Project description:Angiotensin II (Ang II)-mediated vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) dysfunction plays a critical role in cardiovascular diseases. However, the gene expression in this process is unclear. We used Rat Affymetrix gene array to profile Ang II-regulated gene in RVSMC and evaluated their role in VSMC dysfunction. Examined 4 samples of Rat VSMC in triplicate. Control (without Ang II treatment) and 3 samples treated with Ang II for 6h, 12h, and 24h. Compared the changes in gene expression in Ang II treated samples relative to control samples.
Project description:Angiotensin II (Ang II)-mediated vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) dysfunction plays a critical role in cardiovascular diseases. However, the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in this process is unclear. We used small RNA deep sequencing to profile Ang II-regulated miRNAs in rat VSMC and evaluated their role in VSMC dysfunction. Sequencing results revealed several Ang II-responsive miRNAs and bioinformatics analysis showed that their predicted targets can modulate biological processes relevant to cardiovascular diseases. Examined 4 samples of Rat VSMC. Control (without Ang II treatment) and 3 samples treated with Ang II for 1h, 3h, and 24h. Compared the changes in gene expression in Ang II treated samples relative to control samples.
Project description:Angiotensin II (Ang II)-mediated vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) dysfunction plays a critical role in cardiovascular diseases. However, the gene expression in this process is unclear. We used Rat Affymetrix gene array to profile Ang II-regulated gene in RVSMC and evaluated their role in VSMC dysfunction.
Project description:Angiotensin II (Ang II)-mediated vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) dysfunction plays a critical role in cardiovascular diseases. However, the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in this process is unclear. We used small RNA deep sequencing to profile Ang II-regulated miRNAs in rat VSMC and evaluated their role in VSMC dysfunction. Sequencing results revealed several Ang II-responsive miRNAs and bioinformatics analysis showed that their predicted targets can modulate biological processes relevant to cardiovascular diseases.
Project description:The Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II is expressed in smooth muscle and believed to mediate intracellular calcium handling and calcium-dependent gene transcription. CaMKII is activated by Angiotensin-II. The multifunctional calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) is activated by Angiotensin-II (Ang-II) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), but its impact on hypertension remains unknown. In our transgenic mice that express the inhibitor peptide CaMKIIN in smooth muscle (TG SM-CaMKIIN), the blood pressure response to chronic Ang-II infusion was significantly reduced as compared to littermate controls. Surprisingly, examination of blood pressure and heart rate under ganglionic blockade revealed a key role for VSMC CaMKII in efferent sympathetic outflow in response to Ang II hypertension. Consistently, the efferent splanchnic nerve activity and plasma phenylephrine concentrations were significantly lower in TG SM-CaMKIIN mice as compared to littermates. Moreover, the aortic depressor nerve activity was reset in hypertensive wild type animals, but not in TG SM-CaMKIIN mice, suggesting that changes in baroreceptor wall activity may be responsible for the blood pressure difference in Ang-II hypertension. The pulse wave velocity, a measure of vascular wall stiffness in vivo, was increased in aortas of hypertensive compared to normotensive WT animals. However, Ang-II infusion did not alter the pulse wave velocity in transgenic mice, suggesting that CaMKII in VSMC controls structural smooth muscle genes. Accordingly, analysis of gene expression changes in aortas from wild type and TG SM-CaMKIIN hypertensive mice demonstrated that CaMKII inhibition mainly altered the expression of muscle contractile proteins. In contrast, TG SM-CaMKIIN aortas were protected from the Ang-II induced upregulation of genes linked to proliferation, suggesting that CaMKII inhibition prevents the Ang-II-induced reprogramming of smooth muscle cell gene expression towards a proliferative phenotype. 5 WT C57Bl/6 and 5 mice that express the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II peptide inhibitor CaMKIIN in smooth muscle only (TG SM-CaMKIIN) were infused with 1.25 ug/kg/min Angiotensin-II by osmotic minipump for 14 days. 5 WT and 5 transgenic mice infused with normal saline served as controls. The mice were sacrificed on day 14 and the thoracic aortas isolated. RNA was isolated and pooled for the following groups: WT (wild type), C (TG SM-CaMKIIN), WT-A (WT with Angiotensin-II), C-A (TG SM-CaMKIIN + Angiotensin-II)
Project description:We are investigating of role of RhoBTB1 in vascular smooth muscle cells. Restoring RhoBTB1 expression in mouse aorta reversed the established arterial stiffness but not hypertension caused by angiotensin II (Ang-II). To investigate the underlying mechanism by which RhoBTB1 reversed arterial stiffness, we performed bulk RNA-sequencing using aorta from four groups: control /RhoBTB1 transgenic mice treated with/without Ang-II.
