Profiling of Differentially Expressed MicroRNAs in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells Exposed to Hyperglycemia via RNA Sequencing

Hyperglycemia is the hallmark of diabetes mellitus that results in oxidative stress, apoptosis, and diabetic vascular endothelial dysfunction. An increasing number of microRNAs (miRNAs) have been found to be involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular complications. However, there is a limited number of studies that characterize the miRNA profile of endothelial cells exposed to hyperglycemia. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the miRNA profile of human umbilical-vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) exposed to hyperglycemia. HUVECs were divided into two groups: the control (treated with 5.5 mM glucose) and hyperglycemia (treated with 33.3 mM glucose) groups. RNA sequencing identified 17 differentially expressed miRNAs between the groups (p < 0.05). Of these, 4 miRNAs were upregulated, and 13 miRNAs were downregulated. Two of the most differentially expressed miRNAs (novel miR-1133 and miR-1225) were successfully validated with stem-loop qPCR. Collectively, the findings show that there is a differential expression pattern of miRNAs in HUVEC following exposure to hyperglycemia. These 17 differentially expressed miRNAs are involved in regulating cellular functions and pathways related to oxidative stress and apoptosis that may contribute to diabetic vascular endothelial dysfunction. The findings provide new clues on the role of miRNAs in the development of diabetic vascular endothelial dysfunction, which could be useful in future targeted therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Life (Basel, Switzerland) - 13(2023), 6 vom: 31. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Othman, Nur Syakirah [VerfasserIn]
Aminuddin, Amilia [VerfasserIn]
Zainal Abidin, Shahidee [VerfasserIn]
Syafruddin, Saiful Effendi [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Mohd Faizal [VerfasserIn]
Mohd Mokhtar, Norfilza [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Jaya [VerfasserIn]
Hamid, Adila A [VerfasserIn]
Ugusman, Azizah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Apoptosis
Diabetes
Endothelial dysfunction
Human umbilical-vein endothelial cells
Hyperglycemia
Journal Article
MicroRNA
Oxidative stress
RNA sequencing

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Date Revised 01.07.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/life13061296

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358753899