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论文题目: miR-23a functions downstream of NFATc3 to regulate cardiac hypertrophy
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作者: 蔺志强, Murtaza I, 王昆, 焦建琴, 高洁, 李培峰*
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年: 2009
卷: 106
期: 29
页: 12103-12108
联系作者: 李培峰
发表期刊: PNAS
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摘要: Cardiac hypertrophy is accompanied by maladaptive cardiac remodeling, which leads to heart failure or sudden death. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small, noncoding RNAs that mediate post-transcriptional gene silencing. Recent studies show that miRNAs are involved in the pathogenesis of hypertrophy, but their signaling regulations remain to be understood. Here, we report that miR-23a is a pro-hypertrophic miRNA, and its expression is regulated by the transcription factor, nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFATc3). The results showed that miR-23a expression was up-regulated upon treatment with the hypertrophic stimuli including isoproterenol and aldosterone. Knockdown of miR-23a could attenuate hypertrophy, suggesting that miR-23a is able to convey the hypertrophic signal. In exploring the molecular mechanism by which miR-23a is up-regulated, we identified that NFATc3 could directly activate miR-23a expression through the transcriptional machinery. The muscle specific ring finger protein 1, an anti-hypertrophic protein, was identified to be a target of miR-23a. Its translation could be suppressed by miR-23a. Our data provide a model in which the miRNA expression is regulated by the hypertrophic transcriptional factor.
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