Project description:Increased level of angiotensin II (Ang II) plays a central role in the development of hypertensive vascular remodeling. Here, we identify the deubiquitinating enzyme JOSD2 as a protective factor and investigate its molecular mechanism in Ang II-induced vascular remodeling. Firstly, we found that JOSD2 was up-regulated in aortic smooth muscle cells but not endothelial cells of Ang II-challenged mouse vascular tissues. Whole-body knockout of JOSD2 significantly deteriorated Ang II-induced vascular remodeling in mice. Conversely, Ang II-induced vascular remodeling was reversed by VSMC-specific JOSD2 overexpression. In vitro, JOSD2 deficiency aggravated the fibrosis, proliferation, and migration induced by Ang II in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), while these changes were reversed by JOSD2 overexpression. RNA-seq analysis showed that the protective effects of JOSD2 in VSMCs were related to TGFβ-SMAD pathway. Furthermore, the LC-MS/MS analysis identified SMAD7, a negative regulator in TGFβ-SMAD pathway, as the substrate of JOSD2. JOSD2 specifically bound to the MH1 domain of SMAD7 to removed K48-linked Ub chains of SMAD7 at lysine 220 to sustain SMAD7 stability. Taken together, our finding reveals that JOSD2-SMAD7 axis is critical for relieving Ang II-induced vascular remodeling and JOSD2 maybe a novel and potential therapeutic target for hypertensive vascular remodeling.
Project description:The Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II is expressed in smooth muscle and believed to mediate intracellular calcium handling and calcium-dependent gene transcription. CaMKII is activated by Angiotensin-II. The multifunctional calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) is activated by Angiotensin-II (Ang-II) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), but its impact on hypertension remains unknown. In our transgenic mice that express the inhibitor peptide CaMKIIN in smooth muscle (TG SM-CaMKIIN), the blood pressure response to chronic Ang-II infusion was significantly reduced as compared to littermate controls. Surprisingly, examination of blood pressure and heart rate under ganglionic blockade revealed a key role for VSMC CaMKII in efferent sympathetic outflow in response to Ang II hypertension. Consistently, the efferent splanchnic nerve activity and plasma phenylephrine concentrations were significantly lower in TG SM-CaMKIIN mice as compared to littermates. Moreover, the aortic depressor nerve activity was reset in hypertensive wild type animals, but not in TG SM-CaMKIIN mice, suggesting that changes in baroreceptor wall activity may be responsible for the blood pressure difference in Ang-II hypertension. The pulse wave velocity, a measure of vascular wall stiffness in vivo, was increased in aortas of hypertensive compared to normotensive WT animals. However, Ang-II infusion did not alter the pulse wave velocity in transgenic mice, suggesting that CaMKII in VSMC controls structural smooth muscle genes. Accordingly, analysis of gene expression changes in aortas from wild type and TG SM-CaMKIIN hypertensive mice demonstrated that CaMKII inhibition mainly altered the expression of muscle contractile proteins. In contrast, TG SM-CaMKIIN aortas were protected from the Ang-II induced upregulation of genes linked to proliferation, suggesting that CaMKII inhibition prevents the Ang-II-induced reprogramming of smooth muscle cell gene expression towards a proliferative phenotype.
Project description:Increased level of angiotensin II (Ang II) plays a central role in the development of hypertensive vascular remodeling. Here, we identify the deubiquitinating enzyme JOSD2 as a protective factor and investigate its molecular mechanism in Ang II-induced vascular remodeling. Firstly, we found that JOSD2 was up-regulated in aortic smooth muscle cells but not endothelial cells of Ang II-challenged mouse vascular tissues. Whole-body knockout of JOSD2 significantly deteriorated Ang II-induced vascular remodeling in mice. Conversely, Ang II-induced vascular remodeling was reversed by VSMC-specific JOSD2 overexpression. In vitro, JOSD2 deficiency aggravated the fibrosis, proliferation, and migration induced by Ang II in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), while these changes were reversed by JOSD2 overexpression. RNA-seq analysis showed that the protective effects of JOSD2 in VSMCs were related to TGFβ-SMAD pathway. Furthermore, the LC-MS/MS analysis identified SMAD7, a negative regulator in TGFβ-SMAD pathway, as the substrate of JOSD2. JOSD2 specifically bound to the MH1 domain of SMAD7 to removed K48-linked Ub chains of SMAD7 at lysine 220 to sustain SMAD7 stability. Taken together, our finding reveals that JOSD2-SMAD7 axis is critical for relieving Ang II-induced vascular remodeling and JOSD2 maybe a novel and potential therapeutic target for hypertensive vascular remodeling.
Project description:High-throughput sequencing of endogenous small RNAs from rat vascular smooth muscle cells with and without Angiotensin II stimulation