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ArticleCell death and differentiation2013

MicroRNA-199a is induced in dystrophic muscle and affects WNT signaling, cell proliferation, and myogenic differentiation.

M S Alexander, G Kawahara, N Motohashi, J C Casar, I Eisenberg, J A Myers, M J Gasperini, E A Estrella, A T Kho, S Mitsuhashi and 3 more

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Article in Cell death and differentiation, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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91 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

M S AlexanderDivision of Genetics, Program in Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
G Kawahara
N Motohashi
J C Casar
I Eisenberg
J A Myers
M J Gasperini
E A Estrella
A T Kho
S Mitsuhashi
F Shapiro
P B Kang
L M Kunkel
Boston Children's Hospital · USBoston Children's Museum · USHarvard University · US

Funding

SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS IN HIPPOCAMPAL EPILEPTOGENESISP30HD018655 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI CHEN, CHINFEI · 1985 to 2015
$26.2M
Progenitor Cells inHuman Skeletal MuscleP01NS040828 · NINDS · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI BEGGS, ALAN H. · 2001 to 2007
$8.6M
Progenitor Cells inHuman Skeletal MuscleP50NS040828 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI KOHANE, ISAAC S. · 2008 to 2011
$5.9M
A Developmental Basis for Chronic Obstructive Lung DiseaseK25HL091124 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI KHO, ALVIN THONG-JUAK · 2008 to 2012
$743k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL091124NHLBI NIH HHS K25 HL091124NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD018655NICHD NIH HHS P30-HD18655NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS040828NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS040828NINDS NIH HHS P50NS040828-10
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the absence of a functional dystrophin protein results in sarcolemmal instability, abnormal calcium signaling, cardiomyopathy, and skeletal muscle degeneration. Using the dystrophin-deficient sapje zebrafish model, we have identified microRNAs (miRNAs) that, in comparison to our previous findings in human DMD muscle biopsies, are uniquely dysregulated in dystrophic muscle across vertebrate species. MiR-199a-5p is dysregulated in dystrophin-deficient zebrafish, mdx(5cv) mice, and human muscle biopsies. MiR-199a-5p mature miRNA sequences are transcribed from stem loop precursor miRNAs that are found within the introns of the dynamin-2 and dynamin-3 loci. The miR-199a-2 stem loop precursor transcript that gives rise to the miR-199a-5p mature transcript was found to be elevated in human dystrophic muscle. The levels of expression of miR-199a-5p are regulated in a serum response factor (SRF)-dependent manner along with myocardin-related transcription factors. Inhibition of SRF-signaling reduces miR-199a-5p transcript levels during myogenic differentiation. Manipulation of miR-199a-5p expression in human primary myoblasts and myotubes resulted in dramatic changes in cellular size, proliferation, and differentiation. MiR-199a-5p targets several myogenic cell proliferation and differentiation regulatory factors within the WNT signaling pathway, including FZD4, JAG1, and WNT2. Overexpression of miR-199a-5p in the muscles of transgenic zebrafish resulted in abnormal myofiber disruption and sarcolemmal membrane detachment, pericardial edema, and lethality. Together, these studies identify miR-199a-5p as a potential regulator of myogenesis through suppression of WNT-signaling factors that act to balance myogenic cell proliferation and differentiation.

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AnimalsCalcium-Binding ProteinsCell DifferentiationCell LineCell ProliferationDynamin IIDynamin IIIDystrophinFrizzled ReceptorsHEK293 CellsHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsInverted Repeat SequencesJagged-1 ProteinMembrane ProteinsMiceCalcium-Binding ProteinsDynamin IIDynamin IIIDystrophinFrizzled ReceptorsFZD4 protein, humanIntercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteinsjag1a protein, zebrafishJAG1 protein, humanJag1 protein, mouseJagged-1 ProteinMembrane ProteinsMicroRNAsmirn199 microRNA, humanMyocardinNuclear ProteinsSerrate-Jagged ProteinsSerum Response FactorTrans-ActivatorsWnt2 ProteinZebrafish Proteins

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PMID23764775
PMCPMC3741500
OpenAlexW1996736072

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