HIF-1 alpha-induced up-regulation of miR-9 contributes to phenotypic modulation in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells during hypoxia.
J Cell Physiol
; 229(10): 1511-20, 2014 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-24615545
Pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) are associated with the development of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH). Recent studies have implicated a critical role for microRNAs (miRNAs) in HPH; however, their expression and regulation in hypoxia-mediated phenotypic modulation of PASMCs remains largely unclear. Here, we report that miR-9 was induced in hypoxia and involved in a hypoxia-induced phenotypic switch in rat primary PASMCs. Knockdown of miR-9 followed by hypoxia exposure attenuated PASMCs proliferation and enhanced the expression of contractile genes in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), while overexpression of miR-9 in normoxia promoted a proliferative phenotype in PASMCs. The primary transcripts of miR-9-1 and miR-9-3, but not miR-9-2, increased dramatically after hypoxia, whereas silencing of the hypoxia-associated transcription factor HIF-1α following hypoxia exposure abolished the enhancement of both primary transcripts in PASMCs. Using in silico analysis, we found three putative HIF-1α binding motifs on miR-9-1 and one motif on miR-9-3 located within the 5-kb region upstream of the transcriptional start sites. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay revealed that hypoxia enhanced the direct interaction between HIF-1α and the regulatory elements of miR-9-1 and miR-9-3. Reporter assays showed that the regulatory regions of miR-9-1 and miR-9-3 behaved as enhancers in a HIF-1α-dependent manner during hypoxia. Taken together, our data uncover a regulatory mechanism involving HIF-1α-mediated up-regulation of miR-9, which plays a role in the hypoxia-induced phenotypic switch of PASMCs.
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Asunto principal:
Miocitos del Músculo Liso
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MicroARNs
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Proliferación Celular
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Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia
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Músculo Liso Vascular
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Animals
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J Cell Physiol
Año:
2014
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Article
País de afiliación:
China
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Estados Unidos