Proteome modulation in H9c2 cardiac cells by microRNAs miR-378 and miR-378.
MicroRNAs are a novel class of powerful endogenous regulators of gene expression. MiR-378 and miR-378* are localized in the first intron of the Ppargc1b gene that codes the transcriptional co-activator PGC-1β. The latter regulates energy expenditure as well as mitochondrial biogenesis. The miR-378:miR-378* hairpin is highly expressed in cardiac cells. To better assess their role in cardiomyocytes, we identified miR-378 and miR-378* targets via a proteomic screen. We established H9c2 cellular models of overexpression of miR-378 and miR-378* and identified a total of 86 down-regulated proteins in the presence of either one of these miRs. Functional annotation clustering showed that miR-378 and miR-378* regulate related pathways in cardiomyocytes, including energy metabolism, notably glycolysis, cytoskeleton, notably actin filaments and muscle contraction. Using bioinformatics algorithms we found that 20 proteins were predicted as direct targets of the miRs. We validated eight of these targets by quantitative RT-PCR and luciferase reporter assay. We found that miR-378 targets lactate dehydrogenase A and impacts on cell proliferation and survival whereas miR-378* targets cytoskeleton proteins actin and vimentin. Proteins involved in endoplasmic reticulum stress response such as chaperone and/or calcium buffering proteins GRP78, PPIA (cyclophilin A), calumenin, and GMMPA involved in glycosylation are repressed by these miRs. Our results show that the miR-378/378* hairpin establishes a connection among energy metabolism, cytoskeleton remodeling, and endoplasmic reticulum function through post-transcriptional regulation of key proteins involved in theses pathways.
Team 1: Genetic and physiopathology of muscular tissues.
Youssef
Y
Mallat
Eva
E
Tritsch
Romain
R
Ladouce
Daniel Lorenz
DL
Winter
Bertrand
B
Friguet
Zhenlin
Z
Li
Mathias
M
Mericskay
D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000235:genetics; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000235:genetics; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D020543:Proteome; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; C000717247:HSPA5 protein, human; C526012:MIRN378 microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs; C455622:PPARGC1B protein, human; D020543:Proteome; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins