Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10749325 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2015 32 Pages PDF
Abstract
Endothelial dysfunction is one of the main pathophysiological processes involved in renal ischemia reperfusion injury. Our previous microarray study demonstrated that miR-98 was upregulated in the kidney with ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). The present study was performed to investigate whether miR-98 was involved in the regulation of endothelial apoptosis under hypoxia and re-oxygenation (H/R) conditions. The dynamic changes of miR-98 in mouse IRI kidney and H/R HUVECs was measured. HUVECs were treated with HIF-1α siRNA to investigate the role of HIF-1α on miR-98 expression. The potential target genes of miR-98 were predicted by bioinformatics analyses. HUVECs were transfected with miR-98 mimics or inhibitor to confirm the role of miR-98 on the expression of target genes and hypoxia-induced apoptosis. The target gene was finally confirmed by dual-luciferase reporter assay. Both of IRI and H/R induced significantly up-regulation of miR-98 in the ischemic kidney and hypoxic HUVECs. HIF-1α siRNA remarkably down-regulated the expression of miR-98 in both normal and hypoxic HUVECs. The putative target genes of miR-98 included IL-6, IL-10 and caspase-3. MiR-98 mimics significantly inhibit caspase-3 expression in HUVECs, while anti-miR-98 significantly up-regulated it. But no change of IL-6 and IL-10 levels was observed after miRNA transfection. miR-98 protected HUVECs against apoptosis induced by hypoxia, while anti-miR-98 had the reverse effect. Furthermore, the dual-luciferase reporter assay confirmed that miR-98 decreased the luciferase activity by targeting the 3′ untranslated region of caspase-3. In conclusion, Renal IRI induces up-regulation of miR-98 dependent on HIF-1α, which protects endothelial cells against apoptosis by targeting caspase-3.
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