The effects of siRNA against RPL22 on ET-1-induced proliferation of human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells

  • Authors:
    • Kai Sun
    • Hong Xue
    • Hui Wang
    • Qiang Wang
    • Xiang-Rong Zuo
    • Wei-Ping Xie
    • Hong Wang
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  • Published online on: May 9, 2012     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2012.992
  • Pages: 351-357
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of small interference RNA (siRNA) against ribosomal protein L22 (RPL22) on ET-1-induced proliferation of human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (HPASMCs). HPASMCs were transfected with siRNA against RPL22, incubated in smooth muscle cell culture medium (SMCM) and ET-1. RPL22 gene expression and protein levels of HPASMCs were measured by real-time PCR and western blotting, respectively. PCNA, CCK-8 immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry analysis were used to evaluate HPASMC proliferation. Cyclin D1 (CCND1) expression was also assayed. Following transfection with siRNA against RPL22, RPL22 expression was significantly inhibited in the control and ET-1 groups. HPASMC proliferation was significantly suppressed by transfection with siRNA against RPL22. Moreover, CCND1 was also downregulated by inhibiting RPL22 expression. In conclusion, these data suggest that inhibition of RPL22 expression can suppress HPASMC proliferation and CCND1 expression. The effects of siRNA against RPL22 on HPASMC proliferation are considered to be mediated through inhibition of CCND1 expression.

Introduction

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an insidious and complex disease involving both the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems (1). It is a progressive disease characterized by progressive increasing of pulmonary vascular resistance, leading to right ventricular hypertrophy, right heart failure and fatal arrhythmia. According to the PH guideline of ESC/ERS 2009 and ACCF/AHA, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is the most common series of PH (1,2). Although the imbalance between pulmonary artery vasoconstriction and vasodilatation is the pathophysiology base of PAH, the remodeling of pulmonary arteries represents a main pathological lesion associated with the disease. The abnormal remodeling of the pulmonary arterial wall includes intimal proliferative, medial hypertrophy, adventitial thickening and plexiform lesions, resulting in the obstruction of resistant pulmonary arteries (3).

The development of PAH involves a complex and heterogeneous constellation of multiple genetic, molecular, and humoral abnormalities, presenting a final manifestation of vascular remodeling in which fibroblasts, smooth muscle and endothelial cells all have a role (4). Studies have demonstrated that the proliferation of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) are a significant feature of PAH (5). PASMC apoptosis is suppressed and proliferation is enhanced in experimental PAH (6). Recently, several groups have concluded that PAH may be viewed as a disease of excess proliferation and impaired apoptosis of PASMCs, similarly in some regards to neoplasia (7). Several mechanisms have been proposed for the involvement of PASMC abnormal proliferation in PAH, but the precise mechanisms are not clearly understood (4,5,8).

The ribosome is a cellular organelle where mRNAs are translated into proteins in all eukaryotic cells. The ribosome has about 80 different proteins. Ribosomal proteins (RPs) are important constituents of the ribosome that have an essential role in the formation of a fully functional ribosome. It can be predicted that the defects in RPs can cause ribosome dysfunction (9). Although RPs are essential for cell growth, the effects of their mutations and their roles in human diseases have been ignored. With the advancing research during the past decade, more and more functions of RPs have been discovered. Studies have shown that RPL11 can form a complex binding with p53 to stabilize p53 protein. RPL11 expression can relieve HDM2-mediated repression of p53 transactivation and activate endogenous p53 (10). The defects of RPs can lead to Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA), an inherited red cell aplasia (11). RPL26 can bind p53 mRNA to augment its translation and bind Mdm2 to drive its degradation (12).

