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Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by small RNA.


ABSTRACT: Repeats (27-nt) in intron 4 have been shown to play a cis-acting role in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) promoter activity. We hypothesize that the 27-nt repeats could be the source of small nuclear RNA specifically regulating eNOS expression. In this study, we used synthesized 27-nt RNA duplex and found that the eNOS gene transcriptional efficiency was reduced 63% (0.047 +/- 0.009 vs. 0.126 +/- 0.015, P < 0.01) by nuclear run-on assay. In endothelial cells transfected with the 27-nt small RNA duplex, we found that the eNOS mRNA and protein levels were decreased by >64% (P < 0.01). Conversely, a randomly selected 27-nt from luciferase gene had no effect on the eNOS expression. Furthermore, this eNOS silencing effect appeared to be reversible under the stimulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (10 ng/ml), which is known to up-regulate eNOS expression. Using in situ hybridization and Northern blotting, we observed the presence of endogenous eNOS intron 4-derived 27-nt small RNA, which was confined to the nucleus. In summary, we demonstrated that intron-based microRNAs in eNOS can induce significant gene specific transcriptional suppression, which could be an effective negative feedback regulator for gene expression.

SUBMITTER: Zhang MX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1287968 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by small RNA.

Zhang Ming-Xiang MX   Ou Hesheng H   Shen Ying H YH   Wang Jing J   Wang Jian J   Coselli Joseph J   Wang Xing Li XL  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20051111 47


Repeats (27-nt) in intron 4 have been shown to play a cis-acting role in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) promoter activity. We hypothesize that the 27-nt repeats could be the source of small nuclear RNA specifically regulating eNOS expression. In this study, we used synthesized 27-nt RNA duplex and found that the eNOS gene transcriptional efficiency was reduced 63% (0.047 +/- 0.009 vs. 0.126 +/- 0.015, P < 0.01) by nuclear run-on assay. In endothelial cells transfected with the 27-nt sm  ...[more]

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