title: MicroRNA-199a-5p is associated with hypoxia-inducible factor-1α expression in lungs from patients with COPD.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that silence target gene expression posttranscriptionally, and their impact on gene expression has been reported in various diseases. It has been reported that the expression of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) is reduced and that of p53 is increased in lungs from patients with COPD. However, the role of miRNAs associated with these genes in lungs from patients with COPD is unknown.
  
  
  METHODS
  Lung tissue samples from 55 patients were included in this study. Total RNA, miRNA, and protein were extracted from lung tissues and used for reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis. Cell culture experiments were performed using cultured human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (HPMVECs).
  
  
  RESULTS
  miR-34a and miR-199a-5p expressions were increased, and the phosphorylation of AKT was decreased in the lung tissue samples of patients with COPD. The miR-199a-5p expression was correlated with HIF-1α protein expression in the lungs of patients with COPD. Transfection of HPMVECs with the miR-199a-5p precursor gene decreased HIF-1α protein expression, and transfection with the miR-34a precursor gene increased miR-199a-5p expression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data suggest that miR-34a and miR-199a-5p contribute to the pathogenesis of COPD, and these miRNAs may also affect the HIF-1α-dependent lung structure maintenance program.
authors.affiliation: Victoria Johnson Center for Obstructive Lung Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Division of Respiratory Disease, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.affiliation: Victoria Johnson Center for Obstructive Lung Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Harm J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bogaard
authors.affiliation: Victoria Johnson Center for Obstructive Lung Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gomez-Arroyo
authors.affiliation: Victoria Johnson Center for Obstructive Lung Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: Aysar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alhussaini
authors.affiliation: Victoria Johnson Center for Obstructive Lung Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: Donatas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kraskauskas
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Lung Tissue Repository Consortium Repository, Aurora, CO.
authors.forename: Carlyne D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Cool
authors.affiliation: Victoria Johnson Center for Obstructive Lung Diseases, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Electronic address: nvoelkel@mcvh-vcu.edu.
authors.forename: Norbert F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Voelkel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit / Q000378:metabolism*; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014162:Transfection; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C497442:HIF1A protein, human; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; C522425:MIRN34 microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; C531408:mirn199 microRNA, human; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt