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Simvastatin prevents BMP-2 driven cell migration and invasion by suppressing oncogenic DNMT1 expression in breast cancer cells
This study emphasized to decipher the molecular mechanism of endogenous regulation of DNMT1 expression for finding upstream signaling molecules. Cancer database analyses found an upregulated DNMT1 expression in most cancer types including breast cancer. Overexpression of DNMT1 showed an increased cell migration, invasion, and stemness potential whereas 5-azacytidine (DNMT1 inhibitor) and siRNA mediated knockdown of DNMT1 exhibited inhibition of such cancer activities in breast cancer MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells. Infact, cancer database analyses further found a positive correlation of DNMT1 transcript with both cholesterol p...
Source: Gene - July 13, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Pooja Yadav Shreetama Bandyopadhayaya Sneha Soni Sunil Saini Lokendra K Sharma Sandeep K Shrivastava Chandi C Manda Source Type: research

Renoprotective Effect of KLF2 on Glomerular Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertensive Nephropathy
Cells. 2022 Feb 22;11(5):762. doi: 10.3390/cells11050762.ABSTRACTKruppel-like factor 2 (KLF2) regulates endothelial cell metabolism; endothelial dysfunction is associated with hypertension and is a predictor of atherosclerosis development and cardiovascular events. Here, we investigated the role of KLF2 in hypertensive nephropathy by regulating KLF2 expression in human primary glomerular endothelial cells (hPGECs) and evaluating this expression in the kidney tissues of a 5/6 nephrectomy mouse model as well as patients with hypertension. Hypertension-mimicking devices and KLF2 siRNA were used to downregulate KLF2 expression...
Source: Atherosclerosis - March 10, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eunjin Bae Mi-Yeon Yu Jong-Joo Moon Ji-Eun Kim Saram Lee Sang-Woong Han Dong-Jun Park Yon-Su Kim Seung-Hee Yang Source Type: research

Simvastatin  treatment promotes proliferation of human dental pulp stem cells via modulating PI3K/AKT/miR-9/KLF5 signalling pathway
J Cell Mol Med. 2021 Nov 19. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.16973. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSimvastatin serves as an effective therapeutic potential in the treatment of dental disease via alternating proliferation of dental pulp stem cells. First, western-blot and real-time quantitative PCR were used to detect the effect of simvastatin or LY294002 on the expression levels of AKT, miR-9 and KLF5, or determine the effect of miR-9. Simvastatin, KLF5 and AKT significantly enhanced the proliferation of pulp stem cells, whilst this effect induced by simvastatin was suppressed by LY294002, AKT siRNA, KLF5 siRNA and miR-9, and simvastatin...
Source: J Cell Mol Med - November 20, 2021 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Jing-Hui Wang Dang-En He Source Type: research

Excessive expression of miR-1a by statin causes skeletal injury through targeting mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 1
CONCLUSION: Statin causes skeletal injury through induction of miR-1a excessive expression to decrease MAP3K1 gene expression.PMID:33864447 | DOI:10.18632/aging.202839
Source: Aging - April 17, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chang-Ning Fu Jia-Wen Song Zhi-Peng Song Qian-Wen Wang Wen-Wu Bai Tao Guo Peng Li Chao Liu Shuang-Xi Wang Bo Dong Source Type: research

Endothelial Klf2-Foxp1-TGF β signal mediates the inhibitory effects of simvastatin on maladaptive cardiac remodeling
Conclusions: We conclude that cardiac microvasculature ECs are important in the modulation of pressure overload induced maladaptive cardiac remodeling and dysfunction, and the endothelial Klf2-TGFβ1 or Klf2-Foxp1-TGFβ1 pathway mediates the preventive effects of simvastatin. This study demonstrates a novel mechanism of the non-cholesterol lowering effects of simvastatin for HF prevention.
Source: Theranostics - January 15, 2021 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Hongda Li, Yanfang Wang, Jiwen Liu, Xiaoli Chen, Yunhao Duan, Xiaoyu Wang, Yajing Shen, Yashu Kuang, Tao Zhuang, Brain Tomlinson, Paul Chan, Zuoren Yu, Yu Cheng, Lin Zhang, Zhongmin Liu, Yuzhen Zhang, Zhenlin Zhao, Qi Zhang, Jie Liu Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research

Simvastatin Suppresses Human Breast Cancer Cell Invasion by Decreasing the Expression of Pituitary Tumor-Transforming Gene 1
Statins, or 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, have been widely used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular diseases. Recent preclinical and clinical studies have shown that statins exert beneficial effects in the management of breast cancer, while the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Herein, we sought to investigate the effect of statins on the expression of pituitary tumor-transforming gene 1 (PTTG1), a critical gene involved in human breast cancer invasion and metastasis. Our results showed that PTTG1 is highly expressed in malignant Hs578T and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cel...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - November 4, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research