Fibroproliferative effect of microRNA-21 in hypertrophic scar derived fibroblasts

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Hypertrophic scar (HS) is a fibroproliferative disorder caused by abnormal wound healing, which is characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) secreted by fibroblasts. We previous have found that expression of microRNA-21(miR-21) was increased in tissues and fibroblasts of HS. However, the underlying molecular mechanism remains to be further elucidated. In this study, we identified the miR-21 was a marker for the phenotype of HS fibroblasts, as anti-miR-21 reduced expression of fibrosis markers such as Col1A1, Col3A1, Fn and α-SMA in fibroblasts and overexpression of miR-21 promoted fibroproliferative expression in fibroblasts. Furthermore, we also found that miR-21 promoted TGF-β1 induced fibroproliferative expression by repressing Smad7 expression in vitro. In addition, the miR-21 inhibitor inhibited the growth of hypertrophic scar tissue in vivo (nude mice experimental model). These results indicated that miR-21 was a critical regulator for HS formation and TGF- β1/miR-21/Smad7 pathway could be a useful therapeutic target for the treatment of HS.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:345

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Experimental cell research - 345(2016), 1 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 93-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Guangzao [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Renpeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Banghong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Qingkai [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fibrosis
Hypertrophic scar
Journal Article
MIRN21 microRNA, human
MiR-21
MicroRNAs
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Smad7
Smad7 Protein
TGF-β1
Transforming Growth Factor beta1

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Date Completed 15.05.2017

Date Revised 09.12.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.yexcr.2016.05.013

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NLM260591025