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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Deciphering Key microRNA Regulated Pathways in Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels: Implications for Vascular Scaffold Production.

Lenize da Silva Rodrigues, Tainara Francini Felix, Iael Weissberg Minutentag, Patricia Pintor Reis, Matheus Bertanha

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Lenize da Silva RodriguesDepartment of Surgery and Orthopedics, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-687, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7972-8472
Tainara Francini FelixExperimental Research Unit, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-687, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3155-9088
Iael Weissberg MinutentagExperimental Research Unit, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-687, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2087-5686
Patricia Pintor ReisExperimental Research Unit, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-687, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3775-3797
Matheus BertanhaDepartment of Surgery and Orthopedics, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu 18618-687, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6851-2841

Funding

Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) Finance Code 001São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) 2017/12292-7
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Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs involved in the regulation of gene expression associated with cell differentiation, proliferation, adhesion, and important biological functions such as inflammation. miRNAs play roles associated with the pathogenesis of chronic degenerative disorders including cardiovascular diseases. Understanding the influence of miRNAs and their target genes can effectively streamline the identification of key biologically active pathways that are important in the development of vascular grafts through the tissue engineering of blood vessels. To determine miRNA expression levels and identify miRNA target genes and pathways with biological roles in scaffolds that have been repopulated with adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) generated through tissue engineering for the construction of blood vessels. miRNA quantification assays were performed in triplicate to determine miRNA expression in a total of 20 samples: five controls (natural inferior vena cava), five scaffolds recellularized with ASCs and differentiated into the endothelium (luminal layer), five samples of complete scaffolds seeded with ASCs differentiated into the endothelium (luminal layer) and smooth muscle (extraluminal layer), and five samples of ASC without cell differentiation. Several differentially expressed miRNAs were identified and predicted to modulate target genes with roles in key pathways associated with angiogenesis, vascular system control, and endothelial and smooth muscle regulation, including migration, proliferation, and growth. These findings underscore the involvement of these pathways in the regulatory mechanisms that are essential for vascular scaffold production through tissue engineering. Our research contributes to the knowledge of miRNA-regulated mechanisms, which may impact the design of vascular substitutes, and provide valuable insights for enhancing clinical practice. The molecular pathways regulated by miRNAs in tissue engineering of blood vessels (TEBV) allowed us to elucidate the main phenomena involved in cellular differentiation to constitute a blood vessel, with the main pathways being essential for angiogenesis, cellular differentiation, and differentiation into vascular smooth muscle.

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Cell DifferentiationMicroRNAsTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsAdipose TissueBlood VesselsCell ProliferationGene Expression RegulationHumansNeovascularization, PhysiologicSignal TransductionStem CellsMicroRNAsperipheral arterial diseasestem cellstissue transplant-based therapy

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PMID38928467
PMCPMC11203763

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