Project description:Endothelial cells are critical for angiogenesis, and microRNAs plays important roles in this process. We investigated the regulatory role of microRNAs in endothelial cells of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by examining the microRNA expression profile of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in the absence or presence of human HCC cells, and identified miR-146a as the most highly up-regulated microRNA. Furthermore, we revealed that miR-146a promoted the expression of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFRA) in HUVECs, and this process was mediated by BRCA1. Overexpression of PDGFRA in the ECs of HCC tissues was associated with microvascular invasion, and predicted a poorer prognosis. These results suggest that MiR-146a plays a key role in regulating the angiogenic activity of ECs in HCC through miR-146a-BRCA1-PDGFRA pathway. MiR-146a may emerge as a potential anti-angiogenic target on ECs for HCC therapy. We have employed whole genome OneArray to examine the genome expression changes of HUVECs overexpressing miR-146a.
Project description:To investigate machanism of miR-210-3p regulating angiogenic ability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in hypoxic conditions, we transfected miR-210-3p mimic to overexpress miR-210-3p in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. We than performed RNA sequencing of miR-210-3p mimic-transfected and control HUVECs under hypoxic conditions to evaluate the transcriptional changes in the miR-210-3p-overexpressing HUVECs.
Project description:Endothelial cells are critical for angiogenesis, and microRNAs plays important roles in this process. We investigated the regulatory role of microRNAs in endothelial cells of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by examining the microRNA expression profile of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in the absence or presence of human HCC cells, and identified miR-146a as the most highly up-regulated microRNA. Furthermore, we revealed that miR-146a promoted the expression of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFRA) in HUVECs, and this process was mediated by BRCA1. Overexpression of PDGFRA in the ECs of HCC tissues was associated with microvascular invasion, and predicted a poorer prognosis. These results suggest that MiR-146a plays a key role in regulating the angiogenic activity of ECs in HCC through miR-146a-BRCA1-PDGFRA pathway. MiR-146a may emerge as a potential anti-angiogenic target on ECs for HCC therapy.
Project description:Human vein umbilical endothelial cells (HUVEC) were transfected with pre-miR control and pre-miR 146 (Ambion) in order to identify targets (direct and indirect) downregulated by miR-146a in endothelial cells. 164 transcripts were downregulated with a fold change ≥ 1.2.
Project description:To search for genes regulated by microRNA-100 in endothelial cells, we transfected human umbilical cord endothelial cells (HUVECs) with miR-100 precursor oligonucelotides. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were isolated from donated umbilical cords, pooled from two donors and cultivated up to passage 5. For transfection with pre-miR microRNA precursor molecules cells were cultured to 70% confluence and transfected with 8nM pre-miR-100 or an irrelevant control oligonucleotide (both from Ambion) using Lipofectamin RNAiMax (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturers instructions. Total RNA was isolated 48h after transfection.
Project description:To search for genes regulated by microRNA-100 in endothelial cells, we transfected human umbilical cord endothelial cells (HUVECs) with miR-100 precursor oligonucelotides. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were isolated from donated umbilical cords, pooled from two donors and cultivated up to passage 5. For transfection with pre-miR microRNA precursor molecules cells were cultured to 70% confluence and transfected with 8nM pre-miR-100 or an irrelevant control oligonucleotide (both from Ambion) using Lipofectamin RNAiMax (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturers instructions. Total RNA was isolated 48h after transfection.
Project description:Human vein umbilical endothelial cells (HUVEC) were transfected with pre-miR control and pre-miR 146 (Ambion) in order to identify targets (direct and indirect) downregulated by miR-146a in endothelial cells. 164 transcripts were downregulated with a fold change ≥ 1.2. Total RNA was obtained from cells transfected in HUVEC with pre-miR control and pre-miR 146a. Three independent transfections were performed for each condition. 2 replicates for control re-control and 3 for pre-miR 146a were analyzed.
Project description:ChIP-Seq profiling of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) overexpressing constitutively active FOXO1 to identify FOXO1 DNA binding sites and to assess changes in the histone modifications H3K4me3 and H3K27ac.
Project description:We aimed to elucidate the impact of miR-520b on endothelial cell (EC) activation. To determine the potential targets of miR-520b, we performed RNA-seq analysis by transfecting miR-520b mimics in primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).
