scholarly journals Hypoxia Promotes Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell (VSMC) Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cell (ADSC) by Regulating Mettl3 and Paracrine Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jiaying Lin ◽  
Qianqian Zhu ◽  
Jialyu Huang ◽  
Renfei Cai ◽  
Yanping Kuang

Adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) is an alternative and less invasive source of mesenchymal stem cells which can be used to develop biological treatment strategies for tissue regeneration, and their therapeutic applications hinge on an understanding of their physiological characteristics. N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is the most common chemical modification of mRNAs and has recently been revealed to play important roles in cell lineage differentiation and development. However, the role of m6A modification in the vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) differentiation of ADSCs remains unclear. Herein, we investigated the expression of N6-adenosine methyltransferases (Mettl3) and demethylases (Fto and Alkbh5) and found that Mettl3 was upregulated in ADSCs undergoing vascular smooth muscle differentiation induction. Moreover, silence of Mettle3 reduced the expression level of VSMC-specific markers, including α-SMA, SM22α, calponin, and SM-MHC. Meanwhile, Mettl3 knockdown also decreased the expression of paracrine factors, including VEGF, HGF, TGF-β, GM-CSF, bFGF, and SDF-1. In addition, our results suggested that hypoxia stress promotes the ADSC differentiate into VMSCs and regulates the secretion of VEGF, HGF, TGF-β, GM-CSF, bFGF, and SDF-1 by mediating Mettl3 gene expression. These observations might contribute to novel progress in understanding the role of epitranscriptomic regulation in the VSMC differentiation of ADSCs and provide a promising perspective for new therapeutic strategies for tissue regeneration.

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (6) ◽  
pp. 787-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Ashino ◽  
Varadarajan Sudhahar ◽  
Norifumi Urao ◽  
Jin Oshikawa ◽  
Gin-Fu Chen ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 871-880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyo-Soo Kim ◽  
Hyun-Jai Cho ◽  
Hyun-Ju Cho ◽  
Sun-Jung Park ◽  
Kyung-Woo Park ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 127 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Hee Kim ◽  
Moon Hee Jung ◽  
Man Seok Park ◽  
Kang Ho Choi ◽  
Su Jin Lee ◽  
...  

Background and Aims: The expression and the role of tight junction protein, Claudin-11 (CLDN11) in vasculat smooth muscle cell (vSMC) is unknown. Methods: To understand the role of CLDN11 in the vSMC, we transfected siRNA-CLDN11 into human coronary vascular smooth muscle cell line (hCSMC). cDNA microarray using Agilent Human mRNA arrays, immunocytochemistry, tube formation assay, FACS, and cell cycle analysis were performed 7 days after CLDN11 knock-down. To know the role of CLDN11 in the human cardiovascular system, we obtained vascular smooth muscle layer from autopsied left anterior descending artery and CLDN11 mRNA expression was evaluated following modified AHA Consensus Classification Based on Morphologic Descriptions (three groups, total n=45). Results: CLDN11 was well expressed in vascular smooth mucscle layer in immunohistochemisty and western blot analysis. We observed the angiogenesis (CXCL8, SOX17, HEY1), cell proliferation (EGR3, ITGB2), and extracellular matrix (BMPER, WNT1) associated gene expression. Following CLDN11-siRNA transfection, the tube formation assay and proliferating cellular phase was markedly increased in siRNA treatment group (p<0.01, respectively). In the human sample, CLDN11 expression was inversely correlated with the progression of coronary atherosclerosis (p=0.0026), and the sudden cardiac death with complicated coronary atherosclerosis (p<0.05). Conclusions: These results indicate that CLDN11 could tightly regulate the vascular smooth muscle physiology. And CLDN11 might play a certain role for atherosclerosis propagation to regulate the vSMCs plasticity and possible new etiology for cardiovascular events.


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