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microRNA-483 ameliorates hypercholesterolemia by inhibiting PCSK9 production
Abstract
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) affects cholesterol homeostasis by targeting hepatic LDL receptor (LDLR) for lysosomal degradation. Clinically, PCSK9 inhibitors effectively reduce LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and the incidence of cardiovascular events. Because microRNAs (miRs) are integral regulators of cholesterol homeostasis, we investigated the involvement of miR-483 in regulating LDL-C metabolism. Using in silico analysis, we predicted that miR-483-5p targets the 3′-UTR of PCSK9 mRNA. In HepG2 cells, miR-483-5p targeted the PCSK9 3′-UTR, leading to decreased PCSK9 protein and mRNA expression, increased LDLR expression, and enhanced LDL-C uptake. In hyperlipidemic mice and humans, serum levels of total cholesterol and LDL-C were inversely correlated with miR-483-5p levels. In mice, hepatic miR-483 overexpression increased LDLR levels by targeting Pcsk9 , with a significant reduction in plasma total cholesterol and LDL-C levels. Mechanistically, the cholesterol-lowering effect of miR-483-5p was significant in mice receiving AAV8 PCSK9-3′-UTR but not Ldlr -knockout mice or mice receiving AAV8 PCSK9-3′-UTR (ΔBS) with the miR-483-5p targeting site deleted. Thus, exogenously administered miR-483 or similarly optimized compounds have potential to ameliorate hypercholesterolemia.
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“miR-191, miR-221-5p, miR-222, miR-224, miR-342-5p, miR-363-5p, miR-483, miR-520d, miR-609, miR-765, miR-3165, miR-1908-5p Inhibit expression of PCSK9 ↑ [50-55]”
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- Authors
- Dong, J., He, M., Li, J., Pessentheiner, A., Wang, C., Zhang, J., Sun, Y., Wang, W.-T., Zhang, Y., Liu, J., Wang, S.-C., Huang, P.-H., Gordts, P. L. S. M., Yuan, Z.-Y., Tsimikas, S., & Shyy, J. Y. J.
- Affiliations
- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, and
- Division of Cardiology and
- Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.
- Department of Anesthesiology,
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and
- Venue
- JCI Insight
- Published
- 2020-12-03
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 23
- ISSN
- 2379-3708
- PMC
- PMC7714402
- Cited by
- 53
- References
- 8
- Language
- en
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (R01HL106579,R01HL108735)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81941005)
- National Key Research and Development Program grant (2018YFC1311500)
- Key Project of Research and Development Plan of Shaanxi Province (2017ZDCXL-SF-02-04-01)
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 108-2633-B-009-001)
- Academic Senate, University of California, San Diego (RG096470)
- Foundation Leducq (16CVD01)
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