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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2024

FOXM1 Participates in Scleral Remodeling in Myopia by Upregulating APOA1 Expression Through METTL3/YTHDF2.

Min Xue, Boai Li, Yao Lu, Luyuan Zhang, Bing Yang, Lei Shi

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Min XueDepartment of Ophthalmology, Anhui No. 2 Provincial People's Hospital/Anhui No. 2 Provincial People's Hospital Clinical College, Anhui Medical University/Anhui No. 2 Provincial People's Hospital Clinical College, Bengbu Medical University/Anhui Eye Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Boai LiDehong People's Hospital, The Affiliated Dehong Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Dehong, Yunan, China.
Yao LuGraduate School of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Luyuan ZhangTianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Ocular Disease, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Bing YangSchool of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Lei ShiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Anhui No. 2 Provincial People's Hospital/Anhui No. 2 Provincial People's Hospital Clinical College, Anhui Medical University/Anhui No. 2 Provincial People's Hospital Clinical College, Bengbu Medical University/Anhui Eye Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Tianjin Medical University · CNAnhui Medical University · CNAnhui Provincial Hospital · CNBengbu Medical College · CNTianjin Medical University Eye Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Apolipoprotein A1 (APOA1) is a potential crucial protein and treatment goal for pathological myopia in humans. This study set out to discover the function of APOA1 in scleral remodeling in myopia and its underlying mechanisms. Methods: A myopic cell model was induced using hypoxia. Following loss- and gain-of function experiments, the expression of the myofibroblast transdifferentiation-related and collagen production-related factors Forkhead box M1 (FOXM1), APOA1, and methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) in the myopic cell model was examined by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and western blotting. The proliferation and apoptosis were determined by Cell Counting Kit-8 assay and flow cytometry, respectively. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) was employed to examine FOXM1 enrichment in the METTL3 promoter, methylated RNA immunoprecipitation (Me-RIP) to examine the N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification level of APOA1, and photoactivatable ribonucleoside-enhanced crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (PAR-CLIP) to examine the binding between METTL3 and APOA1. Results: Hypoxia-induced human scleral fibroblasts (HSFs) had high APOA1 and FOXM1 expression and low METTL3 expression. FOXM1 knockdown elevated METTL3 expression and downregulated APOA1 expression. FOXM1 was enriched in METTL3 promoter. APOA1 or FOXM1 knockdown or METTL3 overexpression reversed the hypoxia-induced elevation in vinculin, paxillin, and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) levels and apoptosis and the reduction in collagen, type I, alpha 1 (COL1A1) level and cell proliferation in HSFs. METTL3 or YTH N6-methyladenosine RNA binding protein F2 (YTHDF2) knockdown or APOA1 overexpression reversed the impacts of FOXM1 knockdown on vinculin, paxillin, α-SMA, and COL1A1 expression and cell proliferation and apoptosis. Conclusions: FOXM1 elevated the m6A methylation level of APOA1 by repressing METTL3 transcription and enhanced APOA1 mRNA stability and transcription by reducing the YTHDF2-recognized m6A methylated transcripts.

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Apolipoprotein A-IMyopia, DegenerativeForkhead Box Protein M1HumansHypoxiaMethyltransferasesPaxillinRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsVinculinAPOA1 protein, humanApolipoprotein A-IForkhead Box Protein M1FOXM1 protein, humanMethyltransferasesMETTL3 protein, humanPaxillinRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsVinculinYTHDF2 protein, human

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PMID38190128
PMCPMC10777875
OpenAlexW4390674134

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