MicroRNA-384-5p regulates ischemia-induced cardioprotection by targeting phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase, catalytic subunit delta (PI3K p110δ)
- 12 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Apoptosis
- Vol. 18 (3), 260-270
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-013-0802-1
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a novel class of powerful, endogenous regulators of gene expression. This study identified 16 differentially expressed miRNAs in ischemic myocardium of rats using TaqMan Low Density Array. In addition, bioinformatics analyses, such as Gene ontology and Pathway assays, were applied to determine the apoptosis pathway, only regulated by miR-384-5p, and all the associated target genes (PIK3CD, PPP3CA, PPP3CB, PPP3R1, CASP3 and IL1A). These target genes, besides PIK3CB, were shown to be significantly up-regulated by qRT-PCR assay, which further suggested that PIK3CD, PPP3CA, PPP3R1, CASP3, IL1A could be regulated by miR-384-5p. MTT, Western blot, qRT-PCR and luciferase assays were used to investigate the role of miR-384-5p in myocardial ischemia. We found that cleaved caspase3 expression was up-regulated by miR-384-5p and down-regulated by miR-384-5p inhibitor suggesting that apoptosis pathway was regulated by miR-384-5p. We also found that miR-384-5p suppressed cell viability while miR-384-5p inhibitor improved it, confirming H9c2 cell survival was affected by miR-384-5p. In addition, the PIK3CD protein level in H9c2 cells was up-regulated by miR-384-5p inhibitor. We found that miR-384-5p expression level decreased and PIK3CD protein level increased in both ischemic myocardium of rats and hypoxic H9c2 cells, and that miR-384-5p suppress PIK3CD expression through a miR-384-5p binding site within the 3' untranslational region of PIK3CD. These results show that miR-384-5p, an important protecting factor, plays a significant role in cardioprotection by regulating PIK3CD in myocardial ischemia.Keywords
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