2014
Long‐term therapeutic silencing of miR‐33 increases circulating triglyceride levels and hepatic lipid accumulation in mice
Goedeke L, Salerno A, Ramírez CM, Guo L, Allen RM, Yin X, Langley SR, Esau C, Wanschel A, Fisher EA, Suárez Y, Baldán A, Mayr M, Fernández-Hernando C. Long‐term therapeutic silencing of miR‐33 increases circulating triglyceride levels and hepatic lipid accumulation in mice. EMBO Molecular Medicine 2014, 6: 1133-1141. PMID: 25038053, PMCID: PMC4197861, DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201404046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-fat dietFatty acid synthaseMiR-33Chronic inhibitionTriglyceride levelsTherapeutic silencingHigh-density lipoprotein levelsAcetyl-CoA carboxylaseLipid accumulationAtherosclerotic vascular diseaseHepatic lipid accumulationRegression of atherosclerosisModerate hepatic steatosisLiver of miceNon-human primatesLipoprotein levelsHepatic steatosisVascular diseaseLong-term effectsStrong inverse correlationPersistent inhibitionVivo increaseCholesterol transportMiceAdverse effects
2013
Control of Cholesterol Metabolism and Plasma High-Density Lipoprotein Levels by microRNA-144
Ramírez CM, Rotllan N, Vlassov AV, Dávalos A, Li M, Goedeke L, Aranda JF, Cirera-Salinas D, Araldi E, Salerno A, Wanschel A, Zavadil J, Castrillo A, Kim J, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C. Control of Cholesterol Metabolism and Plasma High-Density Lipoprotein Levels by microRNA-144. Circulation Research 2013, 112: 1592-1601. PMID: 23519695, PMCID: PMC3929583, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.112.300626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnticholesteremic AgentsApolipoprotein A-IATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1ATP-Binding Cassette TransportersChlorocebus aethiopsCholesterol, HDLCOS CellsDiet, High-FatGene Expression ProfilingHep G2 CellsHepatocytesHomeostasisHumansHydrocarbons, FluorinatedLiver X ReceptorsMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicroRNAsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOligonucleotidesOrphan Nuclear ReceptorsSulfonamidesConceptsAdenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter A1Liver X nuclear receptorCholesterol metabolismABCA1 expressionMiR-144HDL levelsLXR agonistsCholesterol effluxLXR ligandsHigh-density lipoprotein levelsPlasma high-density lipoprotein levelsTriphosphate-binding cassette transporter A1Potential therapeutical interventionsAtherosclerotic vascular diseaseMacrophage cholesterol effluxCassette transporter A1Cassette transporter G1MiR-144 expressionPrimary mouse peritoneal macrophagesHigh-density lipoprotein biogenesisEfflux of cholesterolFoam cell formationAdenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transportersModulation of miRNAsMiRNA expression signatures
2011
MicroRNA-758 Regulates Cholesterol Efflux Through Posttranscriptional Repression of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter A1
Ramirez CM, Dávalos A, Goedeke L, Salerno AG, Warrier N, Cirera-Salinas D, Suárez Y, Fernández-Hernando C. MicroRNA-758 Regulates Cholesterol Efflux Through Posttranscriptional Repression of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter A1. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis And Vascular Biology 2011, 31: 2707-2714. PMID: 21885853, PMCID: PMC3298756, DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.111.232066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsATP-binding cassette transporter A1Cassette transporter A1Posttranscriptional regulationCellular cholesterol effluxUnbiased genome-wide screenMiR-758Cholesterol effluxGenome-wide screenExpression of ABCA1Cholesterol-loaded macrophagesIntracellular cholesterol accumulationPosttranscriptional repressionNovel miRNABioinformatics analysisMouse cellsMajor regulatorHuman cellsLuciferase reporterMacrophage cholesterol effluxMouse peritoneal macrophagesPeritoneal macrophagesABCA1 geneABCA1 expressionQuantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionHigh-density lipoprotein levels