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ArticleCell death & disease2020

LncRNA Hoxaas3 promotes lung fibroblast activation and fibrosis by targeting miR-450b-5p to regulate Runx1.

Shuang Lin, Rui Zhang, Lei Xu, Rui Ma, Liming Xu, Linghua Zhu, Jian Hu, Xiaoxia An

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Shuang LinDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8031-9588
Rui ZhangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hangzhou Wuyunshan Sanatorium, the Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Lei XuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Henan Province People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Rui MaDepartment of Surgery, Zhejiang University Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Liming XuDepartment of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Linghua ZhuDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jian HuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. dr_hujian@zju.edu.cn.
Xiaoxia AnDepartment of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. 11318253@zju.edu.cn.
First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNHenan Provincial People's Hospital · CNZhejiang University · CNHangzhou First People's Hospital · CNSir Run Run Shaw Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) participate in organ fibrosis and various pulmonary diseases, but its role in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is not fully understood. In this study, we found lncRNA Hoxaas3 (Hoxaas3) was up-regulated in the mice model of BLM-induced PF and TGF-β1-induced fibrogenesis in lung fibroblasts (LF). Overexpression of Hoxaas3 promoted fibrogenesis, whereas Hoxaas3 inhibition attenuated lung fibrosis both in vitro and in vivo, through regulation of miR-450b-5p. Furthermore, miR-450b-5p inhibition stimulated fibrogenesis by regulating runt-related transcription factor 1 (Runx1), whereas up-regulation of miR-450b-5p alleviated fibrogenesis in LF. Mechanistically, our study showed that Hoxaas3 regulated lung fibroblast activation and fibrogenesis by acting as a competing endogenous RNA for miR-450b-5p: Hoxaas3 decreased the expression of miR-450b-5p to stimulate level and activity of Runx1 and induced fibrotic LF, whereas Runx1 inhibition alleviated the pro-fibrotic effect of Hoxaas3. In addition, Hoxaas3 was regulated by TGF-β1/Smad4 pathway as its transcriptional target. In conclusion, our study showed the role and mechanism of the TGF-β1/Smad4- Hoxaas3-miR-450b-5p-Runx1 axis for a better understanding of PF, demonstrated Hoxaas3 maybe a new diagnostic biomarker or potential therapeutic target for IPF.

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AnimalsBleomycinCell ProliferationChinaCore Binding Factor Alpha 2 SubunitFibroblastsFibrosisHomeodomain ProteinsHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisLungMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsRNA, AntisenseRNA, Long NoncodingBleomycinCore Binding Factor Alpha 2 SubunitHomeodomain ProteinsHoxA proteinMicroRNAsMIRN450 microRNA, humanRNA, AntisenseRNA, Long NoncodingRUNX1 protein, humanRunx1 protein, mouseTGFB1 protein, humanTransforming Growth Factor beta1

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