Ribosome protein L22 (RPL22), a component of the 60S eukaryotic ribosomal subunit, is one of the important proteins in the RP family. RPL22 deficiency may selectively upregulate p53 in αβ-lineage thymocytes by increasing p53 synthesis. Moreover, RPL22 deficiency has been reported to selectively arrest development of T cells at the β-selection checkpoint by inducing their death (13). Our preceding research showed that iptakalim, a selective KATP channel opener (14,15), suppressed ET-1-induced HPASMC proliferation and significantly inhibited RPL22 expression in HPASMCs (16). It was presumed that RPL22 may be involved in the proliferation of HPASMCs. In the present study, siRNA against RPL22 was used to investigate the effects of RPL22 on HPASMC proliferation and the potential mechanisms.

Materials and methods

HPASMCs preparation and cultures

Approval for using human specimens in this study was obtained from the Jiangsu Province Public Hospital Ethical Review Board (Nanjing, China). Specimens of the human pulmonary arteries were obtained from the healthy lung segments of the patients undergoing pulmonary resection at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital (Nanjing, China). Under sterile conditions, the intrapulmonary arteries (3rd-4th division) were dissected from adventitia and opened longitudinally. The endothelium was separated with a sterile scalpel blade, and the vessel was cut into 1–3 mm2 pieces. Pieces of the arteries were incubated in a culture bottle of SMCM with 20% FBS, 100 μg/ml streptomycin, 100 U/ml penicillin (all these were purchased from ScienCell Ltd.) at 37°C in an atmosphere of 5% CO2 and 95% air. Cells were confluent after 4 weeks, then digested with 0.25% trypsin and subcultured. Cells from passages 4 and 6 were used for the subsequent experiments. The purity of HPASMCs in the primary cultures was confirmed by positive staining with a smooth muscle α-actin antibody by immunocytochemistry as previously described (17).

The cells were randomly divided into six groups: control group, treated with culture medium alone; siRNA-RPL22 group, treated with siRNA-RP22; siNT group, treated with nontarget siRNA; ET-1 group, treated with 10 nM ET-1, a suitable concentration for ET-1 to trigger HPASMC proliferation as previously described (17); siRNA-RPL22+ET-1 group, treated with siRNA-RPL22 plus 10 nM ET-1; siNT+ET-1 group, treated with nontarget siRNA plus 10 nM ET-1. Before treatment, cells were cultured in serum-free medium for 24 h to be synchronized.

Small interference RNA (siRNA) transfection treatment

The RPL22 siRNA (ON-TARGETplus SMARTpool) and negative control siRNA (siCONTROL Non-Targeting siRNA pool) were purchased from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (Waltham, MA). One day prior to the experiment, cells were plated at 1×105 cells/well in 6-well plates at 2 ml of medium overnight to achieve the desired density of 50–60% confluency. On the next day, the cells were transfected with siRNA (control siRNA and siRNA-RPL22, final concentration: 100 nM) using the X-tremeGENE siRNA transfection reagent (Roche, USA), according to the manufacturer’s instructions: 500 pmol of siRNA and 10 μl X-tremeGENE were diluted in 750 μl of OptiMEM (Gibco-BRL Life Technologies) in one well. After pre-incubation for 25 min at 37°C, both solutions were mixed and incubated for an additional 15 min at room temperature. The X-tremeGENE/siRNA mixture was subsequently overlaid onto the HPASMCs and incubated for 6 h. Finally, 2 ml of growth medium (10% fetal bovine serum) per well replaced the mixture for further cultivation of the HPASMCs.

Real-time transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR)

