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Dgcr8 deletion in the primitive heart uncovered novel microRNA regulating the balance of cardiac-vascular gene program

Overview of attention for article published in Protein & Cell, August 2018
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Title
Dgcr8 deletion in the primitive heart uncovered novel microRNA regulating the balance of cardiac-vascular gene program
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Protein & Cell, August 2018
DOI 10.1007/s13238-018-0572-1
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Xi Chen, Lin Wang, Rujin Huang, Hui Qiu, Peizhe Wang, Daren Wu, Yonglin Zhu, Jia Ming, Yangming Wang, Jianbin Wang, Jie Na

Abstract

Primitive mammalian heart transforms from a single tube to a four-chambered muscular organ during a short developmental window. We found that knocking out global microRNA by deleting Dgcr8 microprocessor in Mesp1 cardiovascular progenitor cells lead to the formation of extremely dilated and enlarged heart due to defective cardiomyocyte (CM) differentiation. Transcriptome analysis revealed unusual upregulation of vascular gene expression in Dgcr8 cKO hearts. Single cell RNA sequencing study further confirmed the increase of angiogenesis genes in single Dgcr8 cKO CM. We also performed global microRNA profiling of E9.5 heart for the first time, and identified that miR-541 was transiently highly expressed in E9.5 hearts. Interestingly, introducing miR-541 back into microRNA-free CMs partially rescued their defects, downregulated angiogenesis genes and significantly upregulated cardiac genes. Moreover, miR-541 can target Ctgf and inhibit endothelial function. Our results suggest that microRNAs are required to suppress abnormal angiogenesis gene program to maintain CM differentiation.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 27 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 15%
Student > Bachelor 3 11%
Student > Master 3 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 7%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 6 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 22%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 11%
Psychology 1 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 4%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 9 33%
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