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MicroRNA-744/transforming growth factor ?1 relationship regulates liver cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs have added a new dimension to our understanding of liver cirrhosis (LC) and associated processes like the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). METHODS:Serum samples were collected from 40 LC patients and 30 healthy donors. CCl4-induced LC mouse model in vivo and in vitro human HSC LX-2 and murine HSC JS-1 cells were researched. RESULTS:The levels of serum microRNA (miR)-744 is inversely correlated with the severity of LC and is a reliable biomarker of LC. In CCl4-induced LC model, the abundance of miR-744 was reduced in both sera and livers compared with sham controls. Importantly, increasing miR-744 abundance with synthetic miR-744 Agomir alleviated liver fibrosis, a critical component of LC, while reducing miR-744 with Antagomir exacerbated it. To elucidate molecular mechanism underlying the suppressive role of miR-744 in LC, we observed that miR-744 and transforming growth factor ?1 (TGF?1) are inversely correlated in LC patients' sera as well as sera/livers from CCl4-induced LC mice. We demonstrated that miR-744 Agomir downregulated the expression of TGF?1 and further confirmed that TGF?1 mRNA was a bona fide miR-744 target in HSCs. Moreover, miR-744 Agomir reduced the degree of F-actin formation and cell proliferation while miR-744 Antagomir promoted these events, suggesting that miR-744 is a negative regulator of HSC activation. CONCLUSIONS:MiR-744-led suppression in HSC activation is most likely through TGF?1 because exogenous TGF?1 nearly negated miR-744 Agomir's action. This study suggests that reduction of miR-744 is a reliable biomarker for LC and miR-744/TGF?1 relationship is a key regulator of LC.

SUBMITTER: Ren S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7400990 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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MicroRNA-744/transforming growth factor β1 relationship regulates liver cirrhosis.

Ren Shuang S Chen Jiamei J Wang Qinglan Q Li Xuewei X Xu Ying Y Zhang Xiao X Mu Yongping Y Zhang Hua H Huang Shuang S Liu Ping P

Hepatology international 20191023 6

<h4>Background</h4>MicroRNAs have added a new dimension to our understanding of liver cirrhosis (LC) and associated processes like the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs).<h4>Methods</h4>Serum samples were collected from 40 LC patients and 30 healthy donors. CCl<sub>4</sub>-induced LC mouse model in vivo and in vitro human HSC LX-2 and murine HSC JS-1 cells were researched.<h4>Results</h4>The levels of serum microRNA (miR)-744 is inversely correlated with the severity of LC and is a reli ...[more]

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