MEF2C mediates inhibitory effect of microRNA-214 on cardiomyocyte hypertrophy

作者：TANG Chun-mei; ZHU Jie-ning; ZHU Wen-si; LIN Qiu-xiong; HU Zhi-qin; FU Yong-heng; ZHANG Meng-zhen; DENG Chun-yu; TAN Hong-hong; WU Shu-lin; SHAN Zhi-xin

来源：中国病理生理杂志, 2016, 32(8).

DOI：10.3969/j.issn.1000-4718.2016.08.001

• Cardiac hypertrophy
• MicroRNA-214
• MEF2C
• Cardiomyocytes

AIM:To investigate the effect of microRNA-214 ( miR-214) on cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and the expression of the potential target genes .METHODS:A cell model of hypertrophy was established based on angiotensin-Ⅱ( Ang-Ⅱ)-induced neonatal mouse ventricular cardiomyocytes ( NMVCs) .Dual luciferase reporter assay was performed to verify the interaction between miR-214 and the 3’ UTR of MEF2C.The expression of MEF2C and hypertrophy-related genes at mRNA and protein levels was determined by RT-qPCR and Western blot , respectively .RESULTS:The expression of ANP, ACTA1,β-MHC and miR-214 was markedly increased in Ang-Ⅱ-induced hypertrophic cardiomyocytes .Dual lu-ciferase reporter assay revealed that miR-214 interacted with the 3’ UTR of MEF2C, and miR-214 was verified to inhibit MEF2C expression at the transcriptional level .The protein expression of MEF2C was markedly increased in the hypertro-phic cardiomyocytes .Moreover, miR-214 mimic, in parallel to MEF2C siRNA, inhibited the expression of hypertrophy-re-lated genes in Ang-Ⅱ-induced NMVCs.CONCLUSION:MEF2C is a target gene of miR-214, which mediates the effect of miR-214 on attenuating cardiomyocyte hypertrophy .

• 出版日期2016
• 单位广东省人民医院; 南方医科大学; 广东省心血管病研究所