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Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular ischemic disease is a large class of diseases that is harmful to human health. The primary treatment for the ischemic disease is to recover the blood perfusion and relieve the tissue hypoxia and the shortage of the nutrients in the supply of nutrients. In recent years, investigations found that IGF-1 has a protective effect on cardiovascular disease, especially in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Investigation into molecular mechanism of ischemia-reperfusion injury may offer potential targets for the development of novel diagnostic strategies. In this study we defined IGF-1 was differentially expressed in the I/R model of the Mus musculus and IGF-1 was the target gene of miR-29a and Let7f. After ischemia-reperfusion, the expression of miR-29a and Let7f increased, while the expression of IGF-1 decreased significantly in the animal model assay. Further studies have found that IGF-1 could inhibit cell apoptosis signaling pathway, thus protecting the reperfusion injury. These results provide new understanding of ischemia-reperfusion injury, with the hope of offering theoretical support for future therapeutic studies.

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in infants in the world. The study of CHDs has come a long way since their classification and description. Although transcriptional programmes that are impaired in individuals with CHDs are being identified, the mechanisms of how these deficiencies translate to a structural defect are unknown. In this study, using high-throughput microarray analysis and molecular network analysis, FXN was identified to be the most differentially expressed key gene in CHD. By TargetScan analysis, we predicted FXN was the target gene of miRNA-145 and miRNA-182. Through real-time PCR analysis of clinical samples and experiments in cell lines, we confirmed that miRNA-145 but not miRNA-182 directly binds to the 3' UTR region of FXN and negatively regulates its expression. We further found that through targeting FXN, miRNA-145 regulates apoptosis and mitochondrial function. In general, our study confirmed the differentially expressed FXN regulates the development of CHD and the differential expression was under the control of miRNA-145. These results might provide new insight into the understanding of the CHD pathogenesis and may facilitate further therapeutic studies.

Background: Interleukin-35 (IL-35) is a newly identified IL-12 cytokine family member, which regulates the activity of immune cells in infectious diseases and autoimmune disorders. However, the regulatory function of IL-35 in Kawasaki disease is not well elucidated. Methods: Thirty-three patients with Kawasaki disease and seventeen healthy controls were studied. Peripheral IL-35 concentration was measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. CD14 + monocytes were purified, and mRNA expression of IL-35 receptor (IL-12Rβ2 and gp130) was semi-quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction. CD14 + monocytes were stimulated with recombinant IL-35. The modulatory role of IL-35 treated CD14 + monocytes to naïve CD4 + T cell activation was investigated by flow cytometry. The influence of IL-35 to cytotoxicity of CD14 + monocytes was assessed by measuring target cell death, cytokine and granzyme secretion.Results: Plasma IL-35 concentration was elevated in patients with Kawasaki disease. There was no significant differences of either IL-12Rβ2 or gp130 mRNA expression in CD14 + monocytes between Kawasaki disease patients and controls. IL-35 suppressed CD14 + monocytes induced naïve CD4 + T cell activation in Kawasaki disease, and this process required direct cell-to-cell contact. IL-35 also inhibited tumor necrosis factor-α and granzyme B secretion by CD14 + monocytes from patients with Kawasaki disease, however, only granzyme B was responsible for the cytotoxicity of CD14 + monocytes.Conclusions: IL-35 played an important immunosuppressive role to CD14 + monocytes function in Kawasaki disease.

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