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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2014-08-28
    Description: Aims MicroRNA (miR)-92a is an important regulator of endothelial proliferation and angiogenesis after ischaemia, but the effects of miR-92a on re-endothelialization and neointimal lesion formation after vascular injury remain elusive. We tested the effects of lowering miR-92a levels using specific locked nucleic acid (LNA)-based antimiRs as well as endothelial-specific knock out of miR-92a on re-endothelialization and neointimal formation after wire-induced injury of the femoral artery in mice. Methods and results MiR-92a was significantly up-regulated in neointimal lesions following wire-induced injury. Pre-miR-92a overexpression resulted in repression of the direct miR-92a target genes integrin α5 and sirtuin1, and reduced eNOS expression in vitro . MiR-92a impaired proliferation and migration of endothelial cells but not smooth muscle cells. In vivo , systemic inhibition of miR-92a expression with LNA-modified antisense molecules resulted in a significant acceleration of re-endothelialization of the denuded vessel area. Genetic deletion of miR-92a in Tie2-expressing cells, representing mainly endothelial cells, enhanced re-endothelialization, whereas no phenotype was observed in mice lacking miR-92a expression in haematopoietic cells. The enhanced endothelial recovery was associated with reduced accumulation of leucocytes and inhibition of neointimal formation 21 days after injury and led to the de-repression of the miR-92a targets integrin α5 and sirtuin1. Conclusion Our data indicate that inhibition of endothelial miR-92a attenuates neointimal lesion formation by accelerating re-endothelialization and thus represents a putative novel mechanism to enhance the functional recovery following vascular injury.
    Print ISSN: 0008-6363
    Electronic ISSN: 1755-3245
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2013-02-22
    Description: Ageing is the predominant risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and contributes to a significantly worse outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as crucial regulators of cardiovascular function and some miRNAs have key roles in ageing. We propose that altered expression of miRNAs in the heart during ageing contributes to the age-dependent decline in cardiac function. Here we show that miR-34a is induced in the ageing heart and that in vivo silencing or genetic deletion of miR-34a reduces age-associated cardiomyocyte cell death. Moreover, miR-34a inhibition reduces cell death and fibrosis following acute myocardial infarction and improves recovery of myocardial function. Mechanistically, we identified PNUTS (also known as PPP1R10) as a novel direct miR-34a target, which reduces telomere shortening, DNA damage responses and cardiomyocyte apoptosis, and improves functional recovery after acute myocardial infarction. Together, these results identify age-induced expression of miR-34a and inhibition of its target PNUTS as a key mechanism that regulates cardiac contractile function during ageing and after acute myocardial infarction, by inducing DNA damage responses and telomere attrition.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Boon, Reinier A -- Iekushi, Kazuma -- Lechner, Stefanie -- Seeger, Timon -- Fischer, Ariane -- Heydt, Susanne -- Kaluza, David -- Treguer, Karine -- Carmona, Guillaume -- Bonauer, Angelika -- Horrevoets, Anton J G -- Didier, Nathalie -- Girmatsion, Zenawit -- Biliczki, Peter -- Ehrlich, Joachim R -- Katus, Hugo A -- Muller, Oliver J -- Potente, Michael -- Zeiher, Andreas M -- Hermeking, Heiko -- Dimmeler, Stefanie -- England -- Nature. 2013 Mar 7;495(7439):107-10. doi: 10.1038/nature11919. Epub 2013 Feb 20.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute for Cardiovascular Regeneration, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23426265" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aging/genetics/pathology/*physiology ; Animals ; Apoptosis ; DNA Damage ; Fibrosis/genetics/pathology ; Gene Deletion ; *Gene Expression Regulation ; Gene Knockout Techniques ; Genetic Therapy ; Heart/*physiology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; MicroRNAs/*genetics/metabolism ; Myocardial Infarction/genetics/pathology/therapy ; Myocardium/cytology/*metabolism/pathology ; Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology/metabolism/pathology ; Substrate Specificity ; Telomere/genetics/metabolism
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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  • 3
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    American Heart Association (AHA)
    Publication Date: 2013-06-21
    Keywords: Smooth muscle proliferation and differentiation, Endothelium/vascular type/nitric oxide
    Print ISSN: 0009-7330
    Electronic ISSN: 1524-4571
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2014-12-18
    Description: Objective— Cellular metabolism was recently shown to regulate endothelial cell phenotype profoundly. Whether the atheroprotective biomechanical stimulus elicited by laminar shear stress modulates endothelial cell metabolism is not known. Approach and Results— Here, we show that laminar flow exposure reduced glucose uptake and mitochondrial content in endothelium. Shear stress–mediated reduction of endothelial metabolism was reversed by silencing the flow-sensitive transcription factor Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2). Endothelial-specific deletion of KLF2 in mice induced glucose uptake in endothelial cells of perfused hearts. KLF2 overexpression recapitulates the inhibitory effects on endothelial glycolysis elicited by laminar flow, as measured by Seahorse flux analysis and glucose uptake measurements. RNA sequencing showed that shear stress reduced the expression of key glycolytic enzymes, such as 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase-3 (PFKFB3), phosphofructokinase-1, and hexokinase 2 in a KLF2-dependent manner. Moreover, KLF2 represses PFKFB3 promoter activity. PFKFB3 knockdown reduced glycolysis, and overexpression increased glycolysis and partially reversed the KLF2-mediated reduction in glycolysis. Furthermore, PFKFB3 overexpression reversed KLF2-mediated reduction in angiogenic sprouting and network formation. Conclusions— Our data demonstrate that shear stress–mediated repression of endothelial cell metabolism via KLF2 and PFKFB3 controls endothelial cell phenotype.
