c-Myb regulates transcriptional activation of miR-143/145 in vascular smooth muscle cells

PloS One
Mark ChandyMansoor Husain

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miR) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate diverse biological functions. The bicistronic gene miR-143/145 determines cell fate and phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), in part, by destabilizing Elk-1 mRNA. The transcription factor c-Myb also regulates differentiation and proliferation of VSMC, and here we test whether these effects may be mediated by miR-143/145. Flow cytometry of cardiovascular-directed d3.75 embryoid bodies (EBs) isolated smooth muscle progenitors with specific cell surface markers. In c-myb knockout (c-myb -/-) EB, these progenitors manifest low levels of miR-143 (19%; p<0.05) and miR-145 (6%; p<0.01) expression as compared to wild-type (wt) EB. Primary VSMC isolated from transgenic mice with diminished expression (c-myblx/lx) or reduced activity (c-mybh/h) of c-Myb also manifest low levels of miR-143 (c-myblx/lx: 50%; c-mybh/h: 41%), and miR-145 (c-myblx/lx: 49%; c-mybh/h: 56%), as compared to wt (P<0.05). Sequence alignment identified four putative c-Myb binding sites (MBS1-4) in the proximal promoter (PP) of the miR-143/145 gene. PP-reporter constructs revealed that point mutations in MBS1 and MBS4 abrogated c-Myb-dependent transcription from the miR-143/145 PP (P<0.01). Chromati...Continue Reading

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Nov 14, 2019·Clinical Science·Mark Chandy
Jun 15, 2019·International Journal of Molecular Medicine·Xiaoqiang LiuBin Fu

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
flow cytometry
FACS
PCR
ChIP
transfection
transfections
electrophoresis
immunoprecipitation
acetylation

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JASPAR
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