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MicroRNA-125a-5p partly regulates the inflammatory response, lipid uptake, and ORP9 expression in oxLDL-stimulated monocyte/macrophages.

Department of Cardiology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 1665 Kongjiang Road, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China.
Cardiovascular research (impact factor: 5.8). 05/2009; 83(1):131-9. DOI:10.1093/cvr/cvp121 pp.131-9
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ABSTRACT The inflammatory responses of monocytes/macrophages and the stimulation of lipid uptake into these cells by oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL) are critical to the initiation and development of atherosclerosis. Increasing evidence has demonstrated that many microRNAs play important roles in the cell proliferation, apoptosis, and differentiation that accompany inflammatory responses. However, whether microRNAs are associated with monocyte/macrophage inflammatory responses or oxLDL stimulation is not yet known. The aim of the present study is to investigate microRNAs in monocytes/macrophages and their potential role in oxLDL-stimulation of lipid uptake and other atherosclerotic responses.
Microarrays were used to analyse the global expression of microRNAs in oxLDL-stimulated human primary peripheral blood monocytes. Expression profiles of the microRNAs were verified using TaqMan real-time PCR. Five microRNAs (microRNA-125a-5p, microRNA-9, microRNA-146a, microRNA-146b-5p, and microRNA-155) were aberrantly expressed after oxLDL treatment of human primary monocytes. Bioinformatics analysis suggested that microRNA-125a-5p is related to a protein similar to ORP9 (oxysterol binding protein-like 9) and this was confirmed by a luciferase reporter assay. MicroRNA-125a-5p was found to mediate lipid uptake and to decrease the secretion of some inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-2, interleukin-6, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, transforming growth factor-beta) in oxLDL-stimulated monocyte-derived macrophages.
MicroRNA-125a-5p may partly provide post-transcriptional regulation of the proinflammatory response, lipid uptake, and expression of ORP9 in oxLDL-stimulated monocyte/macrophages.

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Keywords

accompany inflammatory responses
 
atherosclerotic responses
 
Increasing evidence
 
inflammatory cytokines
 
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lipid uptake
 
luciferase reporter assay
 
monocyte/macrophage inflammatory responses
 
oxidized low density lipoprotein
 
oxLDL stimulation
 
oxLDL-stimulated monocyte-derived macrophages
 
oxLDL-stimulated monocyte/macrophages
 
oxLDL-stimulation
 
oxysterol binding protein-like 9
 
post-transcriptional regulation
 
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TaqMan real-time PCR
 
tumour necrosis factor-alpha
 

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