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BJMBR
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País: |
Brazil
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Título: |
The miR-17-92 cluster regulates FOG-2 expression and inhibits proliferation of mouse embryonic cardiomyocytes
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Autores: |
Xiang,Rui
Lei,Han
Chen,Mianzhi
Li,Qinwei
Sun,Huan
Ai,Jianzhong
Chen,Tielin
Wang,Honglian
Fang,Yin
Zhou,Qin
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Data: |
2012-02-01
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Ano: |
2012
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Palavras-chave: |
MicroRNAs
MiR-17-92
FOG-2
Proliferation
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Resumo: |
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have gradually been recognized as regulators of embryonic development; however, relatively few miRNAs have been identified that regulate cardiac development. A series of recent papers have established an essential role for the miRNA-17-92 (miR-17-92) cluster of miRNAs in the development of the heart. Previous research has shown that the Friend of Gata-2 (FOG-2) is critical for cardiac development. To investigate the possibility that the miR-17-92 cluster regulates FOG-2 expression and inhibits proliferation in mouse embryonic cardiomyocytes we initially used bioinformatics to analyze 3’ untranslated regions (3’UTR) of FOG-2 to predict the potential of miR-17-92 to target it. We used luciferase assays to demonstrate that miR-17-5p and miR-20a of miR-17-92 interact with the predicted target sites in the 3’UTR of FOG-2. Furthermore, RT-PCR and Western blot were used to demonstrate the post-transcriptional regulation of FOG-2 by miR-17-92 in embryonic cardiomyocytes from E12.5-day pregnant C57BL/6J mice. Finally, EdU cell assays together with the FOG-2 rescue strategy were employed to evaluate the effect of proliferation on embryonic cardiomyocytes. We first found that the miR-17-5p and miR-20a of miR-17-92 directly target the 3’UTR of FOG-2 and post-transcriptionally repress the expression of FOG-2. Moreover, our findings demonstrated that over-expression of miR-17-92 may inhibit cell proliferation via post-transcriptional repression of FOG-2 in embryonic cardiomyocytes. These results indicate that the miR-17-92 cluster regulates the expression of FOG-2 protein and suggest that the miR-17-92 cluster might play an important role in heart development.
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Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Inglês
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000200007
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Editor: |
Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
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Relação: |
10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500007
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text/html
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Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research v.45 n.2 2012
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Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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