Arecoline enhances miR-21 to promote buccal mucosal fibroblasts activation

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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is an irreversible fibrosis disease and a potentially malignant disorder in the oral cavity. Various studies have shown that miR-21 was implicated in the fibrogenesis and carcinogenesis, but its functional role in the development of OSF has not been investigated.

METHODS: The expression levels of miR-21 in arecoline-stimulated normal buccal mucosal fibroblasts (BMFs) and OSF specimens were determined by qRT-PCR. Exogenous administration of TGF-β and its inhibitor (SB431542) were utilized to examine the involvement of TGF-β signaling in miR-21 alteration. Collagen gel contraction, transwell migration, and invasion assays were used to assess the myofibroblast activities. The relationship between α-SMA and miR-21 was calculated using the Pearson correlation coefficient.

RESULTS: MiR-21 expression was induced in BMFs by arecoline treatment in a dose-dependent manner. Our results showed that this upregulation was mediated by TGF-β signaling. Subsequently, we demonstrated that the administration of the miR-21 inhibitor suppressed the arecoline-induced myofibroblast characteristics, including a higher collagen gel contractility and cell motility, in normal BMFs. Furthermore, inhibition of miR-21 was sufficient to attenuate the myofibroblast features in fibrotic BMFs. Besides, we showed that the expression of miR-21 was aberrantly upregulated in the OSF tissues and there was a positive correlation between miR-21 and myofibroblast marker, α-SMA.

CONCLUSION: MiR-21 overexpression in OSF may be due to the stimulation of areca nut, which was mediated by the TGF-β pathway. Our data suggested that the repression of miR-21 was a promising direction to palliate the development and progression of OSF.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 120(2021), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 1108-1113

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Hui-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Cheng-Chia [VerfasserIn]
Hsieh, Pei-Ling [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Yi-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Pei-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Chuan-Hang [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Chih-Yuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4ALN5933BH
Arecoline
Journal Article
MIRN21 microRNA, human
MicroRNA-21
MicroRNAs
Myofibroblast
Oral submucous fibrosis
TGF-β pathway

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Date Completed 18.03.2021

Date Revised 18.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jfma.2020.10.019

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NLM317584960