Serum response factor regulates a muscle-specific microRNA that targets Hand2 during cardiogenesis

Yong Zhao, Eva Samal and Deepak Srivastava ()
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Yong Zhao: Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Eva Samal: Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Deepak Srivastava: Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology)

Nature, 2005, vol. 436, issue 7048, 214-220

Abstract: Abstract Gradients of signalling and transcription factors govern many aspects of embryogenesis, highlighting the need for spatiotemporal control of regulatory protein levels. MicroRNAs are phylogenetically conserved small RNAs that regulate the translation of target messenger RNAs, providing a mechanism for protein dose regulation. Here we show that microRNA-1-1 (miR-1-1) and miR-1-2 are specifically expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscle precursor cells. We found that the miR-1 genes are direct transcriptional targets of muscle differentiation regulators including serum response factor, MyoD and Mef2. Correspondingly, excess miR-1 in the developing heart leads to a decreased pool of proliferating ventricular cardiomyocytes. Using a new algorithm for microRNA target identification that incorporates features of RNA structure and target accessibility, we show that Hand2, a transcription factor that promotes ventricular cardiomyocyte expansion, is a target of miR-1. This work suggests that miR-1 genes titrate the effects of critical cardiac regulatory proteins to control the balance between differentiation and proliferation during cardiogenesis.

Date: 2005
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