Lan Xiao1, Xiang-Xue Ma2, Jason Luo2, Hee K Chung2, Min S Kwon2, Ting-Xi Yu2, Jaladanki N Rao1, Rosemary Kozar3, Myriam Gorospe4, Jian-Ying Wang5. 1. Cell Biology Group, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland. 2. Cell Biology Group, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 3. Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 4. Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging-Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland. 5. Cell Biology Group, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: jywang@som.umaryland.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of endogenous noncoding RNAs that form covalently closed circles. Although circRNAs influence many biological processes, little is known about their role in intestinal epithelium homeostasis. We surveyed circRNAs required to maintain intestinal epithelial integrity and identified circular homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 3 (circHIPK3) as a major regulator of intestinal epithelial repair after acute injury. METHODS: Intestinal mucosal tissues were collected from mice exposed to cecal ligation and puncture for 48 hours and patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and sepsis. We isolated primary enterocytes from the small intestine of mice and derived intestinal organoids. The levels of circHIPK3 were silenced in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) by transfection with small interfering RNAs targeting the circularization junction of circHIPK3 or elevated using a plasmid vector that overexpressed circHIPK3. Intestinal epithelial repair was examined in an in vitro injury model by removing part of the monolayer. The association of circHIPK3 with microRNA 29b (miR-29b) was determined by biotinylated RNA pull-down assays. RESULTS: Genome-wide profile analyses identified ∼300 circRNAs, including circHIPK3, differentially expressed in the intestinal mucosa of mice after cecal ligation and puncture relative to sham mice. Intestinal mucosa from patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and sepsis had reduced levels of circHIPK3. Increasing the levels of circHIPK3 enhanced intestinal epithelium repair after wounding, whereas circHIPK3 silencing repressed epithelial recovery. CircHIPK3 silencing also inhibited growth of IECs and intestinal organoids, and circHIPK3 overexpression promoted intestinal epithelium renewal in mice. Mechanistic studies revealed that circHIPK3 directly bound to miR-29b and inhibited miR-29 activity, thus increasing expression of Rac1, Cdc42, and cyclin B1 in IECs after wounding. CONCLUSIONS: In studies of mice, IECs, and human tissues, our results indicate that circHIPK3 improves repair of the intestinal epithelium at least in part by reducing miR-29b availability.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of endogenous noncoding RNAs that form covalently closed circles. Although circRNAs influence many biological processes, little is known about their role in intestinal epithelium homeostasis. We surveyed circRNAs required to maintain intestinal epithelial integrity and identified circular homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 3 (circHIPK3) as a major regulator of intestinal epithelial repair after acute injury. METHODS: Intestinal mucosal tissues were collected from mice exposed to cecal ligation and puncture for 48 hours and patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and sepsis. We isolated primary enterocytes from the small intestine of mice and derived intestinal organoids. The levels of circHIPK3 were silenced in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) by transfection with small interfering RNAs targeting the circularization junction of circHIPK3 or elevated using a plasmid vector that overexpressed circHIPK3. Intestinal epithelial repair was examined in an in vitro injury model by removing part of the monolayer. The association of circHIPK3 with microRNA 29b (miR-29b) was determined by biotinylated RNA pull-down assays. RESULTS: Genome-wide profile analyses identified ∼300 circRNAs, including circHIPK3, differentially expressed in the intestinal mucosa of mice after cecal ligation and puncture relative to sham mice. Intestinal mucosa from patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and sepsis had reduced levels of circHIPK3. Increasing the levels of circHIPK3 enhanced intestinal epithelium repair after wounding, whereas circHIPK3 silencing repressed epithelial recovery. CircHIPK3 silencing also inhibited growth of IECs and intestinal organoids, and circHIPK3 overexpression promoted intestinal epithelium renewal in mice. Mechanistic studies revealed that circHIPK3 directly bound to miR-29b and inhibited miR-29 activity, thus increasing expression of Rac1, Cdc42, and cyclin B1 in IECs after wounding. CONCLUSIONS: In studies of mice, IECs, and human tissues, our results indicate that circHIPK3 improves repair of the intestinal epithelium at least in part by reducing miR-29b availability.
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