MicroRNA-92a antagonism attenuates lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced pulmonary inflammation and injury in mice through suppressing the PTEN/AKT/NF-κB signaling pathway

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Overwhelming lung inflammation is a key feature of acute lung injury (ALI). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in the regulation diverse cellular processes including the inflammatory response. However, little is known about their functions and molecular involvement in regulating the inflammatory process in ALI. Herein, we established a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI mouse model and used miRNA microarray analysis to investigate and compare the miRNA expression profiles in mouse lung tissues. We found that miR-92a was markedly upregulated in the lung tissues of ALI mice compared with that in normal lung tissues. This upregulation of miR-92a in LPS-induced ALI mice was further confirmed in lung tissues, splenocytes and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) by quantitative real-time PCR. Inhibition of miR-92a by injection with antagomir-92a markedly reduced LPS-induced pathological changes associated with lung inflammation, and reduces lung wet/dry ratio (W/D ratio), and Evans blue dye extravasation (an indicator of lung epithelial permeability). Moreover, inhibition of miR-92a ameliorated the inflammatory response by reducing the repression of proinflammatory cytokines including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-6 in lung tissues. In addition, we identified that miR-92a inhibited the phosphatase and tensin homolog on chromosome ten (PTEN) by binding to its 3'-UTR in RAW264.7 murine macrophage cells. Western blot analysis demonstrated that inhibition of miR-92a may ameliorate inflammatory response through blocking PTEN/AKT/NF-κB signaling pathway in ALI mice. Collectively, these results have revealed a significant role of miR-92a in the lung inflammatory response associated with ALI in mice, and suggest that miR-92a may have potential as a prognostic indicator and novel therapeutic target for the treatment of ALI in future.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

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Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 107(2018) vom: 15. Nov., Seite 703-711

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fu, Liming [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Sanli [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chunyan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Kunfang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute lung injury
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 3.1.3.67
Inflammation
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharides
MIRN29 microRNA, mouse
MiR-92a
Mice
MicroRNAs
NF-kappa B
PTEN/AKT/NF-κB
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Signaling pathway

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Date Completed 24.12.2018

Date Revised 24.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biopha.2018.08.040

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM287771288