    Keywords: Angiogenesis, Energy metabolism, Endothelium/vascular type/nitric oxide
    Print ISSN: 1079-5642
    Electronic ISSN: 1524-4636
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2013-03-23
    Description: Aims Ageing of the immune system, immunosenescence, is characterized by impaired lymphopoiesis, especially B-lymphocyte maturation, and is a hallmark of chronic heart failure (CHF). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding, small RNAs, which post-transcriptionally control gene expression of multiple target genes. The miR-181 family is known to control haematopoietic lineage differentiation. Here, we study the role of the miR-181 family in immunosenescence and CHF. Methods and results We conducted a clinical study analysing peripheral blood (PB) for miRNA expression and leucocyte distribution of young healthy controls (25 ± 4 years; n = 30), aged healthy controls (64 ± 5 years; n = 13), and age-matched CHF patients (64 ± 11years; n = 18). The expression of miR-181 family members was reduced, whereas miR-34a was increased in PB of aged individuals. In particular, miR-181c was further reduced in age-matched CHF patients. In PB, we observed reduced numbers of lymphocytes, in particular cytotoxic T cells and B cells, with rising age, and the expression of miR-181 correlated with the number of B cells. Notably, in CHF patients, ischaemic heart failure was associated with a further reduction of total B cells as well as their subpopulations, such as memory B cells, compared with age-matched healthy volunteers. Conclusions Ageing- and CHF-associated changes in PB leucocyte subsets are paralleled by alterations in the expression of miRNAs involved in lymphopoiesis, which might play an important role in the age-related and CHF-mediated dysregulation of immune functions resulting in immunosenescence. Furthermore, miR-181c may serve as a marker for reduced immune functions in CHF patients.
    Print ISSN: 1388-9842
    Electronic ISSN: 1879-0844
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2014-03-28
    Keywords: Other Vascular biology
    Print ISSN: 0009-7330
    Electronic ISSN: 1524-4571
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2013-01-18
    Description: Extracellular microRNAs (miRNA) are present in most biological fluids, relatively stable, and hold great potential for disease biomarkers and novel therapeutics. Circulating miRNAs are transported by membrane-derived vesicles (exosomes and microparticles), lipoproteins, and other ribonucleoprotein complexes. Evidence suggests that miRNAs are selectively exported from cells with distinct signatures that have been found to be altered in many pathophysiologies, including cardiovascular disease. Protected from plasma ribonucleases by their carriers, functional miRNAs are delivered to recipient cells by various routes. Transferred miRNAs use cellular machinery to reduce target gene expression and alter cellular phenotype. Similar to soluble factors, miRNAs mediate cell-to-cell communication linking disparate cell types, diverse biological mechanisms, and homeostatic pathways. Although significant advances have been made, miRNA intercellular communication is full of complexities and many questions remain. This review brings into focus what is currently known and outstanding in a novel field of study with applicability to cardiovascular disease.
    Keywords: Cell signalling/signal transduction, Gene regulation, Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, Other Research
    Print ISSN: 1079-5642
    Electronic ISSN: 1524-4636
    Topics: Medicine
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2014-04-25
    Description: Rationale: The human genome harbors a large number of sequences encoding for RNAs that are not translated but control cellular functions by distinct mechanisms. The expression and function of the longer transcripts namely the long noncoding RNAs in the vasculature are largely unknown. Objective: Here, we characterized the expression of long noncoding RNAs in human endothelial cells and elucidated the function of the highly expressed metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1). Methods and Results: Endothelial cells of different origin express relative high levels of the conserved long noncoding RNAs MALAT1, taurine upregulated gene 1 (TUG1), maternally expressed 3 (MEG3), linc00657, and linc00493. MALAT1 was significantly increased by hypoxia and controls a phenotypic switch in endothelial cells. Silencing of MALAT1 by small interfering RNAs or GapmeRs induced a promigratory response and increased basal sprouting and migration, whereas proliferation of endothelial cells was inhibited. When angiogenesis was further stimulated by vascular endothelial growth factor, MALAT1 small interfering RNAs induced discontinuous sprouts indicative of defective proliferation of stalk cells. In vivo studies confirmed that genetic ablation of MALAT1 inhibited proliferation of endothelial cells and reduced neonatal retina vascularization. Pharmacological inhibition of MALAT1 by GapmeRs reduced blood flow recovery and capillary density after hindlimb ischemia. Gene expression profiling followed by confirmatory quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction demonstrated that silencing of MALAT1 impaired the expression of various cell cycle regulators. Conclusions: Silencing of MALAT1 tips the balance from a proliferative to a migratory endothelial cell phenotype in vitro, and its genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition reduces vascular growth in vivo.
    Keywords: Angiogenesis, Gene expression, Endothelium/vascular type/nitric oxide
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2014-06-21
    Print ISSN: 1079-5642
    Electronic ISSN: 1524-4636
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  • 10
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    American Heart Association (AHA)
    Publication Date: 2012-11-09
    Print ISSN: 0009-7330
    Electronic ISSN: 1524-4571
    Topics: Medicine
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