Cardiomyocyte microRNA-150 confers cardiac protection and directly represses proapoptotic small proline–rich protein 1A

Tatsuya Aonuma, Bruno Moukette, Satoshi Kawaguchi, Nipuni P. Barupala, Marisa N. Sepúlveda, Christopher Corr, Yaoliang Tang, Suthat Liangpunsakul, R. Mark Payne, Monte S. Willis, Il-man Kim

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Abstract

MicroRNA-150 (miR-150) is downregulated in patients with multiple cardiovascular diseases and in diverse mouse models of heart failure (HF). miR-150 is significantly associated with HF severity and outcome in humans. We previously reported that miR-150 is activated by β-blocker carvedilol (Carv) and plays a protective role in the heart using a systemic miR-150 KO mouse model. However, mechanisms that regulate cell-specific miR-150 expression and function in HF are unknown. Here, we demonstrate that potentially novel conditional cardiomyocyte–specific (CM-specific) miR-150 KO (miR-150 cKO) in mice worsens maladaptive cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction (MI). Genome-wide transcriptomic analysis in miR-150 cKO mouse hearts identifies small proline–rich protein 1a (Sprr1a) as a potentially novel target of miR-150. Our studies further reveal that Sprr1a expression is upregulated in CMs isolated from ischemic myocardium and subjected to simulated ischemia/reperfusion, while its expression is downregulated in hearts and CMs by Carv. We also show that left ventricular SPRR1A is upregulated in patients with HF and that Sprr1a knockdown in mice prevents maladaptive post-MI remodeling. Lastly, protective roles of CM miR-150 are, in part, attributed to the direct and functional repression of proapoptotic Sprr1a. Our findings suggest a crucial role for the miR-150/SPRR1A axis in regulating CM function post-MI.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere150405
JournalJCI Insight
Volume6
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 22 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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