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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages 1220-U231Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2126
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- European Society of Cardiology
- Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development [912-04-054, 912-04-017, 917-863-72]
- Netherlands Heart Foundation [NHS2007B167]
- Fondation Leducq Transatlantic [08-CVD-03]
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MicroRNAs (miRs) are a class of single-stranded, non-coding RNAs of about 22 nucleotides in length(1,2). Increasing evidence implicates miRs in myocardial disease processes(3-11). Here we show that miR-199b is a direct calcineurin/NFAT target gene that increases in expression in mouse and human heart failure, and targets the nuclear NFAT kinase dual-specificity tyrosine-(Y)-phosphorylation regulated kinase 1a (Dyrk1a), constituting a pathogenic feed forward mechanism that affects calcineurin-responsive gene expression. Mutant mice overexpressing miR-199b, or haploinsufficient for Dyrk1a, are sensitized to calcineurin/NFAT signalling or pressure overload and show stress-induced cardiomegaly through reduced Dyrk1a expression. In vivo inhibition of miR-199b by a specific antagomir normalized Dyrk1a expression, reduced nuclear NFAT activity and caused marked inhibition and even reversal of hypertrophy and fibrosis in mouse models of heart failure. Our results reveal that microRNAs affect cardiac cellular signalling and gene expression, and implicate miR-199b as a therapeutic target in heart failure.
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