miR-362-3p Targets Orosomucoid 1 to Promote Cell Proliferation, Restrain Cell Apoptosis and Thereby Mitigate Hypoxia/Reoxygenation-Induced Cardiomyocytes Injury

Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2021 May;21(5):387-398. doi: 10.1007/s12012-020-09631-0. Epub 2021 Jan 18.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the mechanism of how miR-362-3p/orosomucoid 1 (ORM1) involved in hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)-induced cardiomyocytes injury. Based on data obtained from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, we revealed that ORM1 was highly expressed and positively correlated with the expression of inflammatory factors (MAPK1, MAPK3, IL1B and CASP9). miR-362-3p was identified as an upstream regulatory miRNA of ORM1 and negatively modulated the mRNA and protein expression levels of ORM1 in H/R-injured cardiomyocytes. Moreover, we found that miR-362-3p was downregulated in cardiomyocytes injured by H/R. The promoting influence of miR-362-3p mimic on the proliferation and the inhibitory effect of miR-362-3p mimic on the apoptosis of H/R-stimulated cardiomyocytes were eliminated by overexpression of ORM1. Furthermore, miR-362-3p affected the expression of MAPK1, MAPK3, IL1B and CASP9 in H/R-injured cardiomyocytes through targeting ORM1. Our outcomes illustrated that miR-362-3p exhibited a protective influence on H/R-induced cardiomyocytes through targeting ORM1.

Keywords: Apoptosis; Biomarker; Inflammatory factors; Orosomucoid 1; miR-362-3p.

MeSH terms

  • Apoptosis*
  • Caspase 9
  • Cell Hypoxia
  • Cell Proliferation*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Databases, Genetic
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-1beta / metabolism
  • MicroRNAs / genetics
  • MicroRNAs / metabolism*
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / metabolism
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / metabolism
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / genetics
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / metabolism*
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / pathology
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / metabolism*
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / pathology
  • Orosomucoid / genetics
  • Orosomucoid / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • IL1B protein, human
  • Interleukin-1beta
  • MIRN362 microRNA, human
  • MicroRNAs
  • ORM1 protein, human
  • Orosomucoid
  • MAPK1 protein, human
  • MAPK3 protein, human
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
  • CASP9 protein, human
  • Caspase 9