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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 298, Issue 5, Pages H1340-H1347Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00592.2009
Keywords
micro-ribonucleic acid-133a; cardiomyocyte; hypertrophy; fibrosis; nuclear factor of activated T cells
Funding
- American Heart Association [0855030F]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30860103]
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Li Q, Lin X, Yang X, Chang J. NFATc4 is negatively regulated in miR-133a-mediated cardiomyocyte hypertrophic repression. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 298: H1340-H1347, 2010. First published February 19, 2010; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00592.2009.-Activation of NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells)-mediated hypertrophic signaling is a major regulatory response to hypertrophic stimuli. A recent study unveiled potential regulatory roles for microRNA-133a (miR-133a) in cardiac hypertrophy. To date, however, no connection has been made between miR-133a and NFAT signaling. In this study, we determined that NFATc4, a hypertrophy-associated mediator, is negatively regulated by miR-133a. Two conserved base-pairing sites between the NFATc4 3'-untranslated region (UTR) and miR-133a were verified. Mutation of these sites in the NFATc4 3'-UTR completely blocked the negative effect of miR-133a on NFATc4, suggesting that NFATc4 is a direct target for miR-133a regulation. Using a gain-of-function approach, we demonstrate that miR-133 significantly reduces the endogenous level of, as well as the hypertrophic stimulus-mediated increase in, NFATc4 gene expression. This latter effect of miR-133a on NFATc4 gene expression was coincided with an attenuated cardiomyocyte hypertrophy induced by an alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist. Conversely, cells treated with miR-133a inhibitor resulted in an increase in NFATc4 expression level. Application of miR-133a had no apparent effect on NFATc4 nuclear localization. We conclude that the negative regulation of NFATc4 expression contributes to miR-133a-mediated hypertrophic repression.
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