Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Huai'an No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huai'an 223001, China.
Nanjing Medical Univeristy, China.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 Jan 8;521(2):420-426. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.10.157. Epub 2019 Oct 28.
Previous studies showed that miR-124 had a protective role by reducing oxidant stress and preventing cell apoptosis and autophagy. However, its role in doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy was less known. In our study, we confirmed increased ROS and decreased expression of miR-124 in doxorubicin-treated heart tissues and primary cardiomyocytes. The oxidative stress and cell apoptosis were alleviated by overexpressing miR-124, characterized by decreased activity of MDA and increased activity of SOD. While inhibiting miR-124 generated opposed effects. Mechanistically, our bioinformatic prediction and luciferase assay confirmed that miR-124 inhibited the expression of p66Shc, a proapoptotic signaling pathway. Our results suggested that miR-124 was hopeful to become a therapeutic target in doxorubicin-related cardiomyopathy.
先前的研究表明,miR-124 通过减少氧化应激、防止细胞凋亡和自噬发挥保护作用。然而,其在阿霉素诱导的心肌病中的作用知之甚少。在本研究中,我们证实了在阿霉素处理的心脏组织和原代心肌细胞中 ROS 增加和 miR-124 表达减少。过表达 miR-124 可减轻氧化应激和细胞凋亡,表现为 MDA 活性降低和 SOD 活性增加。而抑制 miR-124 则产生相反的效果。从机制上讲,我们的生物信息学预测和荧光素酶测定证实 miR-124 抑制了促凋亡信号通路 p66Shc 的表达。我们的结果表明,miR-124 有望成为阿霉素相关心肌病的治疗靶点。