After treating cells as the above groups, transcripts were measured by TaqMan real-time quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Total-RNA was isolated from tissue samples using TriPure® Isolation Reagent (Roche, Indianapolis, IN, USA). The reverse transcription was performed in 300 ng of total-RNA with TaqMan reverse transcription reagents kit (Takara, Japan). Real-time PCR was conducted as follows: 95°C at 10 min for 1 cycle, 95°C for 10 sec and 60°C for 1 min for 40 cycles in the ABI PRISM® 7300 Real-time PCR system in a single capillary tube. Forward and reverse primers were each designed in a different exon of the target gene sequence, eliminating the possibility of amplifying genomic DNA. A positive result was determined by identifying the threshold cycle value at which reporter dye emission appeared above background. If the fluorescence signal was not detected within 40 cycles, the result was considered negative. The following gene primers were used: β-actin forward, 5′-TAAAGACCTCTATGCCAACACAGT-3′ and reverse, 5′-CACGATGGAGGGGCCGGACTCATC-3′; RPL22 forward, 5′-CATGCCACTTAGGCCATGACT-3′ and reverse, 5′-TGGTAGCCCCTTTCAGTTGTCTA-3′; cyclin D1 forward, 5′-GGTCTGCGAGGAACAGAAGTG-3′ and reverse, 5′-TGCAGGCGGCTCTTTTTC-3′.

Western blot analysis

The HPASMCs treated as mentioned above after incubation were washed twice with ice-cold PBS and lysed in 200 μl lysis buffer (Beyotime, China). The cell lysates were microcentrifuged at 14,000 rpm for 5 min at 4°C. After being heated for 5 min at 95°C, 40 μg of denatured protein for each reaction was used to load a 12% polyacrylamide SDS-PAGE gel. Equal amounts of protein were transferred to PVDF membranes (Millipore, MA, USA). The membranes were blocked with 5% non-fat dry milk in Tris-buffered saline containing 0.1% Tween-20, and incubated with respective primary antibodies (RPL22 antibody 1:1,000 dilution, Abcam, USA; cyclin D1 antibody 1:1,000 dilution, Cell Signaling Technology, USA). The signals were developed using Super-Signal West Pico chemiluminescent substrate (Pierce, Rockford, IL, USA) and visualized by Quantity One 4.6.2 software. GAPDH was used as the control.

Cell counting kit-8

The HPASMCs as described above were planted into 96-well plates in 200 μl of cell culture medium at 3,000 cells/well supplemented with 2% FBS and incubated for 24 or 48 h. Next, 10 μl of CCK-8 reagent (Dojindo, Japan) was added to each well 2 h before the end of incubation. The optical density value (OD) of each sample was measured at a wavelength of 450 nM on a microplate reader (Multiskan MK3, Thermo Lab Systems). The results of cell viability measurement were expressed as the absorbance at OD450.

Cell cycle phase determination using flow cytometry

HPASMCs were cultured in culture bottles and brought to quiescence as described above. After ET-1 (final concentrations 10−8 nM, Sigma) treatment for 24 h, cells were trypsinized and centrifuged at 1,500 × g for 5 min, and then were fixed with ice-cold 70% ethanol for 30 min. Finally, the cells were stained with a mixture of propidium iodide (PI, 50 mg/l) for 30 min at 4°C protected from light. The minimum of 105 events were collected and analyzed by flow cytometry in a FACScan (Becton-Dickinson, Heidelberg, Germany).

PCNA immunofluorescence assay

The HPASMCs were placed onto coverslips, which were covered in 24-well culture plates with polylysine. After treatment as described above and incubation for 72 h, the HPASMCs were washed with PBS, fixed with 4% formaldehyde in PBS for 10 min and blocked in 1% BSA for 30 min. The cells were incubated with an antibody against PCNA (1:100 dilution, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, USA) overnight at 4°C. Secondary antibodies used were coupled to goat anti-rabbit IgG Alexa Fluor 488 (1:800 dilution, A11008; Invitrogen, USA).

Statistical analysis

All data are presented as the mean ± SD of three independent experiments. Differences between data sets were assessed by analysis of unpaired Student’s t-test or ANOVA and post-hoc tests (Student-Newman-Keuls) as indicated. Differences were considered to be significant at P<0.05.

Results

Expression of RPL22 of HPASMCs with ET-1 condition

To determine RPL22 expression of HPASMC, real-time PCR and western blot analysis were used to assess RPL22 mRNA and protein levels of the cells cultured in SMCM alone or combined with ET-1. Results showed that RPL22 mRNA and protein were increased in ET-1 medium compared with control groups (P<0.05) (Fig. 1). Consequently, RPL22 expression increased in ET-1-treated HPASMCs.

