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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2020

Knock-out of MicroRNA 145 impairs cardiac fibroblast function and wound healing post-myocardial infarction.

Hui-Fang Song, Sheng He, Shu-Hong Li, Jun Wu, Wenjuan Yin, Zhengbo Shao, Guo-Qing Du, Jie Wu, Jiao Li, Richard D Weisel and 3 more

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hui-Fang SongDepartment of Anatomy, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Sheng HeDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Shu-Hong LiToronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jun WuToronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Wenjuan YinDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Zhengbo ShaoToronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Guo-Qing DuToronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jie WuToronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jiao LiToronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Richard D WeiselToronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Subodh VermaDivision of Cardiac Surgery, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jun XieDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Ren-Ke LiToronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2584-060X
University Health Network · CAShanxi Medical University · CNSt. Michael's Hospital · CA

Funding

CIHR 332652 to RKL
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prevention of infarct scar thinning and dilatation and stimulation of scar contracture can prevent progressive heart failure. Since microRNA 145 (miR-145) plays an important role in cardiac fibroblast response to wound healing and cardiac repair after an myocardial infarction (MI), using a miR-145 knock-out (KO) mouse model, we evaluated contribution of down-regulation of miR-145 to cardiac fibroblast and myofibroblast function during adverse cardiac remodelling. Cardiac function decreased more and the infarct size was larger in miR-145 KO than that in WT mice after MI and this phenomenon was accompanied by a decrease in cardiac fibroblast-to-myofibroblast differentiation. Quantification of collagen I and α-SMA protein levels as well as wound contraction revealed that transdifferentiation of cardiac fibroblasts into myofibroblasts was lower in KO than WT mice. In vitro restoration of miR-145 induced more differentiation of fibroblasts to myofibroblasts and this effect involved the target genes Klf4 and myocardin. MiR-145 contributes to infarct scar contraction in the heart and the absence of miR-145 contributes to dysfunction of cardiac fibroblast, resulting in greater infarct thinning and dilatation. Augmentation of miR-145 could be an attractive target to prevent adverse cardiac remodelling after MI by enhancing the phenotypic switch of cardiac fibroblasts to myofibroblasts.

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Cell DifferentiationWound HealingAnimalsCells, CulturedCell TransdifferentiationKruppel-Like Factor 4MiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMicroRNAsMyocardial InfarctionMyofibroblastsKlf4 protein, mouseKruppel-Like Factor 4MicroRNAsMIRN145a microRNA, mousemiR-145myocardial infarctionmyofibroblasttransdifferentiationwound healing

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PMID32628810
PMCPMC7417705
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