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miR-222 is necessary for exercise-induced cardiac growth and protects against pathological cardiac remodeling.

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miR-222 is necessary for exercise-induced cardiac growth and protects against pathological cardiac remodeling. Cell metabolism Liu, X., Xiao, J., Zhu, H., Wei, X., Platt, C., Damilano, F., Xiao, C., Bezzerides, V., Boström, P., Che, L., Zhang, C., Spiegelman, B. M., Rosenzweig, A. 2015; 21 (4): 584-95

Abstract

Exercise induces physiological cardiac growth and protects the heart against pathological remodeling. Recent work suggests exercise also enhances the heart's capacity for repair, which could be important for regenerative therapies. While microRNAs are important in certain cardiac pathologies, less is known about their functional roles in exercise-induced cardiac phenotypes. We profiled cardiac microRNA expression in two distinct models of exercise and found microRNA-222 (miR-222) was upregulated in both. Downstream miR-222 targets modulating cardiomyocyte phenotypes were identified, including HIPK1 and HMBOX1. Inhibition of miR-222 in vivo completely blocked cardiac and cardiomyocyte growth in response to exercise while reducing markers of cardiomyocyte proliferation. Importantly, mice with inducible cardiomyocyte miR-222 expression were resistant to adverse cardiac remodeling and dysfunction after ischemic injury. These studies implicate miR-222 as necessary for exercise-induced cardiomyocyte growth and proliferation in the adult mammalian heart and show that it is sufficient to protect the heart against adverse remodeling.

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