MicroRNA-98 inhibits TGF-β1-induced differentiation and collagen production of cardiac fibroblasts by targeting TGFBR1
- 1 March 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Human Cell
- Vol. 30 (3), 192-200
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13577-017-0163-0
Abstract
To investigate the effects of miR-98 on TGF-β1-induced cardiac fibrosis in human cardiac fibroblasts (HCFs), and to establish the mechanism underlying these effects, HCFs were transfected with miR-98 inhibitor or mimic, and then treated with or without TGF-β1. The level of miR-98 was determined by qRT-PCR in TGF-β1-induced HCFs. Cell differentiation and collagen accumulation of HCFs were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blot assays, respectively. The mRNA and protein expressions of TGFBR1 were determined by qRT-PCR and Western blotting. In this study, the outcomes showed that TGF-β1 could dramatically decrease the level of miR-98 in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Upregulation of miR-98 dramatically improved TGF-β1-induced increases in cell differentiation and collagen accumulation of HCFs. Moreover, bioinformatics analysis predicted that the TGFBR1 was a potential target gene of miR-98. Luciferase reporter assay demonstrated that miR-98 could directly target TGFBR1. Inhibition of TGFBR1 had the similar effect as miR-98 overexpression. Downregulation of TGFBR1 in HCFs transfected with miR-98 inhibitor partially reversed the protective effect of miR-98 overexpression on TGF-β1-induced cardiac fibrosis in HCFs. Upregulation of miR-98 ameliorates TGF-β1-induced differentiation and collagen accumulation of HCFs by downregulation of TGFBR1. These results provide further evidence for protective effect of miR-98 overexpression on TGF-β1-induced cardiac fibrosis.This publication has 42 references indexed in Scilit:
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