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ArticleScientific reports2021

Endothelial-derived cardiovascular disease-related microRNAs elevated with prolonged sitting pattern among postmenopausal women.

Ya-Ju Chang, Fatima Tuz-Zahra, Suneeta Godbole, Yesenia Avitia, John Bellettiere, Cheryl L Rock, Marta M Jankowska, Matthew A Allison, David W Dunstan, Brinda Rana and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women with Menopause.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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12 authors.

Ya-Ju ChangDepartment of Family Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Fatima Tuz-ZahraHerbert Wertheim School of Public Health, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Suneeta GodboleDepartment of Family Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Yesenia AvitiaDepartment of Family Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
John BellettiereHerbert Wertheim School of Public Health, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Cheryl L RockDepartment of Family Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Marta M JankowskaBeckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, USA.
Matthew A AllisonDepartment of Family Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
David W DunstanBaker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Brinda RanaMoores Cancer Center, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Loki NatarajanHerbert Wertheim School of Public Health, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Dorothy D SearsDepartment of Family Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. dorothy.sears@asu.edu.

Funding

UCSD Biorepository Shared ResourceU54CA155435 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI PATTERSON, RUTH E · 2011 to 2015
$9.1M
UCSD Integrated Cardiovascular Epidemiology FellowshipT32HL079891 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Matthew A Allison · 2007 to 2026
$6.7M
(PQA4) GPS exposure to environments & relations with biomarkers of cancer riskR01CA179977 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI KERR, JACQUELINE · 2013 to 2016
$3.0M
Integrating novel GIS and GPS data to assess the impact of built environments on changes in BMI, physical activity and cancer-related biomarkers in two successful weight loss interventions in women atR01CA228147 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BENMARHNIA, TARIK, JANKOWSKA, MARTA · 2019 to 2024
$2.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA179977NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228147NCI NIH HHS U54 CA155435NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL079891
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Time spent sitting is positively correlated with endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease risk. The underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. MicroRNAs contained in extracellular vesicles (EVs) reflect cell/tissue status and mediate intercellular communication. We explored the association between sitting patterns and microRNAs isolated from endothelial cell (EC)-derived EVs. Using extant actigraphy based sitting behavior data on a cohort of 518 postmenopausal overweight/obese women, we grouped the woman as Interrupted Sitters (IS; N = 18) or Super Sitters (SS; N = 53) if they were in the shortest or longest sitting pattern quartile, respectively. The cargo microRNA in EC-EVs from the IS and SS women were compared. MicroRNA data were weighted by age, physical functioning, MVPA, device wear days, device wear time, waist circumference, and body mass index. Screening of CVD-related microRNAs demonstrated that miR-199a-5p, let-7d-5p, miR-140-5p, miR-142-3p, miR-133b level were significantly elevated in SS compared to IS groups. Group differences in let-7d-5p, miR-133b, and miR-142-3p were validated in expanded groups. Pathway enrichment analyses show that mucin-type O-glycan biosynthesis and cardiomyocyte adrenergic signaling (P < 0.001) are downstream of the three validated microRNAs. This proof-of-concept study supports the possibility that CVD-related microRNAs in EC-EVs may be molecular transducers of sitting pattern-associated CVD risk in overweight postmenopausal women.

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PostmenopauseSedentary BehaviorAgedBiomarkersCardiovascular DiseasesDisease SusceptibilityEndothelium, VascularFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansMicroRNAsMiddle AgedRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsBiomarkersMicroRNAs

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PMCPMC8175392

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