Autor: |
Jiayan Guo, Hanbing Mei, Zhen Sheng, Qingyuan Meng, Murielle M. Véniant, Hong Yin |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2020 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 61, Iss 12, Pp 1764-1775 (2020) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
0022-2275 |
DOI: |
10.1194/jlr.RA120001121 |
Popis: |
Of the known regulators of atherosclerosis, miRNAs have been demonstrated to play critical roles in lipoprotein homeostasis and plaque formation. Here, we generated a novel animal model of atherosclerosis by knocking in LDLRW483X in C57BL/6 mice, as the W483X mutation in LDLR is considered the most common newly identified pathogenic mutation in Chinese familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) individuals. Using the new in vivo mouse model combined with a well-established atherosclerotic in vitro human cell model, we identified a novel atherosclerosis-related miRNA, miR-23a-3p, by microarray analysis of mouse aortic tissue specimens and human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs). miR-23a-3p was consistently downregulated in both models, which was confirmed by qPCR. Bioinformatics analysis and further validation experiments revealed that the TNFα-induced protein 3 (TNFAIP3) gene was the key target of miR-23a-3p. The miR-23a-3p-related functional pathways were then analyzed in HAECs. Collectively, the present results suggest that miR-23a-3p regulates inflammatory and apoptotic pathways in atherogenesis by targeting TNFAIP3 through the NF-κB and p38/MAPK signaling pathways. |
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