Expression of RPL22 after siRNA interference treatment

To determine the effects of siRNA-RPL22 transfection on HPASMCs, RPL22 mRNA and protein levels were analyzed by real-time PCR and western blot analysis after cells were cultured for 48 h. RPL22 mRNA levels were reduced to 25% in the siRNA-RPL22 group, compared with the siNT group. RPL22 protein levels were reduced to 38% compared with the siNT group (Fig. 2). Consequently, RPL22 expression was efficiently inhibited by siRNA-RPL22 transfection.

Role of RPL22 on ET-1 induced HPASMCs proliferation and cell cycle alteration

To determine the effects of siRNA-RPL22 on ET-1 induced proliferation of HPASMCs, the CCK-8 assay was used to assess HPASMC proliferation (Fig. 3). ET-1 significantly enhanced the proliferation of HPASMCs (P<0.05 vs. control). However, transient expression of RPL22 inhibited ET-1-induced proliferation of HPASMCs. After incubation for 24 and 48 h, the effects in the siRPL22 group were significantly lower compared with the controls (P<0.05).

Cell cycle analysis was performed to determine the cell cycle alteration in the HPASMCs treated as above. When treated with 10 nM ET-1 alone, HPASMCs were propelled from the static phase (G0/G1) to the DNA synthesis (S) and mitotic phase (G2/M). The ratios of the S and G2/M phases were increased by 1.8- and 1.5-fold, respectively compared to the control cells. However, the ratios of the S and G2/M phases were decreased insignificantly in the siRPL22 group cells compared to the control group (Fig. 4).

Role of RPL22 on ET-1-induced expression of PCNA

The expression of PCNA, a cell cycle-associated protein, was assessed by immunofluorescence (IF) analyses to further confirm the effects of siRNA-RPL22 on the proliferation of HPASMCs (Fig. 5). The percentages of PCNA protein positive cells were significantly reduced in the ET-1+siRPL22 group compared to the control and siNT groups. Consequently, siRNA-RPL22 inhibited HPASMC proliferation induced by ET-1.

Role of RPL22 expression of cyclin D1 in HPASMCs

Using real-time PCR and western blot analysis, the mRNA and protein expression of CCND1 were analyzed (Fig. 6). Statistically significant (P<0.05) increases compared to the control group were noted in the ET-1 group; statistically significant (P<0.05) changes compared to the siRPL22+ET-1 group were noted in the siRPL22 and siNT+ET-1 groups. Consequently, inhibition of RPL22 downregulated CCND1 expression.

Discussion

The present study provides the first direct evidence that RPL22 is involved in HPASMC proliferation. The development of PAH involves a complex constellation of multiple genes and factors, which interact with each other and subsequently activate intracellular signaling pathways that eventually result in the remodeling of pulmonary artery (4,5,8). Many factors, such as ET-1 (18), serotonin (19), potassium channel (20), caveolins (21), VEGF (22), PDGF (23), bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) (24) involved in PAH progression are thought to play roles on HPASMC proliferation. However, the precise mechanisms of PAH are still not completely unclear. Pulmonary artery vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling are pathological bases of PAH. Pulmonary arterial smooth muscle hypertrophy, the main cause of pulmonary artery vascular remodeling, is characterized by enhanced HPASMC proliferation (4,8).

Our previous study showed that iptakalim (14,15), inhibited ET-1 synthesis in cultured endothelial cells and suppressed ET-1-induced proliferation of HPASMCs in vitro (17,25). In a proteomic study, it was found that iptakalim significantly inhibited protein expression of RPL22 in HPASMCs (16). Therefore, we presumed that RPL22 may be involved in the proliferation of HPASMCs. In this study, we firstly demonstrated that HPASMC proliferation was suppressed by siRNA-RPL22 interference. To investigate the effects of RPL22 on HPASMC proliferation, ET-1 was used as an activation factor.

