MiR-375 mitigates retinal angiogenesis by depressing the JAK2/STAT3 pathway.

Aging (Albany NY)

Eye Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.

Published: August 2022

Aberrant neovascularization in the retina is an important threat to vision and closely related to several retinal diseases, such as wet form of age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinopathy of prematurity. However, the pathogenesis remains largely unknown. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been demonstrated to play critical regulatory roles in angiogenesis. Therefore, we aimed to identify the key miRNAs that regulate retinal neovascularization and elucidate the potential underlying mechanisms. In the present study, we performed RNA sequencing of microRNAs in the retina and found that miR-375 was significantly downregulated in the retina of oxygen-induced retinopathy mice. In retinal microvascular endothelial cells (RMECs), overexpression of miR-375 inhibited cell proliferation and angiogenesis. Conversely, inhibition of miR-375 had the opposite effects. Moreover, our results showed that miR-375 negatively regulated the protein expression of JAK2 by inhibiting its translation. The promoting effects of anti-miR-375 on cell proliferation and angiogenesis were attenuated by an inhibitor of STAT3. These results indicate that miR-375 mitigates cell proliferation and angiogenesis, at least in part, through the JAK2/STAT3 pathway in RMECs, which implies an important underlying mechanism of retinal angiogenesis and provides potential therapeutic targets for retinal microangiopathy.

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