Title MicroRNAs influence the migratory ability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells /
Authors Wang, Zhaohui ; Zeng, Ziwei ; Starkuvienė-Erfle, Vytautė ; Erfle, Holger ; Kan, Kejia ; Zhang, Jian ; Gunkel, Manuel ; Sticht, Carsten ; Rahbari, Nuh ; Keese, Michael
DOI 10.3390/genes13040640
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Is Part of Genes.. Basel : MDPI. 2022, vol. 13, iss. 4, art. no. 640, p. [1-13].. eISSN 2073-4425
Keywords [eng] HUVEC ; angiogenesis ; migratory ability ; migration ; microRNA
Abstract [eng] To identify miRNAs that are involved in cell migration in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), we employed RNA sequencing under high glucose incubation and text mining within the databases miRWalk and TargetScanHuman using 83 genes that regulate HUVECs migration. From both databases, 307 predicted miRNAs were retrieved. Differentially expressed miRNAs were determined by exposing HUVECs to high glucose stimulation, which significantly inhibited the migratory ability of HUVECs as compared to cells cultured in normal glucose. A total of 35 miRNAs were found as differently expressed miRNAs in miRNA sequencing, and 4 miRNAs, namely miR-21-3p, miR-107, miR-143-3p, and miR-106b-5p, were identified as overlapping hits. These were subjected to hub gene analysis and pathway analysis using the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), identifing 71 pathways which were influenced by all four miRNAs. The influence of all four miRNAs on HUVEC migration was phenomorphologically confirmed. miR21 and miR107 promoted migration in HUVECs while miR106b and miR143 inhibited migration. Pathway analysis also revealed eight shared pathways between the four miRNAs. Protein–protein interaction (PPI) network analysis was then performed to predict the functionality of interacting genes or proteins. This revealed six hub genes which could firstly be predicted to be related to HUVEC migration.
Published Basel : MDPI
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2022
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