Glaucoma is a major cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), which causes optic nerve damage and retinal ganglion cell death, is the primary risk factor for blindness in glaucoma patients. IOP is controlled by the balance between aqueous humor secretion from the ciliary body (CB) and its drainage through the trabecular meshwork (TM). How microRNAs (miRs) regulate IOP and glaucoma in vivo is largely unknown. Here we show that miR-143 and miR-145 expression is enriched in the smooth muscle and trabecular meshwork in the eye. Targeted deletion of miR-143/145 in mice results in significantly reduced IOP, consistent with an similar to 2-fold increase in outflow facilities. However, aqueous humor production in the same mice appears to be normal based on a microbeads-induced glaucoma model. Mechanistically, we found that miR-143/145 regulates actin dynamics and the contractility of TM cells, consistent with its regulation of actin-related protein complex (ARPC) subunit 2, 3, and 5, as well as myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) in these cells. Our data establish miR-143/145 as important regulators of IOP, which may have important therapeutic implications in glaucoma.
基金:
Tulane University; President's Research Council New Investigator Award from UT Southwestern Medical Center; Research to Prevent Blindness foundation; Bright Focus Foundation Award in Age-related Macular Degeneration; American Heart Association (AHA) postdoctoral fellowship; National Natural Science Foundation of China [81570819]; NIH [EY 23287, EY 05722, EY021862, EY026069]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol,Tongji Hosp,Dept Ophthalmol,Tongji Med Coll,1095 Jiefang Rd,Wuhan 430030,Hubei,Peoples R China[5]Univ Texas Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas, Dept Ophthalmol, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390 USA
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[3]Tulane Univ, Dept Cell & Mol Biol, 2000 Percival Stern Hall,6400 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA[4]Tulane Univ, Dept Ophthalmol, Sch Med, 1430 Tulane Ave,SL-69, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Li Xinyu,Zhao Fangkun,Xin Mei,et al.Regulation of intraocular pressure by microRNA cluster miR-143/145[J].SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.2017,7:doi:10.1038/s41598-017-01003-z.
APA:
Li, Xinyu,Zhao, Fangkun,Xin, Mei,Li, Guorong,Luna, Coralia...&Wang, Shusheng.(2017).Regulation of intraocular pressure by microRNA cluster miR-143/145.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,7,
MLA:
Li, Xinyu,et al."Regulation of intraocular pressure by microRNA cluster miR-143/145".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7.(2017)