PMID- 25825815 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150819 LR - 20150518 IS - 1945-7170 (Electronic) IS - 0013-7227 (Linking) VI - 156 IP - 6 DP - 2015 Jun TI - MiR-22/Sp-1 Links Estrogens With the Up-Regulation of Cystathionine gamma-Lyase in Myocardium, Which Contributes to Estrogenic Cardioprotection Against Oxidative Stress. PG - 2124-37 LID - 10.1210/en.2014-1362 [doi] AB - Hydrogen sulfide, generated in the myocardium predominantly via cystathionine-gamma-lyase (CSE), is cardioprotective. Our previous study has shown that estrogens enhance CSE expression in myocardium of female rats. The present study aims to explore the mechanisms by which estrogens regulate CSE expression, in particular to clarify the role of estrogen receptor subtypes and the transcriptional factor responsible for the estrogenic effects. We found that either the CSE inhibitor or the CSE small interfering RNA attenuated the protective effect of 17beta-estradiol (E2) against H2O2- and hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced injury in primary cultured neonatal cardiomyocytes. E2 stimulates CSE expression via estrogen receptor (ER)-alpha both in cultured cardiomyocytes in vitro and in the myocardium of female mice in vivo. A specificity protein-1 (Sp-1) consensus site was identified in the rat CSE promoter and was found to mediate the E2-induced CSE expression. E2 increases ERalpha and Sp-1 and inhibits microRNA (miR)-22 expression in myocardium of ovariectomized rats. In primary cardiomyocytes, E2 stimulates Sp-1 expression through the ERalpha-mediated down-regulation of miR-22. It was confirmed that both ERalpha and Sp-1 were targeted by miR-22. In the myocardium of ovariectomized rats, the level of miR-22 inversely correlated to CSE, ERalpha, Sp-1, and antioxidant biomarkers and positively correlated to oxidative biomarkers. In summary, this study demonstrates that estrogens stimulate Sp-1 through the ERalpha-mediated down-regulation of miR-22 in cardiomyocytes, leading to the up-regulation of CSE, which in turn results in an increase of antioxidative defense. Interaction of ERalpha, miR-22, and Sp-1 may play a critical role in the control of oxidative stress status in the myocardium of female rats. FAU - Wang, Long AU - Wang L AD - Department of Physiology and The Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of the Ministry of Education (L.W., W.Z., B.-H.C., X.-L.T., X.-H.L., X.-Y.Z., X.N.), Second Military Medical University, and School of Kinesiology (Z.-P.T., J.-Q.L.), Key laboratory of Exercise and Health Science of the Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200433, China. FAU - Tang, Zhi-Ping AU - Tang ZP FAU - Zhao, Wei AU - Zhao W FAU - Cong, Bing-Hai AU - Cong BH FAU - Lu, Jian-Qiang AU - Lu JQ FAU - Tang, Xiao-Lu AU - Tang XL FAU - Li, Xiao-Han AU - Li XH FAU - Zhu, Xiao-Yan AU - Zhu XY FAU - Ni, Xin AU - Ni X LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150331 PL - United States TA - Endocrinology JT - Endocrinology JID - 0375040 RN - 0 (Estrogens) RN - 0 (MIRN22 microRNA, rat) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Mirn22 microRNA, mouse) RN - 0 (Sp1 Transcription Factor) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) RN - EC 4.4.1.1 (Cystathionine gamma-Lyase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cystathionine gamma-Lyase/genetics/*metabolism MH - Estradiol/pharmacology MH - Estrogens/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - MicroRNAs/*metabolism MH - Myocardium/*metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress/*drug effects MH - RNA Interference MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Sp1 Transcription Factor/*metabolism EDAT- 2015/04/01 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/20 06:00 CRDT- 2015/04/01 06:00 PHST- 2015/04/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1210/en.2014-1362 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endocrinology. 2015 Jun;156(6):2124-37. doi: 10.1210/en.2014-1362. Epub 2015 Mar 31.