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. 2021 Aug;52(2):429-439.
doi: 10.1007/s11239-020-02352-9. Epub 2021 Jan 2.

MicroRNA-520d-3p alleviates hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced damage in human cardiomyocytes by targeting ATG-12

Kunpeng Wu  1   2 , Ying Chen  3   4 , Deming Wang  1   2 , Kui He  1   2
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MicroRNA-520d-3p alleviates hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced damage in human cardiomyocytes by targeting ATG-12

Kunpeng Wu et al. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

Hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) induced injury results in extensive damages to myocardial tissue in patients with coronary heart disease, which leads to heart failure. MicroRNA (miRNA) is thought to be associated with myocardial H/R injury. The purpose of this study was to investigate the in vitro role of microRNA-520d-3p in human myocardial cell (HCM) myocardial H/R injury. MTT method and Annexin V-FITC flow cytometry were employed to measure the viability and apoptosis of H/R treated HCM. RT-qPCR was employed to determine miRNA and mRNA expression. MicroRNA-520d-3p mimic and microRNA-520d-3p inhibitor were used to overexpression and inhibit the expression of microRNA-520d-3p. In addition, pcDNA3.1-ATG12 was used to upregulate ATG12 expression. The protein levels of ATG12, Bcl-2 and autophagy related-genes were determined by western blotting. Hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) injury could inhibit cell viability, apoptosis and inhibited microRNA-520d-3p expression in HCM. The down-regulation of microRNA-520d-3p inhibited cell viability and induced apoptosis in HCM. The overexpression of microRNA-520d-3p attenuated the effects of H/R treatment on the viability and apoptosis of HCM cells. In addition, microRNA-520d-3p inhibited the expression of autophagy-associated 12 (ATG12). More importantly, H/R treatment could promote autophagy in HCM, and microRNA-520d-3p mimic transfection could significantly reverse this effect. Our result indicated that overexpression of microRNA-520d-3p attenuated the effect of H/R treatments on cell viability, apoptosis and autophagy, through partly regulating ATG12 expression in HCM.

Keywords: ATG12; Autophagy; H/R injury; Heart failure; microRNA-520d-3p.

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