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MicroRNAs modulating angiogenesis: miR-129-1 and miR-133 act as angio-miR in HUVECs by Mina Soufi-zomorrod; Abbas Hajifathali; Fatemeh Kouhkan; Mahshid Mehdizadeh; Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini Rad; Masoud Soleimani is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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The sprouting of new blood vessels by angiogenesis is critical in vascular development and homeostasis. Aberrant angiogenesis leads to enormous pathological conditions such as ischemia and cancer. MicroRNAs (also known as miRNAs or miRs) play key roles in regulation of a range of cellular processes by posttranscriptional suppression of their target genes. Recently, new studies have indicated that miRNAs are involved in certain angiogenic settings and signaling pathways use these non-coding RNAs to promote or suppress angiogenic processes. Herein, VEGFR2 and FGFR1 were identified as miR-129-1 and miR-133 targets using bioinformatic algorithms, respectively. Afterwards, using luciferase reporter assay and gene expression analysis at both mRNA and protein levels, VEGFR2 and FGFR1 were validated as miR-129-1 and miR-133 targets. In addition, we showed that miR-129-1 and miR-133 suppress angiogenesis properties such as proliferation rate, cell viability, and migration activity of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in vitro. We conclude that these miRNAs can suppress key factors of angiogenesis by directly targeting them. These results have important therapeutic implications

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Author

Mina Soufi-zomorrod; Abbas Hajifathali; Fatemeh Kouhkan; Mahshid Mehdizadeh; Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini Rad; Masoud Soleimani

Published

2016

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)