Journal
RNA BIOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 500-513Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2016.1181251
Keywords
Heart disease; microRNA; miR-Seq; miRNA networks; therapy
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- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) [1045144]
- Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program
- Australia Research Council Future Fellowship [FT0001657]
- University of New South Wales Vice-Chancellor Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Expression of the miR-34 family (miR-34a, -34b, -34c) is elevated in settings of heart disease, and inhibition with antimiR-34a/antimiR-34 has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy. Under chronic cardiac disease settings, targeting the entire miR-34 family is more effective than targeting miR-34a alone. The identification of transcription factor (TF)-miRNA regulatory networks has added complexity to understanding the therapeutic potential of miRNA-based therapies. Here, we sought to determine whether antimiR-34 targets secondary miRNAs via TFs which could contribute to antimiR-34-mediated protection. Using miRNA-Seq we identified differentially regulated miRNAs in hearts from mice with cardiac pathology due to transverse aortic constriction (TAC), and focused on miRNAs which were also regulated by antimiR-34. Two clusters of stress-responsive miRNAs were classified as pathological and cardioprotective, respectively. Using ChIPBase we identified 45 TF binding sites on the promoters of pathological and cardioprotective miRNAs, and 5 represented direct targets of miR-34, with the capacity to regulate other miRNAs. Knockdown studies in a cardiomyoblast cell line demonstrated that expression of 2 pathological miRNAs (let-7e, miR-31) was regulated by one of the identified TFs. Furthermore, by qPCR we confirmed that expression of let-7e and miR-31 was lower in hearts from antimiR-34 treated TAC mice; this may explain why targeting the entire miR-34 family is more effective than targeting miR-34a alone. Finally, we showed that Acsl4 (a common target of miR-34, let-7e and miR-31) was increased in hearts from TAC antimiR-34 treated mice. In summary, antimiR-34 regulates the expression of other miRNAs and this has implications for drug development.
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