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Int J Mol Sci ; 19(10)2018 Sep 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30262720

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Activation of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in the heart is considered to be a cardiovascular risk factor. MR activation leads to heart hypertrophy and arrhythmia. In ventricular cardiomyocytes, aldosterone induces a profound remodeling of ion channel expression, in particular, an increase in the expression and activity of T-type voltage-gated calcium channels (T-channels). The molecular mechanisms immediately downstream from MR activation, which lead to the increased expression of T-channels and, consecutively, to an acceleration of spontaneous cell contractions in vitro, remain poorly investigated. Here, we investigated the putative role of a specific microRNA in linking MR activation to the regulation of T-channel expression and cardiomyocyte beating frequency. A screening assay identified microRNA 204 (miR-204) as one of the major upregulated microRNAs after aldosterone stimulation of isolated neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Aldosterone significantly increased the level of miR-204, an effect blocked by the MR antagonist spironolactone. When miR-204 was overexpressed in isolated cardiomyocytes, their spontaneous beating frequency was significantly increased after 24 h, like upon aldosterone stimulation, and messenger RNAs coding T-channels (CaV3.1 and CaV3.2) were increased. Concomitantly, T-type calcium currents were significantly increased upon miR-204 overexpression. Specifically repressing the expression of miR-204 abolished the aldosterone-induced increase of CaV3.1 and CaV3.2 mRNAs, as well as T-type calcium currents. Finally, aldosterone and miR-204 overexpression were found to reduce REST-NRSF, a known transcriptional repressor of CaV3.2 T-type calcium channels. Our study thus strongly suggests that miR-204 expression stimulated by aldosterone promotes the expression of T-channels in isolated rat ventricular cardiomyocytes, and therefore, increases the frequency of the cell spontaneous contractions, presumably through the inhibition of REST-NRSF protein.


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Canais de Cálcio Tipo T/genética , MicroRNAs/genética , Miócitos Cardíacos/metabolismo , Potenciais de Ação , Aldosterona/farmacologia , Animais , Canais de Cálcio Tipo T/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Miócitos Cardíacos/efeitos dos fármacos , Miócitos Cardíacos/fisiologia , Ratos , Ratos Wistar
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 474(2): 413-420, 2016 05 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27114303

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Enigma Homolog 1 (ENH1) is a scaffold protein for signaling proteins and transcription factors. Previously, we reported that ENH1 overexpression promotes the differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the role of ENH1 in the C2C12 cells differentiation remains elusive. ENH1 was shown to inhibit the proliferation of neuroblastoma cells by sequestering Inhibitor of DNA binding protein 2 (Id2) in the cytosol. Id2 is a repressor of basic Helix-Loop-Helix transcription factors activity and prevents myogenesis. Here, we found that ENH1 overcome the Id2 repression of C2C12 cells myogenic differentiation and that ENH1 overexpression promotes mice satellite cells activation, the first step toward myogenic differentiation. In addition, we show that ENH1 interacted with Id2 in C2C12 cells and mice satellite cells. Collectively, our results suggest that ENH1 plays an important role in the activation of myogenesis through the repression of Id2 activity.


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Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/metabolismo , Proteína 1 Inibidora de Diferenciação/metabolismo , Proteínas dos Microfilamentos/metabolismo , Desenvolvimento Muscular/fisiologia , Mioblastos/citologia , Mioblastos/metabolismo , Proteínas Associadas à Matriz Nuclear/metabolismo , Animais , Diferenciação Celular/fisiologia , Linhagem Celular , Camundongos
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