Cristina Espinosa-Diez1, Marta Fierro-Fernández1, Francisco Sánchez-Gómez1, Fernando Rodríguez-Pascual1, Matilde Alique2, Marta Ruiz-Ortega2, Naiara Beraza3, Maria L Martínez-Chantar3, Carlos Fernández-Hernando4, Santiago Lamas1. 1. 1 Departamento de Biología Celular e Inmunología, Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa, " Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , Madrid, Spain . 2. 2 Cellular Biology in Renal Diseases Laboratory, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid , Madrid, Spain . 3. 3 Department of Metabolomics, CIC bioGUNE, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd) , Bizkaia, Spain . 4. 4 Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, Connecticut.
Abstract
AIMS: Glutathione (GSH) is the main antioxidant against cell damage. Several pathological states course with reduced nucleophilic tone and perturbation of redox homeostasis due to changes in the 2GSH/GSSG ratio. Here, we investigated the regulation of the rate-limiting GSH biosynthetic heterodimeric enzyme γ-glutamyl-cysteine ligase (GCL) by microRNAs (miRNAs). RESULTS: "In silico" analysis of the 3'- untranslated regions (UTRs) of both catalytic (GCLc) and regulatory (GCLm) subunits of GCL enabled an identification of miR-433 as a strong candidate for the targeting of GCL. Transitory overexpression of miR-433 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) showed a downregulation of both GCLc and GCLm in a nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2)-independent manner. Increases in pro-oxidant stimuli such as exposure to hydrogen peroxide or GSH depletion in endothelial and hepatic cells caused an expected increase in GCLc and GCLm protein expression and abrogation of miR-433 levels, thus supporting a cross-regulation of these pathways. Treatment of HUVEC with miR-433 resulted in reduced antioxidant and redox potentials, increased S-glutathionylation, and reduced endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation. In vivo models of renal and hepatic fibrosis were associated with transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1)-related reduction of GCLc and GCLm levels that were miR-433 dependent. INNOVATION AND CONCLUSION: We describe for the first time an miRNA, miR-433, capable of directly targeting GCL and promoting functional consequences in endothelial physiology and fibrotic processes by decreasing GSH levels.
AIMS: Glutathione (GSH) is the main antioxidant against cell damage. Several pathological states course with reduced nucleophilic tone and perturbation of redox homeostasis due to changes in the 2GSH/GSSG ratio. Here, we investigated the regulation of the rate-limiting GSH biosynthetic heterodimeric enzyme γ-glutamyl-cysteine ligase (GCL) by microRNAs (miRNAs). RESULTS: "In silico" analysis of the 3'- untranslated regions (UTRs) of both catalytic (GCLc) and regulatory (GCLm) subunits of GCL enabled an identification of miR-433 as a strong candidate for the targeting of GCL. Transitory overexpression of miR-433 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) showed a downregulation of both GCLc and GCLm in a nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2)-independent manner. Increases in pro-oxidant stimuli such as exposure to hydrogen peroxide or GSH depletion in endothelial and hepatic cells caused an expected increase in GCLc and GCLm protein expression and abrogation of miR-433 levels, thus supporting a cross-regulation of these pathways. Treatment of HUVEC with miR-433 resulted in reduced antioxidant and redox potentials, increased S-glutathionylation, and reduced endothelial nitric oxide synthase activation. In vivo models of renal and hepatic fibrosis were associated with transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1)-related reduction of GCLc and GCLm levels that were miR-433 dependent. INNOVATION AND CONCLUSION: We describe for the first time an miRNA, miR-433, capable of directly targeting GCL and promoting functional consequences in endothelial physiology and fibrotic processes by decreasing GSH levels.
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