期刊
CLINICAL SCIENCE
卷 119, 期 7-8, 页码 335-343出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/CS20100043
关键词
coronary artery disease (CAD); gene expression; microRNA (miRNA); mitochondrion; oxidative phosphorylation; rehabilitation programme
资金
- BHF (British Heart Foundation) [RG/07/005/23633]
- European Union [LSHM-CT-2006-037093]
- Wellcome Trust [066780/2/012]
Owing to the dynamic nature of the transcriptome, gene expression profiling is a promising tool for discovery of disease-related genes and biological pathways. In the present study, we examined gene expression in whole blood of 12 patients with CAD (coronary artery disease) and 12 healthy control subjects. Furthermore, ten patients with CAD underwent whole-blood gene expression analysis before and after the completion of a cardiac rehabilitation programme following surgical coronary revascularization. mRNA and miRNA (microRNA) were isolated for expression profiling. Gene expression analysis identified 365 differentially expressed genes in patients with CAD compared with healthy controls (175 up- and 190 down-regulated in CAD), and 645 in CAD rehabilitation patients (196 up- and 449 down-regulated post-rehabilitation). Biological pathway analysis identified a number of canonical pathways, including oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial function, as being significantly and consistently modulated across the groups. Analysis of miRNA expression revealed a number of differentially expressed miRNAs, including hsa-miR- 140-3p (control compared with CAD, P = 0.017), hsa-miR-182 (control compared with CAD, P = 0.093), hsa-miR-92a and hsa-miR-92b (post- compared with pre-exercise, P < 0.01). Global analysis of predicted miRNA targets found significantly reduced expression of genes with target regions compared with those without: hsa-miR- 140-3p (P = 0.002), hsa-miR- 182 (P = 0.001), hsa-miR-92a and hsa-miR-92b (P = 2.2 x 10(-16)). In conclusion, using whole blood as a 'surrogate tissue' in patients with CAD, we have identified differentially expressed miRNAs, differentially regulated genes and modulated pathways which warrant further investigation in the setting of cardiovascular function. This approach may represent a novel non-invasive strategy to unravel potentially modifiable pathways and possible therapeutic targets in cardiovascular disease.
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