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- Title
Overexpression of miR-19b Impairs Cardiac Development in Zebrafish by Targeting ctnnb1.
- Authors
Li, Mengmeng; Hu, Xiaoshan; Zhu, Jingai; Zhu, Chun; Zhu, Shasha; Liu, Xuehua; Xu, Jing; Han, Shuping; Yu, Zhangbin
- Abstract
Background: MicroRNAs are broadly accepted as crucial regulators of cardiovascular development, and dysregulation of their expression has been linked to cardiac disease. MicroRNA cluster miR-17-92 has been implicated in cardiac development and function, yet its defined mechanisms of action in this context are uncertain. Here, we focused on miR-19b, a key component of the miR-17-92 cluster proven to induce cardiomyocyte proliferation in vitro. We aimed to identify the biological significance of miR-19b in cardiac development and its underlying molecular mechanism of action in vivo. Methods: We micro-injected zebrafish embryos with different concentrations (0, 2, 4 and 8 μm) of miR-19b mimics or a negative control, and assessed the embryo malformation rate, mortality rate, hatching rate and heart abnormalities at 72 hours post-fertilization (72 hpf). Results: We found that overexpression of miR-19b impacted left-right symmetry and cardiac development of zebrafish embryos, characterized by pericardial edema, slower heart rate and cardiac looping defects in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, several important signaling molecules in the Wnt signaling pathway were abnormally expressed, suggesting that overexpression of miR-19b induces the inhibition of the Wnt signaling pathway by directly targeting ctnnb1. Interestingly, the deformed cardiac phenotype was partially rescued by treatment with the GSK3β inhibitor lithium chloride. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that miR-19b regulates laterality development and heart looping in zebrafish embryos by targeting ctnnb1. © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
MICRORNA genetics; LABORATORY zebrafish; GENE targeting; CARDIOVASCULAR development; HEART disease genetics; HEART cells; CELL proliferation; GENETIC regulation
- Publication
Cellular Physiology & Biochemistry (Karger AG), 2014, Vol 33, Issue 6, p1988
- ISSN
1015-8987
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000362975