%0 Journal Article %T The Notch signal mediates macrophage polarization by regulating miR-125a/miR-99b expression %A Dan He %A Fanyu Peng %A Hairong Wang %A Hanbo Chen %A Jie Chen %A Jing Chen %A Mingyu Du %A Qian Li %A Qiang Wang %A Qiao Yu %A Wenjun Zhang %A Xia He %A Yan Wang %A Yuan Wu %J Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology %D 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.1080/21691401.2019.1576711 %X Abstract We aimed to explore the mediating role of Notch signal in macrophage polarization. This signal was knocked out from macrophages of Lyz2 cre and RBP-J flox mice. Bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were isolated and polarized. The expressions of polarization markers in BMDMs 24£¿h after transfection were detected by qPCR. After Notch knockout, the expressions of M1 markers decreased but those of M2 markers increased significantly. MiR-125a/miR-99b and Spaca6 were highly and lowly expressed upon M1 and M2 polarizations, respectively. The expressions of experimental group were significantly lower than those of control group. Overexpression of miR-125a significantly promoted the expressions of M1 markers, whereas inhibited those of M2 markers. NO release in the culture supernatant of miR-125a overexpression group significantly exceeded that of control group. Transfection with miR-125a inhibitor significantly down-regulated IL-12 expression but up-regulated MR expression in BMDMs. The supernatant secreted by M1 macrophages significantly facilitated BS524 cell apoptosis, which was enhanced after miR-125a overexpression. The TNF-¦Á expression of miR-99b overexpression group increased whereas that of MR decreased significantly. The miR-125a/miR-99b cluster contained an RBP-J specific recognition site in the first intron of initial transcript. The Notch signalling pathway promoted macrophage polarization into M1 phenotype by up-regulating miR-125a/miR-99b expression %U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21691401.2019.1576711