China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 676-685.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2020.03.004

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Expression of miRNA from Canine UC-MSC-Exo and the Effect of cfa-miR-34a/-143 on Proliferation of Vascular Endothelial Cells

LUO Huina, LUO Dongzhang, FAN Quanbao, WANG Bingyun, ZHAN Xiaoshu, CHEN Shengfeng, CHEN Zhisheng, BAI Yinshan, LIU Canying, JI Huiqin   

  1. College of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University of Science and Technology, Foshan 528231, China
  • Received:2019-08-26 Online:2020-03-20 Published:2020-03-17

Abstract: This study was aimed to isolate and identify exosomes secreted by canine umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells(UC-MSC-Exos) and study the expression of miRNAs derived from UC-MSC-Exo and its effect on proliferation of vascular endothelial cells (VECs).Exosomes were isolated from the culture supernatant of canine umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells by ultra-high speed centrifugation and identified by Western blotting,transmission electron microscopy and nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA).Two miRNAs (cfa-miR-34a/-143) were screened by sequencing miRNAs in canine UC-MSC-Exo,and the corresponding mimic and inhibitor were synthesized and then transfected into canine VECs.The mimic and inhibitor transfections and their transfection efficiency were detected by fluorescence microscopy and Real-time PCR,and its effect on the proliferation of canine VECs was detected by CCK-8 method.Finally,the target genes were predicted.Canine UC-MSC-Exo expressed specific exosomal surface proteins CD9,CD63 and CD81 with a particle size of 100-200 nm and a typical cup shape.The results of immunofluorescence assay showed that both miRNA mimic and inhibitor were transfected into cells and accumulated in the cytoplasm;Real-time PCR results showed that the expression of cfa-miR-34a in cells increased about 400-fold after transfection of cfa-miR-34a mimic,while cfa-miR-143 increased about 78-fold;Whereas transfection of cfa-miR-34a inhibitor,the expression of cfa-miR-34a in cells decreased by 77%,while that of cfa-miR-143 decreased by 83%,and the cfa-miR-34a and cfa-miR-143 could extremely significantly promote the proliferation of VECs in vitro by CCK-8.The target genes of cfa-miR-34a predicted that there were 195 conserved target sites,and 69 cross-target genes were shared with miRDB prediction results,while cfa-miR-143 had 447 conserved target genes,128 cross-target genes were shared with miRDB prediction results.Canine UC-MSC-Exo was successfully isolated,and it was confirmed that the target miRNAs cfa-miR-34a and cfa-miR-143 could extremely significantly promote VECs proliferation in vitro.

Key words: umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs); exosomes; miRNA; vascular endothelial cells; proliferation

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