Key result
Mutant tropoelastin reduces tropoelastin mRNA and elastin expression vs wild-type in aortic smooth muscle cells.
Why the study?
The study aimed to explore the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the tropoelastin gene on tropoelastin mRNA and elastin expressions in human aortic smooth muscle cells.
Single nucleotide polymorphisms rs2071307 and rs1785598 in the tropoelastin gene reduce tropoelastin mRNA and elastin expression in human aortic smooth muscle cells, suggesting a potential mechanism for aortic dissection development.
We aimed to explore the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in tropoelastin gene on tropoelastin mRNA and elastin expressions in human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMCs). Two SNP loci, rs2071307 (G/A) and rs1785598 (G/C), were selected to construct recombinant lentivirus vectors carrying wild-type and mutant tropoelastin gene. Recombinant plasmids including pWSLV-02-ELN, pWSLV-02-ELN-mut1, and pWSLV-02-ELN-mut2 were constructed, before being amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequenced. The prepared plasmids and the packaging plasmids (pVSV-G and psPAX2) were cotransfected into HEK293T cells to obtain recombinant lentiviruses carrying tropoelastin gene. Afterward, HASMCs were infected with recombinant lentiviruses, and the positive cells sorted by flow cytometry were amplified. Four stable HASMCs cell lines including pWSLV-02-ELN, pWSLV-02-ELN-mut1, pWSLV-02-ELN-mut2, and pWSLV-02 vector were constructed. The expressions of tropoelastin mRNA and elastin in HASMCs were detected by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR and western blot, respectively. Recombinant plasmids including pWSLV-02-ELN-mut1, pWSLV-02-ELN-mut2, and pWSLV-02-ELN were successfully constructed. Recombinant lentiviruses carrying tropoelastin gene were obtained via lentivirus packaging. After infection for 24 h, 3 days and 5 days in HASMCs, tropoelastin mRNA expressions in pWSLV-02-ELN-mut1 and pWSLV-02-ELN-mut2 groups were significantly lower than that of pWSLV-02-ELN group. Besides, after infection for 24 h, 3 days, and 5 days, elastin levels in pWSLV-02-ELN-mut1 and pWSLV-02-ELN-mut2 groups were significantly lower than that in pWSLV-02-ELN group. In conclusion, SNPs mutation of tropoelastin gene affected the expression of tropoelastin mRNA and elastin, suggesting that the polymorphisms of rs2071307 and rs17855988 in tropoelastin gene might be important factors for AD development.
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Yue et al. (2023) studied Aortic Dissection. Mutant tropoelastin gene (rs2071307 and rs1785598 SNPs) vs. Wild-type tropoelastin gene was evaluated on Tropoelastin mRNA and elastin expressions. Infection of human aortic smooth muscle cells with mutant tropoelastin gene (rs2071307 and rs1785598 SNPs) significantly reduced tropoelastin mRNA and elastin expressions compared to wild-type.
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