Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 16 pp 16294—16303
Circulating exosomal miR-144-3p inhibits the mobilization of endothelial progenitor cells post myocardial infarction via regulating the MMP9 pathway
- 1 Department of Cardiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
- 2 Department of Cardiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, China
Received: March 28, 2020 Accepted: June 19, 2020 Published: August 25, 2020
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.103651How to Cite
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Abstract
Background: The angiogenesis post myocardial infarction (MI) is compromised in diabetes. MiR-144-3p is reported to be highly expressed in circulating exosomes of diabetic patients, implying its role in diabetic complications. However, whether circulating exosomes and enriched miR-144-3p are involved in the impaired neovascularization in diabetes and the underlying mechanism is unclear.
Results: DMexo and miR-144-3p mimic-treated MSCs had elevated miR-144-3p levels and decreased MMP9, Ets1 and PLG expression. The percentage of EPCs were relatively lower in DMexo-treated or agomir-treated MI mice compared with MI mice. Finally, the luciferase assay confirmed the direct binding between miR-144-3p and Ets1.
Conclusion: Exosomal miR-144-3p could impair the mobilization ability of EPCs, which was associated with impaired ischemia-induced neovascularization.
Methods: Circulating exosomes were isolated from Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced mice. In vitro, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were incubated with exosomes from diabetic mice (DMexo), and miR-144-3p mimic or inhibitor. miR-144-3p, and MMP9 pathway were measured using qPCR and immunoblotting. In vivo, MI mice induced by left anterior descending ligation were treated with DMexo, as well as miR-144-3p agomir. Flow cytometry was used to profile endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in peripheral blood and bone marrow post 24 hours respectively.
Abbreviations
MI: myocardial infarction; STZ: Streptozotocin; MSCs: mesenchymal stem cells; EPCs: endothelial progenitor cells; MMP9: matrix metallopeptidase 9; Ets1: ETS proto-oncogene 1; PLG: plasminogen; BM: bone marrow; sKitL: soluble Kit-ligand; MNCs: mononuclear cells; LAD: left anterior descending coronary artery.