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24009229
TITLE
Regulation of vascular leak and recovery from ischemic injury by general and VE-cadherin-restricted miRNA antagonists of miR-27.
ABSTRACT
Cellular junctions are essential to the normal functioning of the endothelium and control angiogenesis, tissue leak, and inflammation. From a screen of micro RNAs (miRNAs) altered in in vitro angiogenesis, we selected a subset predicted to target junctional molecules. MiR-27a was rapidly downregulated upon stimulation of in vitro angiogenesis, and its level of expression is reduced in neovessels in vivo. The downregulation of miR-27a was essential for angiogenesis because ectopic expression of miR-27a blocked capillary tube formation and angiogenesis. MiR-27a targets the junctional, endothelial-specific cadherin, VE-cadherin. Consistent with this, vascular permeability to vascular endothelial growth factor in mice is reduced by administration of a general miR-27 inhibitor. To determine that VE-cadherin was the dominant target of miR-27a function, we used a novel technology with "Blockmirs," inhibitors that bind to the miR-27 binding site in VE-cadherin. The Blockmir CD5-2 demonstrated specificity for VE-cadherin and inhibited vascular leak in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, CD5-2 reduced edema, increased capillary density, and potently enhanced recovery from ischemic limb injury in mice. The Blockmir technology offers a refinement in the use of miRNAs, especially for therapy. Further, targeting of endothelial junctional molecules by miRNAs has clinical potential, especially in diseases associated with vascular leak.
DATE PUBLISHED
2013 Oct 17
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
entrez 2013/09/07 06:00
pubmed 2013/09/07 06:00
medline 2013/12/18 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Young JA Young Jennifer A JA Centre for the Endothelium, Vascular Biology Program, Centenary Institute, and University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;
Ting KK Ting Ka Ka KK
Li J Li Jia J
Moller T Moller Thorleif T
Dunn L Dunn Louise L
Lu Y Lu Ying Y
Moses J Moses Joshua J
Prado-Lourenço L Prado-Lourenço Leonel L
Khachigian LM Khachigian Levon M LM
Ng M Ng Martin M
Gregory PA Gregory Philip A PA
Goodall GJ Goodall Gregory J GJ
Tsykin A Tsykin Anna A
Lichtenstein I Lichtenstein Ilana I
Hahn CN Hahn Christopher N CN
Tran N Tran Nham N
Shackel N Shackel Nicholas N
Kench JG Kench James G JG
McCaughan G McCaughan Geoffrey G
Vadas MA Vadas Mathew A MA
Gamble JR Gamble Jennifer R JR
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 122
ISSUE: 16
TITLE: Blood
ISOABBREVIATION: Blood
YEAR: 2013
MONTH: Oct
DAY: 17
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1528-0020
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Blood
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 0006-4971
NLMUNIQUEID: 7603509
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
REFTYPE REFSOURCE REFPMID NOTE
ErratumIn Blood. 2014 Nov 6;124(19):3034
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Animals
Antigens, CD metabolism
Binding Sites metabolism
Cadherins metabolism
Capillary Permeability metabolism
Edema pathology
Gene Expression Regulation pathology
HEK293 Cells pathology
Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells pathology
Humans pathology
Ischemia pathology
Liver Cirrhosis pathology
Mice pathology
Mice, Inbred C57BL pathology
MicroRNAs metabolism
Neovascularization, Pathologic metabolism
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 Antigens, CD
0 Cadherins
0 MIRN27 microRNA, human
0 MicroRNAs
0 cadherin 5
OTHER ID's