Hua LI, Yan LI, Shanbi ZHOU. Role of miRNA-142-5p in regulation of rat corneal neovascularization and related pathways[J]. Journal of Third Military Medical University, 2018, 40(8): 699-704.
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Hua LI, Yan LI, Shanbi ZHOU. Role of miRNA-142-5p in regulation of rat corneal neovascularization and related pathways[J]. Journal of Third Military Medical University, 2018, 40(8): 699-704. DOI: 10.16016/j.1000-5404.201711061.
Role of miRNA-142-5p in regulation of rat corneal neovascularization and related pathways
To investigate the role of microRNA-142-5p (miRNA-142-5p) in corneal neovascularization (CorNV) in rats and its association with VEGF/PI3K/AKT pathway.
Methods
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The right eyes of SD rats were used to establish models of CorNV induced by suture (experimental group)
and the untreated left eyes served as the control group. The corneal expression of miRNA-142-5p and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA was detected using real-time PCR (RT-PCR) in the rats at 7 days after modeling. A miRNA-142-5p mimic was transfected into human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and RT-PCR was used to detect miRNA-142-5p expression to verify the success of transfection. The expressions of VEGF and PI3K/AKT mRNA and protein in the transfected cells were detected using RT-PCR and Western blotting
and the changes of the cell migration
proliferation and tube formation following the transfection were assessed using Transwell
CCK-8 and Matrigel assays
respectively.
Results
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The CorNV model was successfully established. Compared with normal rat cornea
the cornea with CorNV showed significantly increased expression of miRNA-142-5p and VEGF mRNA at 7 d after the modeling (
P
<
0.01). HUVECs transfected with the miRNA-142-5p mimic showed significantly increased miRNA-142-5p expression compared with the control cells and the cells transfected with the negative control sequence (
P
<
0.01). Transwell
CCK-8 and Matrigel assays showed that transfection with miRNA-142-5p mimic significantly promoted the migration
proliferation and tube formation of HUVECs (
P
<
0.01)
and also significantly increased the expression of VEGF and PI3K/AKT at both mRNA and protein levels in the cells (
P
<
0.05).
Conclusion
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The corneal expressions of miRNA-142-5p and VEGF are significantly up-regulated in rats with CorNV. The overexpression of miRNA-142-5p significantly increases the mRNA and protein expressions of VEGF and PI3K/AKT pathway in HUVECs and promotes the cell migration
proliferation and tube forming ability
suggesting the involvement of miRNA-142-5p in the regulation of CorNV through PI3K/AKT pathway.
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