ArticleJournal of bioenergetics and biomembranes2024
CircRNA Arf3 suppresses glomerular mesangial cell proliferation and fibrosis in diabetic nephropathy via miR-107-3p/Tmbim6 axis.
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- Circ_0039857: A Key Player in Combating Immune Disorders and Ferroptosis in High-Glucose-induced HK-2 Cells and Diabetic Kidney Disease Mice.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2026Article
- MiR-107 as a Biomarker Predicts Cardiac Hypertrophy in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2025Article
- ARF3 knockdown inhibits influenza a virus and virus-induced pneumonia.Virus genes · 2025Article
- The UBR5 protein facilitates mesangial cell hypertrophy and glycolysis induced by high glucose by increasing the phosphorylation levels of AKT.Acta diabetologica · 2025Article
- Mechanism of miR-107/HMOX1 axis in hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells stimulated by ischemia-reperfusion injury.Hereditas · 2025Article
- Research progress on non-coding RNA regulatory networks and targeted therapy in diabetic nephropathy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of microvascular complication associated with diabetes. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been shown to be involved in DN pathogenesis. Hence, this work aimed to explore the role and mechanism of circ_Arf3 in DN. Mouse mesangial cells (MCs) cultured in high glucose (HG) condition were used for functional analysis. Cell proliferation was determined using 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) and cell counting kit-8 assays. Western blotting was used to measure the levels of proliferation indicator PCNA and fibrosis-related proteins α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), collagen I (Col I), fibronectin (FN), and collagen IV (Col IV). The binding interaction between miR-107-3p and circ_Arf3 or Tmbim6 (transmembrane BAX inhibitor motif containing 6) was confirmed using dual-luciferase reporter and pull-down assays. Circ_Arf3 is a stable circRNA, and the expression of circ_Arf3 was decreased after HG treatment in MCs. Functionally, ectopic overexpression of circ_Arf3 protected against HG-induced proliferation and elevation of fibrosis-related proteins in MCs. Mechanistically, circ_Arf3 directly bound to miR-107-3p, and Tmbim6 was a target of miR-107-3p. Further rescue assay showed miR-107-3p reversed the protective action of circ_Arf3 on MCs function under HG condition. Moreover, inhibition of miR-107-3p suppressed HG-induced proliferation and fibrosis, which were attenuated by Tmbim6 knockdown in MCs. CircRNA Arf3 could suppress HG-evoked mesangial cell proliferation and fibrosis via miR-107-3p/Tmbim6 axis, indicating the potential involvement of this axis in DN progression.
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