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Effect of Endothelial Microparticles Induced by Hypoxia on Migration and Angiogenesis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Delivering MicroRNA-19b
BACKGROUND: Microparticles (MPs) are small extracellular plasma membrane particles shed by activated and apoptotic cells, which are involved in the development of atherosclerosis. Our previous study found that microRNA (miR)-19b encapsulated within endothelial MPs (EMPs) may contribute to the upregu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6247585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30425199 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0366-6999.245271 |
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author | Liang, Hui-Zhu Li, Su-Fang Zhang, Feng Wu, Man-Yan Li, Chang-Long Song, Jun-Xian Lee, Chongyou Chen, Hong |
author_facet | Liang, Hui-Zhu Li, Su-Fang Zhang, Feng Wu, Man-Yan Li, Chang-Long Song, Jun-Xian Lee, Chongyou Chen, Hong |
author_sort | Liang, Hui-Zhu |
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description | BACKGROUND: Microparticles (MPs) are small extracellular plasma membrane particles shed by activated and apoptotic cells, which are involved in the development of atherosclerosis. Our previous study found that microRNA (miR)-19b encapsulated within endothelial MPs (EMPs) may contribute to the upregulation of circulating miR-19b in unstable angina patients. Hypoxia is involved in atherosclerosis as a critical pathological stimulus. However, it still remains unclear whether the increase of miR-19b levels in EMPs is related to hypoxia and if the effect of miR-19b – wrapped within EMPs – stimulates hypoxia on vascular endothelial cells. This study aimed to explore the changes of miR-19b in EMPs induced by hypoxia as well as their effects on endothelial cells. METHODS: Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were cultured in vitro and arranged to harvest EMPs in two parts: the first part consisted of EMP(control) and EMP(hypoxia) and the second part included EMP(vehicle), EMP(NC mimic), and EMP(miR-19b mimic). Cell migration was detected by scratch migration and transwell chamber migration. Angiogenesis was assessed by tube formation assays. Furthermore, we predicted the target gene of miR-19b by bioinformatics analysis, and luciferase assay was used to verify the targeted gene of miR-19b. Data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance. Student's t-test was used when two groups were compared. RESULTS: Compared with EMP(control)- and EMP(hypoxia)-inhibited migration of cells by scratch migration assay (80.77 ± 1.10 vs. 28.37 ± 1.40, P < 0. 001) and transwell chamber migration assay (83.00 ± 3.46 vs. 235.00 ± 16.52, P < 0.01), the number of tube formations was markedly reduced by 70% in the EMP(hypoxia) group (P < 0.001) in vitro analysis of HUVECs. Meanwhile, a strong inhibition of migration and tube formation of HUVECs in the presence of miR-19b-enriched EMP(miR-19b mimic) was observed. This effect might be due to the delivery of miR-19b in EMPs. Transforming growth factor-β2 (TGFβ2) was predicted to be one of the target genes of miR-19b, and we further confirmed that TGFβ2 was a direct target gene of miR-19b using the luciferase assay. The expression of TGFβ2 in HUVECs was inhibited by treatment with EMP(hypoxia) and EMP(miR-19b mimic). CONCLUSIONS: MiR-19b in EMPs induced by hypoxia could reduce endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis by downregulating TGFβ2 expression, which may have inhibited the progression of atherosclerosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-62475852018-12-10 Effect of Endothelial Microparticles Induced by Hypoxia on Migration and Angiogenesis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Delivering MicroRNA-19b Liang, Hui-Zhu Li, Su-Fang Zhang, Feng Wu, Man-Yan Li, Chang-Long Song, Jun-Xian Lee, Chongyou Chen, Hong Chin Med J (Engl) Original Article BACKGROUND: Microparticles (MPs) are small extracellular plasma membrane particles shed by activated and apoptotic cells, which are involved in the development of atherosclerosis. Our previous study found that microRNA (miR)-19b encapsulated within endothelial MPs (EMPs) may contribute to the upregulation of circulating miR-19b in unstable angina patients. Hypoxia is involved in atherosclerosis as a critical pathological stimulus. However, it still remains unclear whether the increase of miR-19b levels in EMPs is related to hypoxia and if the effect of miR-19b – wrapped within EMPs – stimulates hypoxia on vascular endothelial cells. This study aimed to explore the changes of miR-19b in EMPs induced by hypoxia as well as their effects on endothelial cells. METHODS: Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were cultured in vitro and arranged to harvest EMPs in two parts: the first part consisted of EMP(control) and EMP(hypoxia) and the second part included EMP(vehicle), EMP(NC mimic), and EMP(miR-19b mimic). Cell migration was detected by scratch migration and transwell chamber migration. Angiogenesis was assessed by tube formation assays. Furthermore, we predicted the target gene of miR-19b by bioinformatics analysis, and luciferase assay was used to verify the targeted gene of miR-19b. Data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance. Student's t-test was used when two groups were compared. RESULTS: Compared with EMP(control)- and EMP(hypoxia)-inhibited migration of cells by scratch migration assay (80.77 ± 1.10 vs. 28.37 ± 1.40, P < 0. 001) and transwell chamber migration assay (83.00 ± 3.46 vs. 235.00 ± 16.52, P < 0.01), the number of tube formations was markedly reduced by 70% in the EMP(hypoxia) group (P < 0.001) in vitro analysis of HUVECs. Meanwhile, a strong inhibition of migration and tube formation of HUVECs in the presence of miR-19b-enriched EMP(miR-19b mimic) was observed. This effect might be due to the delivery of miR-19b in EMPs. Transforming growth factor-β2 (TGFβ2) was predicted to be one of the target genes of miR-19b, and we further confirmed that TGFβ2 was a direct target gene of miR-19b using the luciferase assay. The expression of TGFβ2 in HUVECs was inhibited by treatment with EMP(hypoxia) and EMP(miR-19b mimic). CONCLUSIONS: MiR-19b in EMPs induced by hypoxia could reduce endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis by downregulating TGFβ2 expression, which may have inhibited the progression of atherosclerosis. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6247585/ /pubmed/30425199 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0366-6999.245271 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Chinese Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Liang, Hui-Zhu Li, Su-Fang Zhang, Feng Wu, Man-Yan Li, Chang-Long Song, Jun-Xian Lee, Chongyou Chen, Hong Effect of Endothelial Microparticles Induced by Hypoxia on Migration and Angiogenesis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Delivering MicroRNA-19b |
title | Effect of Endothelial Microparticles Induced by Hypoxia on Migration and Angiogenesis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Delivering MicroRNA-19b |
title_full | Effect of Endothelial Microparticles Induced by Hypoxia on Migration and Angiogenesis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Delivering MicroRNA-19b |
title_fullStr | Effect of Endothelial Microparticles Induced by Hypoxia on Migration and Angiogenesis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Delivering MicroRNA-19b |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Endothelial Microparticles Induced by Hypoxia on Migration and Angiogenesis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Delivering MicroRNA-19b |
title_short | Effect of Endothelial Microparticles Induced by Hypoxia on Migration and Angiogenesis of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Delivering MicroRNA-19b |
title_sort | effect of endothelial microparticles induced by hypoxia on migration and angiogenesis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells by delivering microrna-19b |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6247585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30425199 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0366-6999.245271 |
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