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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98580-x
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- Leducq Foundation [TNE FANTASY 19CVD03]
- National Institutes of Health [HL115580, HL135109]
- Bob and Corrine Frick Center for Heart Failure and Arrhythmia
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Heart failure is often associated with dysfunction of the sinoatrial node (SAN), leading to abnormal heart rhythms and increased mortality. This study analyzed altered microRNAs (miRs) and mRNAs in the SAN of HF patients, with 27 miRs predicted to regulate major ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors involved in SAN functions.
Heart failure (HF) is frequently accompanied with the sinoatrial node (SAN) dysfunction, which causes tachy-brady arrhythmias and increased mortality. MicroRNA (miR) alterations are associated with HF progression. However, the transcriptome of HF human SAN, and its role in HF-associated remodeling of ion channels, transporters, and receptors responsible for SAN automaticity and conduction impairments is unknown. We conducted comprehensive high-throughput transcriptomic analysis of pure human SAN primary pacemaker tissue and neighboring right atrial tissue from human transplanted HF hearts (n = 10) and non-failing (nHF) donor hearts (n = 9), using next-generation sequencing. Overall, 47 miRs and 832 mRNAs related to multiple signaling pathways, including cardiac diseases, tachy-brady arrhythmias and fibrosis, were significantly altered in HF SAN. Of the altered miRs, 27 are predicted to regulate mRNAs of major ion channels and neurotransmitter receptors which are involved in SAN automaticity (e.g. HCN1, HCN4, SLC8A1) and intranodal conduction (e.g. SCN5A, SCN8A) or both (e.g. KCNJ3, KCNJ5). Luciferase reporter assays were used to validate interactions of miRs with predicted mRNA targets. In conclusion, our study provides a profile of altered miRs in HF human SAN, and a novel transcriptome blueprint to identify molecular targets for SAN dysfunction and arrhythmia treatments in HF.
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