microRNA-223 promotes autophagy to aggravate lung ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting the expression of transcription factor HIF2α.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol
; 319(1): L1-L10, 2020 Jul 01.
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ABSTRACT
Lung ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury severely endangers human health, and recent studies have suggested that certain microRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in this pathological phenomenon. The current study aimed to ascertain the ability of miR-223 to influence lung I/R injury by targeting hypoxia-inducible factor-2α (HIF2α). First, mouse models of lung I/R injury were established during surgical procedures, pulmonary arteries and veins and unilateral pulmonary portal vessels were blocked and resuming bilateral pulmonary ventilation, followed by restoration of bipulmonary ventilation. In addition, a lung I/R injury cell model was constructed by exposure to hypoxic reoxygenation (H/R) in mouse pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (PMVECs). Expression of miR-223, HIF2α, and ß-catenin in tissues or cells was determined by RT-qPCR and Western blot analysis. Correlation between miR-223 and HIF2α was analyzed by dual luciferase reporter gene assay. Furthermore, lung tissue injury and mouse PMVEC apoptosis was evaluated by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), TUNEL staining, and flow cytometry. Autophagosomes in cells were detected by light chain 3 immunofluorescence assay. miR-223 was expressed at a high level while HIF2α/ß-catenin was downregulated in tissues and cells with lung I/R injury. Furthermore, miR-223 targeted and repressed HIF2α expression to downregulate ß-catenin expression. The miR-223/HIF2α/ß-catenin axis aggravated H/R injury in mouse PMVECs and lung I/R injury in mice by enhancing autophagy. Taken together, miR-223 inhibits HIF2α to repress ß-catenin, thus contributing to autophagy to complicate lung I/R injury. These findings provide a promising therapeutic target for treating lung I/R injury.
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2020
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