We replicated the rat common carotid artery (CCA) intima hyperplasia model and found the expression of a circular RNA, circRNA_009723 (circDcbld1), was markedly increased in the CCA with intimal hyperplasia. In vitro, the suppression of circDcbld1 in rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) led the increase of contractile smooth muscle cell markers and the decrease of cell migration. In vivo, the injection of chemically modified circDcbld1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) lessened the formation of neointima in rat CCA after balloon injury. Further experiments proved that circDcbld1, as a competing endogenous RNA, interacted with miR-145-3p and upregulated the level of neuropilin-1 (Nrp1), thereby regulating the migration of VSMCs. In this study, we demonstrated a new mechanism by which circular RNA promotes intimal hyperplasia. We deem that intervention in the circDcbld1-miR-145-3p/Nrp1 pathway might be a feasible approach to alleviate the post-injury intimal hyperplasia.
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