1. qRT-PCR and western blotting revealed that miR223 negatively regulated RASA1 expression, and the luciferase assays showed that miR-223 suppressed the luciferase activity of the RASA1 3' untranslated region (3'UTR), indicating that miR-223 binds directly to RASA'. Similar to transfection with the miR-223 mimics, RASA1 knockdown enhanced cell proliferation and migration and collagen I, collagen III, and alpha-SMA protein expression in CFs. Moreover, RASA1 knockdown partially reversed the inhibitory effects of the miR-223 inhibitor on cell proliferation and migration and collagen I, collagen III, and alpha-SMA protein expression, indicating that the effects of miR-223 in CFs are partially mediated by the regulation of RASA1 expression. Further exploration showed that miR-223 mimics and siRASA1 promoted MEK1/2, ERK1/2 and AKT phosphorylation, while the miR-223 inhibitors had contrasting effects. The in vivo experiments confirmed the results of the in vitro experiments and showed that miR-223 inhibition prevented cardiac functional deterioration and cardiac fibrosis. Conclusions: miR-223 enhanced cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation in CFs, thus mediated cardiac fibrosis after MI partially via the involvement of RASA1. (C) 2018 The Author(s) Published by Karger AG, Basel
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