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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2021

NDUFA4L2 in smooth muscle promotes vascular remodeling in hypoxic pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Yun Liu, Xiaowei Nie, Jinquan Zhu, Tianyan Wang, Yanli Li, Qian Wang, Zengxian Sun

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yun LiuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8133-703X
Xiaowei NieInstitute for Hepatology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Jinquan ZhuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, China.
Tianyan WangDepartment of Pharmacy, The First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, China.
Yanli LiDepartment of Pharmacy, The First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, China.
Qian WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Zengxian SunDepartment of Pharmacy, The First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, Lianyungang, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7458-3750
The First People’s Hospital of Lianyungang · CNXuzhou Medical College · CNSoochow University · CNWuxi People's Hospital · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31871155Project of Jiangsu Provincial Commission of Health and Family Planning QNRC2016505Six Big Talent Peak C Projects YY-110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary vascular resistance and obliterative pulmonary vascular remodelling (PVR). The imbalance between the proliferation and apoptosis of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) is an important cause of PVR leading to PAH. Mitochondria play a key role in the production of hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension (HPH). However, there are still many issues worth studying in depth. In this study, we demonstrated that NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) 1 alpha subcomplex 4 like 2 (NDUFA4L2) was a proliferation factor and increased in vivo and in vitro through various molecular biology experiments. HIF-1α was an upstream target of NDUFA4L2. The plasma levels of 4-hydroxynonene (4-HNE) were increased both in PAH patients and hypoxic PAH model rats. Knockdown of NDUFA4L2 decreased the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and 4-HNE in human PASMCs in hypoxia. Elevated MDA and 4-HNE levels might be associated with excessive ROS generation and increased expression of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) in hypoxia, but this effect was blocked by siNDUFA4L2. Further research found that p38-5-LO was a downstream signalling pathway of PASMCs proliferation induced by NDUFA4L2. Up-regulated NDUFA4L2 plays a critical role in the development of HPH, which mediates ROS production and proliferation of PASMCs, suggesting NDUFA4L2 as a potential new therapeutic target for PAH.

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Vascular RemodelingAldehydesAnimalsArachidonate 5-LipoxygenaseCell HypoxiaCell ProliferationDisease Models, AnimalElectron Transport Complex IEndothelial CellsGene Expression RegulationGene SilencingHumansHypoxiaMaleMalondialdehydeModels, Biological4-hydroxy-2-nonenalAldehydesArachidonate 5-LipoxygenaseElectron Transport Complex IMalondialdehydeNDUFA4L2 protein, humanNdufa4l2 protein, ratp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, MessengerhypoxiaNDUFA4L2proliferationpulmonary arterial hypertensionpulmonary vascular remodelling

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PMID33340241
PMCPMC7812284
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