Metformin mediates MicroRNA-21 regulated circulating matrix metalloproteinase-9 in diabetic nephropathy : an in-silico and clinical study

Metformin is commonly used as an oral hypoglycaemic agent in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). MicroRNA-21 is widely studied in diabetic and diabetic nephropathy (DN) patients. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9) is involved in extracellular matrix degradation and tissue repair processes. However, the effect of metformin administration on hsa-miR-21-5p and MMP9 has not been evaluated in T2DM and DN patients. The study subjects were divided into three groups (Healthy controls = 36, T2DM = 38, DN = 35). Anthropometric measurements were taken and biochemical tests were carried out on fasting blood samples. Reverse transcriptase PCR was employed for whole blood gene expression analysis of hsa-miR-21-5p and MMP9. Bioinformatics analyses including drug-gene interaction, protein-protein interaction, functional enrichment analyses and co-expression networks were performed. In the present study, MMP9 and hsa-miR-21-5p levels were downregulated and upregulated respectively in T2DM and DN patients when compared with healthy controls. However, in metformin-treated group, a downregulation of hsa-miR-21-5p and upregulation of MMP9 was observed. In-silico analysis revealed the target genes involved in the miR-21 and MMP9 interaction network. Metformin directly targets miR-21 and regulates MMP9 expression in T2DM patients, influencing the pathogenesis of DN.HighlightsMMP-9 and hsa-miR-21-5p were downregulated and upregulated respectively in T2DM and DN patients in a Western Indian population.The patients treated with metformin showed downregulation of hsa-miR-21-5p and upregulation of MMP9.In-silico analysis revealed MMP-9 as well as PTEN to be targets of hsa-miR-21-5p.Metformin regulates MMP9 expression in T2DM and DN patient populations through hsa-miR-21-5p.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:129

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Archives of physiology and biochemistry - 129(2023), 6 vom: 02. Dez., Seite 1200-1210

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khokhar, Manoj [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Dipayan [VerfasserIn]
Bajpai, Nitin Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Bohra, Gopal Krishna [VerfasserIn]
Yadav, Dharamveer [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Praveen [VerfasserIn]
Purohit, Purvi [VerfasserIn]

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9100L32L2N
Bloods
Diabetic Nephropathy
EC 3.4.24.35
Journal Article
MIRN21 microRNA, human
MMP9
Matrix Metalloproteinase 9
Metformin
MiR-21
MicroRNAs
T2DM

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Date Completed 16.11.2023

Date Revised 29.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13813455.2021.1922457

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326353593