Current Smoking is Associated with Decreased Expression of miR-335-5p in Parenchymal Lung Fibroblasts
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Subject Characteristics
2.2. Differential miRNA Expression in Lung Fibroblasts of Current and Ex-Smokers
2.3. Validation of miR-335-5p Differential Expression in Lung Tissue and Bronchial Biopsies
2.4. No Regional Hypermethylation in miR-335 Host Gene in Lung Tissue of Current Smokers
2.5. Predicted and Experimentally Proven Targets of miR-335-5p in the MiRNA Targetome of Lung Fibroblasts
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Subjects
4.2. Isolation, Cell Culture, and CSE Treatment of Primary Lung Fibroblasts
4.3. RNA and DNA Isolation
4.4. Small RNA Sequencing
4.5. RT-qPCR
4.6. Bisulfite Treatment and Methylation-Specific qPCR
4.7. Identification of miR-335-5p Targets Relevant for Lung Fibroblasts
4.8. Statistical Analyses
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
miRNA | microRNA |
CSE | cigarette smoke extract |
FEV1 | forced expiratory volume in one second |
FVC | forced vital capacity |
FC | fold change |
FDR | false discovery rate |
MSP | methylation specific qPCR |
Ago2-IP | argonaute 2-immunoprecipitation |
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Characteristics | Lung Fibroblast Donors | Lung Tissue Donors | Bronchial Biopsy Donors | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ex-Smokers | Current Smokers | Never-Smokers | Ex-Smokers | Current Smokers | Never-Smokers | Current Smokers | |
N | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 20 | 42 | 40 |
Male/Female, n | 6/3 | 1/5 | 6/8 | 21/12 | 7/13 | 23/19 | 23/17 |
Age, years 1 | 65.0 (55.0–68.0) | 56.5 (48.5–69.0) | 56.0 (48.8–73.8) | 65.0 (54.0–71.5) | 61.0 (51.3–67.8) | 38.1 (21.6–57.8) | 43.0 (23.4–52.4) |
Pack-years, n 1 | 31.5 (17.9–43.1) (n = 6) | 36.5 (27.8–52.0) (n = 6) | NA | 33.5 (20.0–46.3) (n = 26) | 34.0 (20.3–50.8) (n = 16) | NA | 15.9 (3.9–30.3) (n = 40) |
FEV1, % pred 1,2 | 96.9 (86.8–97.7) | 92.4 3 | 102.0 (91.2–116.5) | 90.9 (84.2–104.3) | 94.2 (86.1–107.7) | 101.2 (92.0–108.6) | 97.7 (93.3–107.3) |
FEV1/FVC, % 1,4 | 76.0 (71.4–79.9) | 73.8 (73.1–79.2) | 78.0 (72.8–83.0) | 73.3 (70.0–78.9) | 75.7 (72.6–79.2) | 79.5 (75.0–85.4) | 78.0 (73.9–83.0) |
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Ong, J.; van den Berg, A.; Faiz, A.; Boudewijn, I.M.; Timens, W.; Vermeulen, C.J.; Oliver, B.G.; Kok, K.; Terpstra, M.M.; van den Berge, M.; et al. Current Smoking is Associated with Decreased Expression of miR-335-5p in Parenchymal Lung Fibroblasts. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 5176. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20205176
Ong J, van den Berg A, Faiz A, Boudewijn IM, Timens W, Vermeulen CJ, Oliver BG, Kok K, Terpstra MM, van den Berge M, et al. Current Smoking is Associated with Decreased Expression of miR-335-5p in Parenchymal Lung Fibroblasts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(20):5176. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20205176
Chicago/Turabian StyleOng, Jennie, Anke van den Berg, Alen Faiz, Ilse M Boudewijn, Wim Timens, Cornelis J Vermeulen, Brian G Oliver, Klaas Kok, Martijn M Terpstra, Maarten van den Berge, and et al. 2019. "Current Smoking is Associated with Decreased Expression of miR-335-5p in Parenchymal Lung Fibroblasts" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 20: 5176. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20205176