Review Article

MicroRNA as a Therapeutic Target in Cardiac Remodeling

Table 3

Summary of reported miRNAs and their targets in cardiac apoptosis.

miRNAsTargetsEffector cellsSignal pathwaysReferences

Antiapoptosis
miR-145Bnip3I/R mouseFOXO[72]

miR-199aHif-1α,
Sirt1
NRCMs
NRCMs
mTOR
AT1R
[89]

miR-21PDCD4NRCMsNF-kB[83]

miR-328Atp2a2H9C2 cells[84]

miR-214NCX1
PTEN
NRCM and miR-214 KO mouse
I/R mouse
Calcium signaling
PI3K-AKT
[87]
[92]

miR-24BimNMCMsMitochondrial apoptosis[85, 86]

miR-146bRNase LH9c2 cellsNF-kB[91]

miR-378Caspase-3H9c2 cells and AMI ratMAPK[80]

miR-494PTEN
ROCK1
CaMKIIδ
FGFR2
LIF
miR-494 TG Mouse
miR-494 TG Mouse
miR-494 TG Mouse
miR-494 TG Mouse
miR-494 TG Mouse
PI3K-AKT
cGMP-PKG
HIF1
PI3K-AKT
TNF
[73]

miR-499Drp1Male C57BL/6 miceMitochondrial pathway[74]

miR-185Nhe1NRVMscAMP[79]

miR-30 familyβ1AR,
β2AR,
Giα2,
P53
Drp1
MI rat, DOX-induced HF rat, ARCM and H9c2 cells
MI rat, DOX-induced HF rat, ARCM and H9c2 cells
MI rat, DOX-induced HF rat, ARCM and H9c2 cells
NRCMs
NRCMs
β-adrenergic pathway
β-adrenergic pathway
β-adrenergic pathway
p53
mitochondrial pathway
[75, 76]

miR-210Efna3,
Ptp1b
AIFM3
Mouse HL-1 cardiomyocytes and adult FVB mice
Mouse HL-1 cardiomyocytes, adult FVB mice
H9c2 cells,neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCM)
VEGF signaling
VEGF signaling
Mitochondrial apoptosis
[81, 82]

miR-92aNF-kB p65rat H9c2 cellsNF-kB[94]

miR-675VDAC1DCMMitochondrial apoptosis[78]

miR-138Lcn2HL-1 cellsMitochondrial apoptosis[96, 97]

miR-124STX2Male BALB/c ratsmiR-124a/STX2 pathway[88]

Proapoptosis
miR-1HSP60
Bcl-2
PKCε
LNA-antimiR-1 treated mouse
H9c2 cells and I/R rat
LNA-antimiR-1 treated mouse
RNA degradation
Mitochondrial apoptosis
cGMP-PKG
[75, 102]

miR-200cGATA-4NMCMscGMP-PKG[93]

miR-363Notch1Rat H9C2 cellNotch signaling[90]

miR-122caspase-8NMCMsERK-MAPK[99]

miR-181cBcl-2NMCMsMitochondrial apoptosis[77]

miR-15Chek1C57BL/6 mice and TG mouse[104]

miR-34aPNUTS
ALDH2
NRCMs and MI rat
NRCMs and MI rat
Oxidative stress
Oxidative stress
[106, 107]

miR-378IGF1RNMCMs and H9C2 cellsMAPK[100]

miR-27aIL-10Sprague-Dawley rats and H9c2 cellInterleukin 10 (IL-10) pathway[95]

miR-29PIOH9c2 cellsPPAR[98]

miR-28PDK1
ALDH2
NMCMs
NMCMs
PDK1/Akt/mTOR-dependent signaling
AMPK and Akt-mTOR signaling.
[101, 105]

miR-195Sirt1
Bcl-2
C57BL/6 mouse and NMCMs
C57BL/6 mouse and NMCMs
AMPK
Mitochondrial apoptosis
[103]

AIFM3: apoptosis inducing factor; ALDH2: aldehyde dehydrogenase 2; Bcl-2: B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2; Bim: Bcl2 like 11; Bnip3: Bcl2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa interacting protein 3; β1AR: adrenoceptor β 1; β2AR: adrenoceptor β 2; CaMKIIδ: calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, δ; Chek1: checkpoint kinase 1; CypD: Cyclophilin+D; Drp1: dynamin-related protein-1; Efna3: ephrin A3; FGFR1: fibroblast growth factor receptor 1; Giα2: G protein α i subunit; Hif-1α: hypoxia-inducible factor 1, α subunit; HSP60: heat shock protein 60; IGF-1R: insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor; IL-10: interleukin 10; Lcn2: lipocalin-2; LIF: leukemia inhibitory factor; NCX1: sodium/calcium exchanger 1; Nhe1: Na+/H+ exchanger 1; PDCD4: programmed cell death 4; PDK1: 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1; PKCε: protein kinase c beta1; PTEN: phosphatase and tensin homolog; Ptp1b: Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-1B; P53: tumor protein p53; p65: tumor protein p65; ROCK1: Rho associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1; SIRT1: Sirtuin 1; SMAD7: SMAD family member 7; DCM: diabetic cardiomyopathy.