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miR-125b/Ets1 axis regulates transdifferentiation and calcification of vascular smooth muscle cells in a high-phosphate environment.

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OBJECTIVES:Vascular calcification is highly prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and contributes to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Accumulated evidences suggested that vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) to osteoblast-like cells transdifferentiation (VOT) plays a crucial role in promoting vascular calcification. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a novel class of small RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression via repression of the target mRNAs. In the present work, we sought to determine the role of miRNAs in VSMCs phenotypic transition and calcification induced by β-glycerophosphoric acid. APPROACH AND RESULTS:Primary cultured rat aortic VSMCs were treated with β-glycerophosphoric acid for different periods of time. In VSMCs, after β-glycerophosphoric acid treatment, the expressions of cbf β1, osteocalcin and osteopontin were significantly increased and SM-22β expression was decreased. ALP activity was induced by β-glycerophosphoric acid in a time or dose dependent manner. Calcium deposition was detected in VSMCs incubated with calcification media; then, miR-125b expression was detected by real-time RT PCR. miR-125b expression was significantly decreased in VSMCs after incubated with β-glycerophosphoric acid. Overexpression of miR-125b could inhibit β-glycerophosphoric acid-induced osteogenic markers expression and calcification of VSMCs whereas knockdown of miR-125b promoted the phenotypic transition of VSMCs and calcification. Moreover, miR-125b targeted Ets1 and regulated its protein expression in VSMCs. Downregulating Ets1 expression by its siRNA inhibited β-glycerophosphoric acid-induced the VSMCs phenotypic transition and calcification. CONCLUSION:Our study suggests that down-regulation of miR-125b after β-glycerophosphoric acid treatment facilitates VSMCs transdifferentiation and calcification through targeting Ets1.

journal_name

Exp Cell Res

journal_title

Experimental cell research

authors

Wen P,Cao H,Fang L,Ye H,Zhou Y,Jiang L,Su W,Xu H,He W,Dai C,Yang J

doi

10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.01.025

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-04-01 00:00:00

pages

302-12

issue

eissn

0014-4827

issn

1090-2422

pii

S0014-4827(14)00045-7

journal_volume

322

pub_type

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miR-125b/Ets1 axis regulates transdifferentiation and calcification of vascular smooth muscle cells in a high-phosphate environment.