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Effects of miR-7 on Hcy-induced rat cerebral arterial vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration and inflammatory factor expression by targeting MMP-14 to regulate TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway

https://doi.org/10.14715/cmb/2020.66.7.3
Hongdan Ma
Department of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Longgang Central Hospital, Shenzhen, 518116, China
Lei Wang
Department of Rehabilitation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150001, China
Wen Lv
Department of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Longgang Central Hospital, Shenzhen, 518116, China
Zheng Lv
Department of Rehabilitation, Shenzhen Longgang Central Hospital, Shenzhen, 518116, China

Corresponding Author(s) : Hongdan Ma

zhenglv242424@outlook.com

Cellular and Molecular Biology, Vol. 66 No. 7: Issue 7

Abstract

The current research aimed to investigate the effect of miR-7 targeting matrix metalloproteinase 14 (MMP-14) on homocysteine (Hcy)-induced rat cerebral artery vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) proliferation, migration and inflammatory factor expression and its possible mechanism. The expression of miR-7 and MMP-14 in Hcy-induced VSMCs were detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and Western blot. Methyl Thiazolyl Tetrazolium (MTT) method, Transwell assays and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were performed to detect the effect of miR-7 and MMP-14 expression on the proliferation and migration, as well as interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor ɑ (TNF-ɑ) expression of Hcy-induced VSMCs. The interaction between miR-7 and MMP-14 was detected by dual-luciferase reporter gene assay. Western blot was applied to analyse the effects of miR-7 and MMP-14 expression on the Toll-like receptor (TLR4)/nuclear transcription factor-KB (NF-κB) signaling pathway. The results showed that after induced by Hcy, the expression of miR-7 in VSMCs was significantly reduced, the expression of MMP-14 was significantly increased, and the cell viability, the number of migrating cells, IL-6 and TNF-ɑ expression were significantly increased (P<0.05). After overexpression of miR-7, the viability, migration cell numbers, IL-6 and TNF-ɑ expression of Hcy-induced VSMCs were significantly reduced (P<0.05). miR-7 directly binds to MMP-14 and negatively regulates the expression of MMP-14. After overexpression of miR-7, the levels of TLR4 and p-NF-κB p65 in VSMCs were significantly reduced (P<0.05); overexpression of MMP-14 could reduce the effect of miR-7 overexpression on TLR4 and p-NF-κB p65 expression in VSMCs (P<0.05). Overexpression of MMP-14 and/or activation of the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway could reverse the effect of miR-7 overexpression on the proliferation, migration and IL-6 and TNF-ɑ expression of Hcy-induced VSMCs (P<0.05). It is concluded that miR-7 can inhibit Hcy-induced rat cerebral artery VSMCs proliferation, migration, and inflammatory factor expression by targeting the regulation of MMP-14 expression and inhibiting the activation of the TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway.

Keywords

miR-7 MMP-14 Homocysteine Vascular smooth muscle cells Proliferation Migration TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway.
Ma, H., Wang, L., Lv, W., & Lv, Z. (2020). Effects of miR-7 on Hcy-induced rat cerebral arterial vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration and inflammatory factor expression by targeting MMP-14 to regulate TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathway. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 66(7), 12–17. https://doi.org/10.14715/cmb/2020.66.7.3
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