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ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2016

Up-Regulation of miRNA-21 Expression Promotes Migration and Proliferation of Sca-1+ Cardiac Stem Cells in Mice.

Qingling Zhou, Qiang Sun, Yongshan Zhang, Fei Teng, Jinhui Sun

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Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. MicroRNA-21 ablation exacerbates aldosterone-mediated cardiac injury, remodeling, and dysfunction.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2018
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  8. MicroRNA regulation of liver cancer stem cells.American journal of cancer research · 2018
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  10. Stem Cell Therapy for the Heart: Blind Alley or Magic Bullet?Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qingling ZhouDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (mainland).
Qiang SunDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (mainland).
Yongshan ZhangDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (mainland).
Fei TengDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (mainland).
Jinhui SunDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (mainland).
Second Hospital of Shandong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND This study, by regulating the expression level of microRNA-21 (miRNA-21) in antigen-1+ (Sca-1+) cardiac stem cells (CSCs), examined the role of miRNA-21 in migration, proliferation, and differentiation of Sca-1+ CSCs, and explored the use of miRNA-21 in treatment of heart-related diseases in mice. MATERIAL AND METHODS The CSCs of 20 healthy 2-month-old C57BL/6 mice were collected in our study. Immunomagnetic beads were used to separate and prepare pure Sca-1+ CSCs, which were further examined by flow cytometry. The samples were assigned to 4 groups: the blank group, the miRNA-21 mimic group, the miRNA-21 inhibitor group, and the negative control (NC) group. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), Transwell chamber assay, and the methyl thiazolylte-trazolium (MTT) assay were performed. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to measure the expression levels of GATA-4, MEF2c, TNI, and β-MHC differentiation-related genes. RESULTS Immunomagnetic separation results indicated that Sca-1+ CSCs accounted for more than 87.4% of CSCs. RT-PCR results also showed that the expression level of miRNA-21 of the miRNA-21 mimic group was higher than those of the other groups (all P<0.05). Compared to the NC and the blank group, the migration of Sca-1+ CSCs was more active in the miRNA-21 mimic group and less active in the miRNA-21 inhibitor group (all P<0.05). Moreover, compared to the blank group, the proliferation of Sca-1+ CSCs was enhanced in the miRNA-21 mimic group and inhibited in the miRNA-21 inhibitor group (all P<0.05). The results of RT-PCR indicated that neither miRNA-21 mimics nor miR-21 inhibitors influenced the gene expression levels of GATA-4, MEF2c, TNI, or β-MHC. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides evidence that up-regulation of miRNA-21 can promote migration and proliferation of Sca-1+ CSCs to enhance the capacity of Sca-1+ CSCs to repair damaged myocardium, which may pave the way for therapeutic strategies directed toward restoring miRNA-21 function for heart-related diseases.

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AnimalsAtaxin-1Cell DifferentiationCell MovementCell ProliferationCells, CulturedFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsMyocardiumStem CellsTumor Cells, CulturedUp-RegulationAtaxin-1Atxn1 protein, mouseMicroRNAsMIRN21 microRNA, mouse

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PMID27210794
PMCPMC4915314
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