Low let-7d exosomes from pulmonary vascular endothelial cells drive lung pericyte fibrosis through the TGFβRI/FoxM1/Smad/β-catenin pathway

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The pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis (PF) was mediated by the progressive deposition of excessive extracellular matrix, but little is known about the regulatory mechanisms of fibrogenesis by lung pericytes. The mouse PF model was established by treatment with bleomycin, followed by isolation of exosomes from mouse broncho-alveolar lavage fluids by the centrifuge method. Relative mRNA/microRNA levels and protein expression were assessed by qRT-PCR and Western blotting, respectively. The binding of let-7d with gene promoter was validated by dual-luciferase reporter assay. Protein interactions were verified via GST pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation. Nuclear retention of Smad3 was analysed by extraction of cytoplasmic and nuclear fraction of pericytes followed by Western blotting. Association of FoxM1 with gene promoter was detected by EMSA and ChIP-PCR methods. FoxM1 expression is significantly elevated in human lung fibroblasts of PF patients and mouse PF model. The expression of let-7d is repressed in exosomes derived from broncho-alveolar lavage fluids of PF mice. Let-7d or FoxM1 knockdown suppressed the expression of FoxM1, Smad3, β-catenin, Col1A and α-SMA expression in mouse lung pericytes under TGF-β1 treatment. FoxM1 overexpression elevated above gene expression in mouse lung pericytes under TGF-β1 treatment. Let-7d directly targets TGFβRI to regulate FoxM1 and downstream gene expression in mouse lung pericytes. FoxM1 directly interacts with Smad3 proteins to promote Smad3 nuclear retention and binds with β-catenin promoter sequence to promote fibrogenesis. Exosomes with low let-7d from pulmonary vascular endothelial cells drive lung pericyte fibrosis through activating the TGFβRI/FoxM1/Smad/β-catenin signalling pathway.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 24(2020), 23 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 13913-13926

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xie, Han [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yuan-Mei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yong-Chang [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Ming-Wang [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Qing-He [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yi-Chun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

β-catenin
Beta Catenin
Biomarkers
EC 2.7.11.30
Exosomes
Forkhead Box Protein M1
FoxM1
Journal Article
Let-7d
Lung pericyte fibrosis
MicroRNAs
Mirnlet7 microRNA, human
Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Smad Proteins
TGFβRI

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Date Completed 12.05.2021

Date Revised 05.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jcmm.15989

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317474197