title: Evidence of MyomiR network regulation of beta-myosin heavy chain gene expression during skeletal muscle atrophy.
abstract: There is a growing recognition that noncoding RNAs (ncRNA) play an important role in the regulation of gene expression. A class of small (19-22 nt) ncRNAs, known as microRNAs (miRs), have received a great deal of attention lately because of their ability to repress gene expression through a unique posttranscriptional 3'-untranslated region (UTR) mechanism. The objectives of the current study were to identify miRs expressed in the rat soleus muscle and determine if their expression was changed in response to hindlimb suspension. Comprehensive profiling revealed 151 miRs were expressed in the soleus muscle and expression of 18 miRs were significantly (P < 0.01) changed after 2 and/or 7 days of hindlimb suspension. The significant decrease (16%) in expression of muscle-specific miR-499 in response to hindlimb suspension was confirmed by RT-PCR and suggested activation of the recently proposed miR encoded by myosin gene (MyomiR) network during atrophy. Further analysis of soleus muscle subjected to hindlimb suspension for 28 days provided evidence consistent with MyomiR network repression of beta-myosin heavy chain gene (beta-MHC) expression. The significant downregulation of network components miR-499 and miR-208b by 40 and 60%, respectively, was associated with increased expression of Sox6 (2.2-fold) and Purbeta (23%), predicted target genes of miR-499 and known repressors of beta-MHC expression. A Sox6 3'-UTR reporter gene confirmed Sox6 is a target gene of miR-499. These results further expand the role of miRs in adult skeletal muscle and are consistent with a model in which the MyomiR network regulates slow myosin expression during muscle atrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, College Health Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA. jjmcca2@uky.edu
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: Karyn A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Esser
authors.forename: Charlotte A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Esther E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Dupont-Versteegden
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D019417:Hindlimb Suspension; D008156:Luciferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D055755:SOXD Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D035683:MicroRNAs; D055755:SOXD Transcription Factors; C095939:Sox6 protein, mouse; D008156:Luciferases; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains
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