A critical role of microRNAs in human pulmonary arterial hypertension. miR-204: a novel therapeutic target
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE21284 | GEO | 2010/12/16
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA126591
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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2010-12-16 | E-GEOD-21284 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a vascular remodeling disease characterized by enhanced pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation and suppressed apoptosis. Downregulation of the BMPR2 gene along with activation of the transcription factor NFAT have been implicated in the maintenance of pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic stages of cells. Since an increasing number of microRNAs have been implicated in the regulation of genes specifically important for cell proliferation and apoptosis, we hypothesized that microRNAs might be associated with these cellular features in the etiology of PAH. We demonstrate that downregulation of one such microRNA (miR-204) in human PAH-PASMC promotes the activation of an Src/STAT3/NFAT axis that increases PAH-PASMC proliferation and their resistance to apoptosis. Stimulation experiments using the pro-PAH factors (PDGF, endothelin-1 and angiotensin II) and time course analysis in experimental PAH show that STAT3 activation leads to miR-204 downregulation, thereby activating an Src-dependent positive feedback loop sustaining STAT3 and activating NFAT. More importantly, restoring miR-204 expression decreases proliferation and resistance to apoptosis in human and in an experimental PAH model. Taken together, our study uncovers a new STAT3-miR-204-Src/STAT3/NFAT axis that links the STAT3-dependent downregulation of BMPR2 with the NFAT-mediated pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic phenotype observed in PAH. Our data point toward a novel potential strategy for treating patients with PAH. Comparative expression profiling of PAH versus healthy patients to evaluate the modulated genes in the disease. Following the demonstration of the downregulation of miR-204 in PAH we want to investigate the effect of the inhibition (using antagomir) of miR-204 expression in PASMC cells.
2010-12-16 | E-GEOD-21280 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a vascular remodeling disease characterized by enhanced pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation and suppressed apoptosis. Downregulation of the BMPR2 gene along with activation of the transcription factor NFAT have been implicated in the maintenance of pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic stages of cells. Since an increasing number of microRNAs have been implicated in the regulation of genes specifically important for cell proliferation and apoptosis, we hypothesized that microRNAs might be associated with these cellular features in the etiology of PAH. We demonstrate that downregulation of one such microRNA (miR-204) in human PAH-PASMC promotes the activation of an Src/STAT3/NFAT axis that increases PAH-PASMC proliferation and their resistance to apoptosis. Stimulation experiments using the pro-PAH factors (PDGF, endothelin-1 and angiotensin II) and time course analysis in experimental PAH show that STAT3 activation leads to miR-204 downregulation, thereby activating an Src-dependent positive feedback loop sustaining STAT3 and activating NFAT. More importantly, restoring miR-204 expression decreases proliferation and resistance to apoptosis in human and in an experimental PAH model. Taken together, our study uncovers a new STAT3-miR-204-Src/STAT3/NFAT axis that links the STAT3-dependent downregulation of BMPR2 with the NFAT-mediated pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic phenotype observed in PAH. Our data point toward a novel potential strategy for treating patients with PAH. Comparative expression profiling of PAH versus healthy patients to evaluate the modulated genes in the disease. Following the demonstration of the downregulation of miR-204 in PAH we want to investigate the effect of the inhibition (using antagomir) of miR-204 expression in PASMC cells.
2010-12-16 | E-GEOD-21281 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a vascular remodeling disease characterized by enhanced pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation and suppressed apoptosis. Downregulation of the BMPR2 gene along with activation of the transcription factor NFAT have been implicated in the maintenance of pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic stages of cells. Since an increasing number of microRNAs have been implicated in the regulation of genes specifically important for cell proliferation and apoptosis, we hypothesized that microRNAs might be associated with these cellular features in the etiology of PAH. We demonstrate that downregulation of one such microRNA (miR-204) in human PAH-PASMC promotes the activation of an Src/STAT3/NFAT axis that increases PAH-PASMC proliferation and their resistance to apoptosis. Stimulation experiments using the pro-PAH factors (PDGF, endothelin-1 and angiotensin II) and time course analysis in experimental PAH show that STAT3 activation leads to miR-204 downregulation, thereby activating an Src-dependent positive feedback loop sustaining STAT3 and activating NFAT. More importantly, restoring miR-204 expression decreases proliferation and resistance to apoptosis in human and in an experimental PAH model. Taken together, our study uncovers a new STAT3-miR-204-Src/STAT3/NFAT axis that links the STAT3-dependent downregulation of BMPR2 with the NFAT-mediated pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic phenotype observed in PAH. Our data point toward a novel potential strategy for treating patients with PAH.
