小核核RNA宿主基因18控制血管光滑肌肉细胞收缩表型和新极端增生症
Kaiyuan Niu1,2, Chengxin Zhang3, Mei Yang1,4
1William Harvey Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK.
长非编码RNA SNHG18调节血管光滑肌细胞表型,防止动脉损伤. 准SNHG18/miR-22-3p通路为血管疾病提供了治疗潜力.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 心血管生物学 心血管生物学
- 在RNA生物学,RNA生物学.
背景情况:
- 长非编码RNA (LncRNA) 小核RNA宿主基因18 (SNHG18) 与癌症有关.
- 在血管疾病中SNHG18的作用仍然在很大程度上未被探索.
- 血管光滑肌细胞 (VSMC) 现型调节在血管疾病发病过程中至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查SNHG18在调节VSMC收缩性表型中的作用.
- 探索SNHG18在受伤诱导的新亲密形成中的参与.
- 阐明SNHG18在血管光滑肌细胞中的功能背后的分子机制.
主要方法:
- 从小鼠和人类动脉中分析单细胞RNA测序和转录组数据集.
- 在体外研究涉及TGFβ1刺激和VSMC功能增益/丧失实验.
- 在受伤小鼠模型中使用周围血管SNHG18过度表达的体内研究.
主要成果:
- 在受伤和动脉样硬化动脉中观察到SNHG18水平的降低,与VSMC收缩基因有积极的相关性.
- 通过与ADAR2竞争性结合,SNHG18通过对miR-22-3p进行上调来促进收缩性VSMC表型.
- 周血管SNHG18过度表达防止了受损血管的新极端增生,这种效应取决于miR-22-3p.
结论:
- SNHG18是VSMC收缩表型的新型调节剂,也是受伤诱导的新极限增生症的抑制剂.
- SNHG18/miR-22-3p信号通路代表了血管疾病的潜在治疗标.
- 这些发现突显了SNHG18在小鼠和人类血管环境中的重要性.
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