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Tissue-specific miRNA Expression Profiling in Mouse Heart Sections Using In Situ Hybridization
Published on: September 15, 2018
Screening lncRNAs essential for cardiomyocyte proliferation by integrative profiling of lncRNAs and mRNAs associated
Hanqing Luo1, Hoshun Chong1, Yapeng Wang2
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Background:
The proliferation potential of mammalian cardiomyocytes declines markedly shortly after birth. Both long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and mRNAs demonstrate altered expression patterns during cardiac development. However, the role of lncRNAs in the cell cycle arrest of cardiomyocytes remains inadequately understood.
Method:
The expression pattern of lncRNAs and mRNAs was analyzed in mouse hearts exhibiting varying regenerative potentials on postnatal days (P) 1, 7, and 28. Weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) was employed to elucidate the co-expression relationship between lncRNAs and mRNAs. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was built using the STRING database, and hub lncRNAs were identified by CytoHubba. Molecular Complex Detection (MCODE) was used to screen core modules of the PPI network in Cytoscape. Upstream lncRNAs and miRNAs which may regulate mRNAs were predicted using miRTarBase and AnnoLnc2, respectively. Myocardial infarction (MI) was induced by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
Results:
Compared with the P1 heart, 618 mRNAs and 414 lncRNAs displayed. transcriptional changes in the P7 heart, while 2358 mRNAs and 1290 lncRNAs showed from P7 to P28. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis revealed that module 1 in the both comparisons was enriched in the mitotic cell cycle process. 2810408I11Rik and 2010110K18Rik were identified as hub lncRNAs and their effects on the proliferation of cardiomyocytes were verified in vitro. Additionally, four lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory axes were predicted to explain the mechanism by which 2810408I11Rik and 2010110K18Rik regulate cardiomyocyte proliferation. Notably, the overexpression of 2810408I11Rik enhances cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration in the adult heart following MI.
Conclusion:
This study systematically analyzed the landscape of lncRNAs and mRNAs at P1, P7, and P28. These findings may enhance our understanding of the framework for heart development and could have significant implications for heart regeneration.
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