ET-1 is a vasoactive peptide upregulated in PAH patients and exerts diverse actions on HPASMCs by interacting with the G protein-coupled receptors (26,27). It is synthesized and released particularly by endothelial cells and PASMCs in the pulmonary circle (28). Previous studies have confirmed that ET-1 acts as the most potent vasoconstrictor and directly modulates HPASMCs growth by acting as an autocrine and paracrine secretion mitogen (29). Its effects include cell proliferation and contraction and it mediates cellular effects via two receptors, ETA and ETB. ETA receptor is the predominant subtype of HPASMCs. It acts as a strong growth-promoting factor affecting HPASMC proliferation. ET-1 has also been reported to have anti-apoptotic effects on HPASMCs (30). To assess the effects on HPASMCs, we chose ET-1 as the activation factor. In the present study, ET-1 significantly enhanced proliferation of HPASMCs.

The ribosome is a cellular organelle, where mRNAs carrying DNA message assemble with ribosomal subunits and associate with tRNA, responsible for protein synthesis. In all eukaryotic cells, the ribosome consists of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit (31). These subunits are composed of 4 RNAs and ∼80 distinct proteins (32). Ribosomal proteins are the basic structure of the ribosome. They play an essential role in the formation of a fully functional ribosome. RPL22 is a component of the 60S large subunit and is encoded by the RPL22 gene. It has been confirmed to be located on chromosome 1 in eukaryotes (9). In the present study, we designed an siRNA against the RPL22 gene to inhibit RPL22 expression.

By real-time PCR and western blot analysis, results showed that siRNA-RPL22 transfection significantly inhibited RPL22 expression in HPASMCs. To confirm the effects of RPL22 deficiency on HPASMC proliferation, we examined HPASMC proliferation by different ways including PCNA immunocytochemistry, the CCK-8 test and flow cytometry analysis. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a protein that acts as a processivity factor for DNA polymerase. In this study, by PCNA immunocytochemical staining, we found that compared with the control group, HPASMC proliferation was significantly increased in the ET-1 group and was inhibited in the RPL22-deficient groups with or without ET-1. The results of the CCK-8 assay and of the cell flow cytometry analysis also showed that HPASMC proliferation was significantly suppressed by inhibiting RPL22 expression. These results confirmed that inhibiting RPL22 expression can inhibit HPASMC proliferation and inhibit the proliferation effect of ET-1 on HPASMCs.

Furthermore, it was demonstrated that RPL22 deficiency can reduce CCND1 expression. CCND1 is one of the key proteins in the CCND protein family which control the progression of cells through the cell cycle by activating cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs) and plays an important role in the transition from the G1 to the S phase of the cell cycle during cell division. CCND1 is required in human cell proliferation and plays a key role at the G1 phase (33). In this study, we found that when HPASMCs were transfected with siRNARPL22, the CCND1 expression was significantly suppressed and the proliferation ability of HPASMCs was significantly impaired. This result show that RPL22 downregulation can inhibit CCND1 synthesis.

Ribosome gene disruption is not lethal as shown for other ribosomal proteins, and further supported by the fact that the effects of deficiency of some ribosomal protein can cause critical diseases (34). Our study showed that RPL22 deficiency can influence the synthesis of an proliferation factor of HPASMCs. RPL22 deficiency can inhibit CCND1 synthesis. It can be concluded that inhibiting CCND1 synthesis is one of the effects of RPL22 on HPASMC proliferation.

In summary, our present study confirms that RPL22 expression can be inhibited by siRNA-RPL22 transfection. The results demonstrate that siRNA-RPL22 can inhibit ET-1-induced HPASMC proliferation. These findings provide evidence to support that RPL22 is involved in HPASMC proliferation. This novel finding needs to be further explored.

Acknowledgements

We thank Dr G. Hu (Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China) for excellent technical assistance. This study was supported by the State Natural Science Funds Commission and by the Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 30971319).

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