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ArticleOpen life sciences2021

Blocking circ_UBR4 suppressed proliferation, migration, and cell cycle progression of human vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis.

Ying Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Zongwei Chen, Meilan Wang

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Article in Open life sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Circular RNAs Variously Participate in Coronary Atherogenesis.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023
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  6. Circular RNAs in vascular diseases.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Ying ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital, Dalian University, No. 6, Zhonshan Road, Dalian, 116001, Liaoning, China.
Cheng ZhangDepartment of Cardiology, Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital, Dalian University, No. 6, Zhonshan Road, Dalian, 116001, Liaoning, China.
Zongwei ChenDepartment of Cardiology, Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital, Dalian University, No. 6, Zhonshan Road, Dalian, 116001, Liaoning, China.
Meilan WangDepartment of Cardiology, Zhongshan Affiliated Hospital, Dalian University, No. 6, Zhonshan Road, Dalian, 116001, Liaoning, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The circ_UBR4 (hsa_circ_0010283) is a novel abnormally overexpressed circRNA in oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL)-induced model of atherosclerosis (AS) in human vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). However, its role in the dysfunction of VSMCs remains to be further investigated. Here, we attempted to explore its role in ox-LDL-induced excessive proliferation and migration in VSMCs by regulating Rho/Rho-associated coiled-coil containing kinase 1 (ROCK1), a therapeutic target of AS. Expression of circ_UBR4 and ROCK1 was upregulated, whereas miR-107 was downregulated in human AS serum and ox-LDL-induced VSMCs. Depletion of circ_UBR4 arrested cell cycle, suppressed cell viability, colony-forming ability, and migration ability, and depressed expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and matrix metalloproteinase 2 in VSMCs in spite of the opposite effects of ox-LDL. Notably, ROCK1 upregulation mediated by plasmid transfection or miR-107 deletion could counteract the suppressive role of circ_UBR4 knockdown in ox-LDL-induced VSMCs proliferation, migration, and cell cycle progression. In mechanism, miR-107 was identified as a target of circ_UBR4 to mediate the regulatory effect of circ_UBR4 on ROCK1. circ_UBR4 might be a contributor in human AS partially by regulating VSMCs' cell proliferation, migration, and cell cycle progression via circ_UBR4/miR-107/ROCK1 pathway.

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atherosclerosiscirc_UBR4miR-107ROCK1VSMCs

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PMID33981849
PMCPMC8085462

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