2010-12-16 | GSE21281 | GEO
Project description:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a vascular remodeling disease characterized by enhanced pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation and suppressed apoptosis. Downregulation of the BMPR2 gene along with activation of the transcription factor NFAT have been implicated in the maintenance of pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic stages of cells. Since an increasing number of microRNAs have been implicated in the regulation of genes specifically important for cell proliferation and apoptosis, we hypothesized that microRNAs might be associated with these cellular features in the etiology of PAH. We demonstrate that downregulation of one such microRNA (miR-204) in human PAH-PASMC promotes the activation of an Src/STAT3/NFAT axis that increases PAH-PASMC proliferation and their resistance to apoptosis. Stimulation experiments using the pro-PAH factors (PDGF, endothelin-1 and angiotensin II) and time course analysis in experimental PAH show that STAT3 activation leads to miR-204 downregulation, thereby activating an Src-dependent positive feedback loop sustaining STAT3 and activating NFAT. More importantly, restoring miR-204 expression decreases proliferation and resistance to apoptosis in human and in an experimental PAH model. Taken together, our study uncovers a new STAT3-miR-204-Src/STAT3/NFAT axis that links the STAT3-dependent downregulation of BMPR2 with the NFAT-mediated pro-proliferative and anti-apoptotic phenotype observed in PAH. Our data point toward a novel potential strategy for treating patients with PAH.
2010-12-16 | GSE21280 | GEO
Project description:A critical role of microRNAs in human pulmonary arterial hypertension. miR-204: a novel therapeutic target
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Project description:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by enhanced proliferation and reduced apoptosis of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). Because microRNAs have been recently implicated in the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis, we hypothesized that these regulatory molecules might be implicated in the etiology of PAH. In this study, we show that miR-204 expression in PASMCs is down-regulated in both human and rodent PAH. miR-204 down-regulation correlates with PAH severity and accounts for the proliferative and antiapoptotic phenotypes of PAH-PASMCs. STAT3 activation suppresses miR-204 expression, and miR-204 directly targets SHP2 expression, thereby SHP2 up-regulation, by miR-204 down-regulation, activates the Src kinase and nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT). STAT3 also directly induces NFATc2 expression. NFAT and SHP2 were needed to sustain PAH-PASMC proliferation and resistance to apoptosis. Finally, delivery of synthetic miR-204 to the lungs of animals with PAH significantly reduced disease severity. This study uncovers a new regulatory pathway involving miR-204 that is critical to the etiology of PAH and indicates that reestablishing miR-204 expression should be explored as a potential new therapy for this disease.
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Project description:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a vascular remodeling disease characterized primarily by increased proliferation and resistance to apoptosis in distal pulmonary arteries. Previous literature has demonstrated that the transcription factors NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells) and HIF-1? (hypoxia inducible factor 1?) are extensively involved in the pathogenesis of this disease and, more recently, has implicated STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) in their activation. Novel research shows that miR-204, a microRNA recently found to be notably downregulated through induction of PARP-1 (poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1) by excessive DNA damage in PAH, inhibits activation of STAT3. Contemporary research also indicates systemic impairment of skeletal muscle microcirculation in PAH and attributes this to a debilitated vascular endothelial growth factor pathway resulting from reduced miR-126 expression in endothelial cells. In this review, we focus on recent research implicating miR-204 and miR-126 in vascular remodeling processes, data that allow a better understanding of PAH molecular pathways and constitute a new hope for future therapy.
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