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METTL3 Promotes Endothelium-Mesenchymal Transition of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells by Regulating TRPC6/Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling Pathways
BACKGROUND: Endothelium-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is a process of phenotypic and functional transition from activated endothelial cells to mesenchymal cells. Recently, EndMT has been proved to be one of the main pathological mechanisms of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). However, the molecu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9974285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36865750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8269356 |
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author | Kong, Chunchu Zhang, Fuxiu Hu, Ruicheng Wang, Lile |
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description | BACKGROUND: Endothelium-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is a process of phenotypic and functional transition from activated endothelial cells to mesenchymal cells. Recently, EndMT has been proved to be one of the main pathological mechanisms of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). However, the molecular mechanism is not clear. METHODS: Primary rat pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (rPAECs) were isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats and verified by CD31 immunofluorescence staining. rPAECs were exposed to hypoxic conditions to induce EndMT. RNA and protein levels in cells were detected by RT-qPCR and Western blot. The migration ability was verified by the transwell assay. The RIP experiment was used to test the m6A modification of TRPC6 mRNA and the binding relationship between TRPC6 and METTL3. Calcineurin/NFAT signaling was measured by using commercial kits. RESULTS: METTL3 was found to be highly expressed by hypoxia treatment in a time-dependent manner. Knockdown of METTL3 significantly suppressed cell migration, downregulated the levels of interstitial cell-related markers like α-SMA and vimentin, and increased the levels of endothelial cell markers including CD31 and VE-cadherin. Mechanistically, METTL3 increased TRPC6 expression by enhancing the m6A modification of TRPC6 mRNA, thus activating calcineurin/NFAT signaling. Our experiments showed that METTL3 silencing mediated the inhibitory roles in the hypoxia-mediated EndMT process, which were significantly reversed by TRPC6/calcineurin/NFAT signaling activation. CONCLUSION: Our results elucidated that METTL3 knockdown inhibited the hypoxia-mediated EndMT process by inactivating TRPC6/calcineurin/NFAT signaling. |
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spelling | pubmed-99742852023-03-01 METTL3 Promotes Endothelium-Mesenchymal Transition of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells by Regulating TRPC6/Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling Pathways Kong, Chunchu Zhang, Fuxiu Hu, Ruicheng Wang, Lile Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article BACKGROUND: Endothelium-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is a process of phenotypic and functional transition from activated endothelial cells to mesenchymal cells. Recently, EndMT has been proved to be one of the main pathological mechanisms of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). However, the molecular mechanism is not clear. METHODS: Primary rat pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (rPAECs) were isolated from Sprague-Dawley rats and verified by CD31 immunofluorescence staining. rPAECs were exposed to hypoxic conditions to induce EndMT. RNA and protein levels in cells were detected by RT-qPCR and Western blot. The migration ability was verified by the transwell assay. The RIP experiment was used to test the m6A modification of TRPC6 mRNA and the binding relationship between TRPC6 and METTL3. Calcineurin/NFAT signaling was measured by using commercial kits. RESULTS: METTL3 was found to be highly expressed by hypoxia treatment in a time-dependent manner. Knockdown of METTL3 significantly suppressed cell migration, downregulated the levels of interstitial cell-related markers like α-SMA and vimentin, and increased the levels of endothelial cell markers including CD31 and VE-cadherin. Mechanistically, METTL3 increased TRPC6 expression by enhancing the m6A modification of TRPC6 mRNA, thus activating calcineurin/NFAT signaling. Our experiments showed that METTL3 silencing mediated the inhibitory roles in the hypoxia-mediated EndMT process, which were significantly reversed by TRPC6/calcineurin/NFAT signaling activation. CONCLUSION: Our results elucidated that METTL3 knockdown inhibited the hypoxia-mediated EndMT process by inactivating TRPC6/calcineurin/NFAT signaling. Hindawi 2023-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9974285/ /pubmed/36865750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8269356 Text en Copyright © 2023 Chunchu Kong et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kong, Chunchu Zhang, Fuxiu Hu, Ruicheng Wang, Lile METTL3 Promotes Endothelium-Mesenchymal Transition of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells by Regulating TRPC6/Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling Pathways |
title | METTL3 Promotes Endothelium-Mesenchymal Transition of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells by Regulating TRPC6/Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling Pathways |
title_full | METTL3 Promotes Endothelium-Mesenchymal Transition of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells by Regulating TRPC6/Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling Pathways |
title_fullStr | METTL3 Promotes Endothelium-Mesenchymal Transition of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells by Regulating TRPC6/Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling Pathways |
title_full_unstemmed | METTL3 Promotes Endothelium-Mesenchymal Transition of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells by Regulating TRPC6/Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling Pathways |
title_short | METTL3 Promotes Endothelium-Mesenchymal Transition of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells by Regulating TRPC6/Calcineurin/NFAT Signaling Pathways |
title_sort | mettl3 promotes endothelium-mesenchymal transition of pulmonary artery endothelial cells by regulating trpc6/calcineurin/nfat signaling pathways |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9974285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36865750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8269356 |
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