MicroRNA miR-199a-5p regulates smooth muscle cell proliferation and morphology by targeting Wnt2 signaling pathway

Hashemi Gheinani, Ali; Burkhard, Fiona C.; Rehrauer, Hubert; Aquino Fournier, Catharine; Monastyrskaya-Stäuber, Katia (2015). MicroRNA miR-199a-5p regulates smooth muscle cell proliferation and morphology by targeting Wnt2 signaling pathway. Journal of biological chemistry, 290(11), pp. 7067-7086. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 10.1074/jbc.M114.618694

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MicroRNA miR-199a-5p impairs tight junction formation leading to increased urothelial permeability in bladder pain syndrome. Now using transcriptome analysis in urothelial TEU-2 cells we implicate it in the regulation of cell cycle, cytoskeleton remodeling, TGF and Wnt signaling pathways. MiR-199a-5p is highly expressed in the smooth muscle layer of the bladder and we altered its levels in bladder smooth muscle cells (SMC) to validate the pathway analysis. Inhibition of miR-199a-5p with antimiR increased SMC proliferation, reduced cell size and up-regulated miR-199a-5p targets, including Wnt2. Overexpression of Wnt2 protein or treating SMCs with recombinant Wnt2 closely mimicked the miR-199a-5p inhibition, whereas down-regulation of Wnt2 in antimiR-expressing SMCs with shRNA restored cell phenotype and proliferation rates. Overexpression of miR-199a-5p in the bladder SMCs significantly increased cell size and up-regulated SM22, SM alpha-actin and SM myosin heavy chain mRNA and protein levels. These changes, as well as increased expression of ACTG2, TGFB1I1, and CDKN1A were mediated by up-regulation of smooth muscle-specific transcriptional activator myocardin at mRNA and protein levels. Myocardin-related transcription factor (MRTF-A) downstream targets Id3 and MYL9 were also induced. Up-regulation of myocardin was accompanied by down-regulation of Wnt-dependent inhibitory Kruppel-like transcription factor 4 (KLF4) in miR-199a-5p overexpressing cells. In contrast, KLF4 was induced in antimiR-expressing cells following the activation of Wnt2 signaling, leading to repression of myocardin-dependent genes. MiR-199a-5p plays a critical role in the Wnt2-mediated regulation of proliferative and differentiation processes in the smooth muscle and may behave as a key modulator of smooth muscle hypertrophy, relevant for organ remodeling.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Urologie
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Forschungsgruppe Urologie

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Urology

UniBE Contributor:

Hashemi Gheinani, Ali, Burkhard, Fiona Christine, Monastyrskaya-Stäuber, Katia

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0021-9258

Publisher:

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Language:

English

Submitter:

Katharina Morgenegg

Date Deposited:

26 Feb 2015 15:15

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:25

Publisher DOI:

10.1074/jbc.M114.618694

PubMed ID:

25596533

Uncontrolled Keywords:

microRNA, gene expression, cell proliferation, smooth muscle, differentiation, Wnt signaling

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.63434

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/63434

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