Journal: Molecular Therapy. Nucleic Acids
Article Title: Inducible miR-1224 silences cerebrovascular Serpine1 and restores blood flow to the stroke-affected site of the brain
doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2022.12.019
Figure Lengend Snippet: Serpine1 is a target of miR-1224 (A) Angiogenic protein array showing the difference in control mimic- and miR-1224 mimic-transfected bEnd.3 cells. The Proteome Profiler Mouse Angiogenesis Array Kit (cat. no. ARY015) was used to simultaneously assess the relative levels of 53 mouse angiogenesis-related proteins. (B) SERPINE1 protein (n = 9) and (C) Serpine1 transcript abundance in miR-1224 mimic-delivered cells (n = 6). (D) Binding site to mouse transcript ENSMUST00000041388-3′ UTR position 652–674 to miR-1224-5p (MIMAT0005460); binding energy −30.5 kcal/mol. Proposed binding sites for miR-1224 were identified in the SERPINE1 3′ UTR that was inserted into the Gaussia luciferase plasmid vector (wild type). The pEZX-MT05 vector also contains the secreted Gaussia luciferase (GLuc) open reading frame, driven by the SV40 promoter, as a reporter of the 3′ UTR expression, and a secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) reporter, driven by a CMV promoter, as an internal control. (E) Quantification of luciferase reporter assay (n = 12) of wild-type and mutated versions of the miR-1224 binding site on the SERPINE1 3′ UTR. GLuc activity and alkaline phosphatase activity were assayed after 48 h of transfection using GeneCopoeia’s Secrete-Pair dual luminescence assay kit. Percentage change in GLuc activity was calculated after normalizing to alkaline phosphatase activity. Data are shown as mean ± SEM.
Article Snippet: SERPINE1 levels were measured using a commercially available ELISA kit (DY3828-05; R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) following the manufacturer’s protocol as previously described.
Techniques: Protein Array, Control, Transfection, Binding Assay, Luciferase, Plasmid Preparation, Expressing, Reporter Assay, Activity Assay, Luminescence Assay