Objective: To explore the effect and mechanism of microRNA-208a(mi R-208a) in the mitochondrial apoptosis of cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats. Methods: The primary cultured cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats were added in...Objective: To explore the effect and mechanism of microRNA-208a(mi R-208a) in the mitochondrial apoptosis of cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats. Methods: The primary cultured cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats were added into the hypoxia incubator for the hypoxia induction. The overexpression system for mi R-208 a of cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats was built. The l ow cytometry assay was employed to detect the incidence of apoptosis in the overexpressed mi R-208 a. The mitochondrial staining technique was used to detect the change in the mitochondrial morphology of over-expressed mi R-208 a. The bioinformatic analysis was chosen to analyze and predict the target gene of mi R-208 a. Results: Firstly, the primary culture system of cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats was successfully built. The mi R-208 a was over-expressed in cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats by mi R-208 a Mimics. Results of flow cytometry assay showed that the over-expressed mi R-208 a could signii cantly reduce the incidence of apoptosis; while results of mitochondrial staining indicated the change in the mitochondrial morphology of over-expressed mi R-208 a and the mitochondrialfission process was inhibited. In conclusion, it was supposed that mi R-208 a could inhibit the activation of mitochondrialfission process to keep the cardiomyocytes from apoptosis. Conclusions: The over-expressed mi R-208 a can reduce the incidence of apoptosis in the cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats, signii cantly change the mitochondrial morphology and inhibit the mitochondrial fission process.展开更多
MicroRNA-208a(miR-208a)plays critical roles in the severe fibrosis and heart failure post myocardial ischemia/reperfusion(IR)injury.MiR-208a inhibitor(mI)with complementary RNA sequence can silence the expression of m...MicroRNA-208a(miR-208a)plays critical roles in the severe fibrosis and heart failure post myocardial ischemia/reperfusion(IR)injury.MiR-208a inhibitor(mI)with complementary RNA sequence can silence the expression of miR-208a,while it is challenging to achieve efficient and myocardium-targeted delivery.Herein,biomimetic nanocomplexes(NCs)reversibly coated with red blood cell membrane(RM)were developed for the myocardial delivery of mI.To construct the NCs,membrane-penetrating helical polypeptide(PG)was first adopted to condense mI and form the cationic inner core,which subsequently adsorbed catalase(CAT)via electrostatic interaction followed by surface coating with RM.The membrane-coated NCs enabled prolonged blood circulation after systemic administration,and could accumulate in the injured myocardium via passive targeting.In the oxidative microenvironment of injured myocardium,CAT decomposed H_(2)O_(2)to produce O_(2)bubbles,which drove the shedding of the outer RM to expose the positively charged inner core,thus facilitated effective internalization by cardiac cells.Based on the combined contribution of mI-mediated miR-208a silencing and CAT-mediated alleviation of oxidative stress,NCs effectively ameliorated the myocardial microenvironment,hence reducing the infarct size as well as fibrosis and promoting recovery of cardiac functions.This study provides an effective strategy for the cytosolic delivery of nucleic acid cargoes in the myocardium,and it renders an enlightened approach to resolve the blood circulation/cell internalization dilemma of cell membrane-coated delivery systems.展开更多
基金supported by Shandong Natural Science Fund(No.ZR2009CL018)
文摘Objective: To explore the effect and mechanism of microRNA-208a(mi R-208a) in the mitochondrial apoptosis of cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats. Methods: The primary cultured cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats were added into the hypoxia incubator for the hypoxia induction. The overexpression system for mi R-208 a of cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats was built. The l ow cytometry assay was employed to detect the incidence of apoptosis in the overexpressed mi R-208 a. The mitochondrial staining technique was used to detect the change in the mitochondrial morphology of over-expressed mi R-208 a. The bioinformatic analysis was chosen to analyze and predict the target gene of mi R-208 a. Results: Firstly, the primary culture system of cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats was successfully built. The mi R-208 a was over-expressed in cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats by mi R-208 a Mimics. Results of flow cytometry assay showed that the over-expressed mi R-208 a could signii cantly reduce the incidence of apoptosis; while results of mitochondrial staining indicated the change in the mitochondrial morphology of over-expressed mi R-208 a and the mitochondrialfission process was inhibited. In conclusion, it was supposed that mi R-208 a could inhibit the activation of mitochondrialfission process to keep the cardiomyocytes from apoptosis. Conclusions: The over-expressed mi R-208 a can reduce the incidence of apoptosis in the cardiomyocytes of neonatal rats, signii cantly change the mitochondrial morphology and inhibit the mitochondrial fission process.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82172076,52273144,and 52033006)111 project,Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science&Technology,Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices,and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Nanotechnology and Biomedicine.
文摘MicroRNA-208a(miR-208a)plays critical roles in the severe fibrosis and heart failure post myocardial ischemia/reperfusion(IR)injury.MiR-208a inhibitor(mI)with complementary RNA sequence can silence the expression of miR-208a,while it is challenging to achieve efficient and myocardium-targeted delivery.Herein,biomimetic nanocomplexes(NCs)reversibly coated with red blood cell membrane(RM)were developed for the myocardial delivery of mI.To construct the NCs,membrane-penetrating helical polypeptide(PG)was first adopted to condense mI and form the cationic inner core,which subsequently adsorbed catalase(CAT)via electrostatic interaction followed by surface coating with RM.The membrane-coated NCs enabled prolonged blood circulation after systemic administration,and could accumulate in the injured myocardium via passive targeting.In the oxidative microenvironment of injured myocardium,CAT decomposed H_(2)O_(2)to produce O_(2)bubbles,which drove the shedding of the outer RM to expose the positively charged inner core,thus facilitated effective internalization by cardiac cells.Based on the combined contribution of mI-mediated miR-208a silencing and CAT-mediated alleviation of oxidative stress,NCs effectively ameliorated the myocardial microenvironment,hence reducing the infarct size as well as fibrosis and promoting recovery of cardiac functions.This study provides an effective strategy for the cytosolic delivery of nucleic acid cargoes in the myocardium,and it renders an enlightened approach to resolve the blood circulation/cell internalization dilemma of cell membrane-coated delivery systems.