Abstract
Dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) contributes to epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of cancer, but the pathological roles of miRNAs in airway EMT of lung diseases remains largely unknown. We performed sequencing and real-time PCR analysis of the miRNA expression profile of human airway epithelial cells undergoing EMT, and revealed miR-133a to be one of the most common up-regulated miRNAs. MiR-133a was previously reported to be persistently up-regulated in airway epithelial cells of smokers. We found that mice exposed to cigarette smoke (CS) showed airway hyper-responsiveness, a typical symptom occurring in CS-related lung diseases, up-regulation of miR-133a and EMT marker protein N-cadherin in airway epithelium. Importantly, miR-133a overexpression induces airway epithelial cells to undergo spontaneous EMT via down-regulation of grainyhead-like 2 (GRHL2), an epithelial specific transcriptional factor. Loss of GRHL2 causes down-regulation of epithelial splicing regulatory protein 1 (ESRP1), a central coordinator of alternative splicing processes that are critical in the regulation of EMT. Down-regulation of ESRP1 induces isoform switching of adherens junction-associated protein p120-catenin, and leads to the loss of E-cadherin. Our study is the first to demonstrate that up-regulated miR-133a orchestrates airway EMT via alternative splicing processes, which points to novel therapeutic possibilities for the treatment of CS-related lung disease.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 15543 |
| Journal | Scientific Reports |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2018 |
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Up-regulated miR-133a orchestrates epithelial-mesenchymal transition of airway epithelial cells. / Chen, Linjie; He, Xiaobai; Xie, Yan; Huang, Yapei; Wolff, Dennis W.; Abel, Peter W.; Tu, Yaping.
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T1 - Up-regulated miR-133a orchestrates epithelial-mesenchymal transition of airway epithelial cells
AU - Chen, Linjie
AU - He, Xiaobai
AU - Xie, Yan
AU - Huang, Yapei
AU - Wolff, Dennis W.
AU - Abel, Peter W.
AU - Tu, Yaping
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) contributes to epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of cancer, but the pathological roles of miRNAs in airway EMT of lung diseases remains largely unknown. We performed sequencing and real-time PCR analysis of the miRNA expression profile of human airway epithelial cells undergoing EMT, and revealed miR-133a to be one of the most common up-regulated miRNAs. MiR-133a was previously reported to be persistently up-regulated in airway epithelial cells of smokers. We found that mice exposed to cigarette smoke (CS) showed airway hyper-responsiveness, a typical symptom occurring in CS-related lung diseases, up-regulation of miR-133a and EMT marker protein N-cadherin in airway epithelium. Importantly, miR-133a overexpression induces airway epithelial cells to undergo spontaneous EMT via down-regulation of grainyhead-like 2 (GRHL2), an epithelial specific transcriptional factor. Loss of GRHL2 causes down-regulation of epithelial splicing regulatory protein 1 (ESRP1), a central coordinator of alternative splicing processes that are critical in the regulation of EMT. Down-regulation of ESRP1 induces isoform switching of adherens junction-associated protein p120-catenin, and leads to the loss of E-cadherin. Our study is the first to demonstrate that up-regulated miR-133a orchestrates airway EMT via alternative splicing processes, which points to novel therapeutic possibilities for the treatment of CS-related lung disease.
AB - Dysregulation of microRNAs (miRNAs) contributes to epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of cancer, but the pathological roles of miRNAs in airway EMT of lung diseases remains largely unknown. We performed sequencing and real-time PCR analysis of the miRNA expression profile of human airway epithelial cells undergoing EMT, and revealed miR-133a to be one of the most common up-regulated miRNAs. MiR-133a was previously reported to be persistently up-regulated in airway epithelial cells of smokers. We found that mice exposed to cigarette smoke (CS) showed airway hyper-responsiveness, a typical symptom occurring in CS-related lung diseases, up-regulation of miR-133a and EMT marker protein N-cadherin in airway epithelium. Importantly, miR-133a overexpression induces airway epithelial cells to undergo spontaneous EMT via down-regulation of grainyhead-like 2 (GRHL2), an epithelial specific transcriptional factor. Loss of GRHL2 causes down-regulation of epithelial splicing regulatory protein 1 (ESRP1), a central coordinator of alternative splicing processes that are critical in the regulation of EMT. Down-regulation of ESRP1 induces isoform switching of adherens junction-associated protein p120-catenin, and leads to the loss of E-cadherin. Our study is the first to demonstrate that up-regulated miR-133a orchestrates airway EMT via alternative splicing processes, which points to novel therapeutic possibilities for the treatment of CS-related lung disease.
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