An Essential Role for miR-29b in the Protective Effect of Apelin in Diabetic Vascular Stiffness
An Essential Role for miR-29b in the Protective Effect of Apelin in Diabetic Vascular Stiffness
批准号:
9190204
负责人:
Victoria Parikh
金额:
$6.48万
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依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2017
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2017-02-01 至 2020-01-31
关键词:
3&apos Untranslated RegionsAddressAdipocytesAffectAmericanAortaArchitectureAttenuatedBindingBiological AssayBlood VesselsCardiacCardiovascular systemCessation of lifeChronicCollagenCoronary ArteriosclerosisCoronary Artery BypassCyclic AMPDataDiabetes MellitusDiabetic NephropathyDiabetic mouseDiseaseDown-RegulationElastinEndotheliumFibrosisGTP-Binding ProteinsGene ExpressionHealthHumanHyperglycemiaImmunohistochemistryIn VitroInterventionKnock-outKnockout MiceLeadLeptinMatrix MetalloproteinasesMeasuresMedialMediator of activation proteinMicroRNAsMolecularMorbidity - disease rateMusMyographyNetwork-basedOutcomePathway interactionsPatientsPeptidesPolymerase Chain ReactionPopulationProtein SubunitsProteinsRegulationReporterRisk FactorsRoleSamplingSecond Messenger SystemsSignal PathwaySignal TransductionSmall Interfering RNASmooth Muscle MyocytesTimeTranscriptTranslational RepressionTunica MediaUnited StatesUntranslated RNAVascular Smooth MuscleWestern Blottingc-Myc Staining Methodcohortdb/db mousediabeticdiabetic cardiomyopathydiabetic patientin vivoinhibitor/antagonistinterestintima mediamodifiable riskmortalitynew therapeutic targetnon-diabeticpressurepreventpromoterprotective effectreceptorreceptor couplingresearch studyscaffoldsecond messengersymptomatic improvementtherapeutic target
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PROJECT SUMMARY
Vascular stiffness is an independent predictor of cardiovascular mortality in diabetes and represents an
understudied, but potentially modifiable risk factor for death in the large and growing population of American
diabetics. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying diabetic vascular stiffness are only recently coming
to light, and therapeutic targets remain elusive.
The apelin-APJ signaling axis is a potentially targetable molecular pathway that is dysregulated in
diabetes and activation of which is associated with decreased vascular stiffness in humans and mice.
Importantly, preliminary data in apelin knockout mice suggests that this decreased stiffness may occur in part
through decreased vascular medial fibrosis. MicroRNA-29b (MiR-29b) protects against medial fibrosis by
translational repression of collagen and elastin transcripts, and its expression is regulated by canonical second
messengers of apelin-APJ binding. Therefore, we hypothesize that diabetes decreases apelin/APJ
signaling, leading to a miR-29b –dependent alteration in collagen and elastin expression in the
vascular media to cause increased vascular stiffness.
In Specific Aim1, I will use cultured vascular smooth muscle cells exposed to apelin and hyperglycemia
as well as specific inhibitors of canonical APJ signaling to elucidate the specific molecular mechanisms by
which apelin increases miR-29b expression in the vascular media.
In Specific Aim 2, I will use a mouse model of diabetes, the leptin knockout (db/db) mouse as well as
apelin knockout mice to assess the effect of in vivo modulation of miR-29b expression and apelin on diabetic
vascular stiffness as measured by ex vivo pressure myography. Specifically, I expect to demonstrate that miR-
29b administration to apelin KO mice rescues their increase in vascular stiffness, and that in db/db mice, apelin
administration rescues vascular stiffness in a miR-29b-dependent manner.
In Specific Aim 3, I will examine the regulation of these molecular actors in human diabetes by
measuring aortic expression of apelin, APJ, miR-29b and markers of vascular medial fibrosis in diabetic vs
non-diabetic patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass grafting. This will confirm that the apelin-
APJ-miR-29b pathway is downregulated in human diabetes, making it a viable therapeutic target to reduce
diabetic vascular stiffness.
The proposed experiments will identify multiple putative therapeutic targets and provide a scaffold on
which to study multiple molecular pathways converging on vascular stiffness. As this represents one of the few
targetable disease entities in which intervention can prevent mortality and improve symptoms, this project has
the potential to contribute greatly to our treatment of diabetic cardiovascular disease.
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