Review Article

MicroRNA as a Therapeutic Target in Cardiac Remodeling

Table 1

Summary of reported miRNAs and their targets in cardiac hypertrophy.

miRNAsTargetsEffector cellsSignal pathwaysReferences

Antihypertrophic
miR-1Eif4eC57Bl/6 mouse and NMCMsTranslation[712]
Cdk6NRVCs and ACC mouseCDKs-Rb pathway
HDAC6NRCMs and Wistar ratsChromatin modifying
CAMTG mouse and NRVMsCalcium signaling
Mef2aTG mouse and NRVMsCalcium signaling
Gata4TG mouse and NRVMsCalcium signaling
FABP3NMCMs and TAC mousePPAR
Fbln2NMCMsECM

miR-10aTbx5TAC mouse and NRVMstranscription[15]

miR-497Sirt4TAC mouse and NRVMsAMPK[16]

miR-133AT1RMale Wistar rats and NRCMsERK-MAPK[13, 14]
Cdc42,NMCMs and TAC mouseMAPK
Rho-A,NMCMs and TAC mousecGMP-PKG
Nelf-A/WHSC2NMCMs and TAC mouseTranscription

miR-223TNNI3KNRCMs and TAC mouseCalcium signaling[17]

miR-455CRTTAC mouseCalcium signaling[18]

miR-378Mapk1NRCMs and TAC mouseMAPK[19, 20]
IGF1rNRCMs and TAC mouseMAPK
Grb2NRCMs and TAC mouseMAPK
Ksr1NRCMs and TAC mouseMAPK

miR-145GATA6NRCMs and TAC mousecGMP-PKG[21, 22]

miR-29a-3pNFATc4H9c2 cellcGMP-PKG[26]

Prohypertrophic
miR-21-3pSORBS2NRVMs and NRCFsTranscription
PDZNRVMs and NRCFsTranscription[32]
PDLIM5NRVMs and NRCFsTranscription

miR-208AT1RMale wistar rats and NRCMsERK-MAPK[27, 28, 44]
THRAP1TG mouseThyroid hormone
Myh7Adult male Dahl salt-sensitive rats

miR-124Grp78NRCMsReticulum (ER) stress signaling [29]
CRTNRCMsCalcium signaling

miR-297Sig-1RTAC rat and NRVMsER stress signaling[30]

miR-17-3pTIMP3NRVMs and C57BL/6 micePTEN-AKT pathway[31]

miR-155Mef2ATAC rat and KO miceCalcineurin pathway
Jarid2TAC rat and KO miceCalcineurin pathway[23, 33]
AGTR1Rat H9C2 cellCalcium signaling pathways

miR-212/132Foxo3H9c2 cells and TAC mousePI3K-Akt[24]

miR-22Hdac4NRVCs, miR-22
KO mouse
AMPK
PtenNRVCsPI3K-AKT[25, 34, 35]
Sirt1NRVCs, miR-22
KO mouse
AMPK

miR-23aFoxo3a,NMCMs, TAC and TG mousePI3K-AKT[25, 36]
LPA1NMCMsPI3K-AKT

miR-195HMGA1NRVCs[37, 38]

miR-19a/batrogin1,NRVCs and TAC mousecalcineurin/NFAT [39]
Murf1NRVCs and TAC mousePKC

miR-27bPparγNRVCs, TAC and TG mousePPAR[40]

miR-328Serca2aNRVCs, TAC and TG mousecGMP-PKG[41]

miR-185Camk2dNRVMs and TAC mouseCalcium[42]

miR-101Ncx1NRVMs and TAC mousecGMP-PKG [43]
Nfatc3NRVMs and TAC mousecGMP-PKG
Rab1ATAC ratMAPKK

LPA1: lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1; Mapk1: mitogen-activated protein kinase 1; Murf1: tripartite motif-containing 63; NCX1: sodium/calcium exchanger 1; Nfatc3: nuclear factor of activated T cells, cytoplasmic, calcineurin dependent 3; NFATc4: nuclear factor of activated T cells 4; PDLIM5: PDZ and LIM domain 5; Pparγ: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ; p300: E1A binding protein p300; Rab1A: Ras-related protein Rab 1a; RasGAP: Ras GTPase–activating protein; Rheb: Ras homolog enriched in brain; Rho-A: Ras homolog family member A; Serca2a: Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 2a; SORBS2: SH3 domain-containing protein 2; Sox6: sex-determining region Y box 6; THRAP1: mediator complex subunit 13; TNNI3K: troponin I type 3 interacting kinase; NRVCs: neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes; AAC: abdominal aortic constriction; TBX5: T-box 5; NRCMs: neonatal rat cardiomyocytes; SORBS2: SH3 domain-containing protein 2; PDLIM5: PDZ and LIM domain 5; NRVMs: neonatal rat ventricular myocytes; NRCFs: neonatal rat cardiac fibroblasts.