Review Article

Therapeutic Approaches and Role of ncRNAs in Cardiovascular Disorders and Insulin Resistance

Table 2

ncRNAs causing cardiovascular diseases.

ncRNADisease conditionEffectDescription

miRNAs

miR-378
miR-122
miR-29
miR-26
Cardiac fibrosisNegative, prognostic/diagnosticAbnormal expression could induce cardiac fibrosis targeting TFG-β including miRNA [15]

miR-126
miR-17-92 cluster
Endothelial dysfunction and inflammationNegative, prognosticNegative regulation of angiogenesis in epithelial cells [9]

miR-221
miR-222
miR-155
Initial stages of atherosclerosisPositive, therapeuticInflammatory response of endothelial cells and showing antiangiogenic effects [9, 22]

miR-143
miR-145
Injured or atherosclerosisNegative, prognosticRegulation of phenotype of VSMCs in response to injury [9]

miR-21
miR-146a
Vascular injuryPositive, therapeuticPhenotypic modulation of VSMCs [9]

miR-208aAcute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)Negative, prognostic/diagnosticCauses hypertrophic cardiac growth and fibrosis [13]

miR-23aPathological hypertrophyNegative, prognostic/therapeuticUpregulated as a result of hypertrophic stimuli in cardiomyocytes, downregulation can be done by ASO [13]

miR-29
miR-24
miR-320
Fibrosis and scar formationNegative, prognosticExpression levels drop after a myocardial infarction [13]

miR-19
miR-21
miR-146
miR-155
miR-133
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and coronary artery disease (CAD)Negative, prognostic/diagnosticMicroparticles from plasma shows elevated amounts in ACS patients when compared to CAD patients [10, 23]

miR-1
miR-133
miR-208a
 ArrhythmiasDiagnosticThe presence of these miRNAs can be used as diagnostic features for arrhythmia, fibrosis, and metabolic disorders [24]
miR-21
miR-29
FibrosisDiagnostic
miR-33Metabolic disordersDiagnostic

circRNAs

Heart Related Circular RNA (HRCR)Cardiac hypertrophy and heart failurePositive, prognostic/therapeuticProtects the heart from pathological conditions caused by miR-223 by acting as its miRNA sponge resulting in increased amounts of ARC expressions. HRCR is therefore a target for drug development [15]

Cdr1asMyocardial infarction injuriesNegative, prognosticmiR-7 sponge, the target genes of miR-7 are SP1 and PARP (poly-ADP-ribose polymerase) and they cause cell apoptosis; therefore the reduction in miR-7 increases the cell apoptosis causing SP1 and PARP [15]

Circ-Foxo3Cardiac senescenceNegative, diagnosticHighly expressed in patients and causes cells to be held up at G1 phase unable to transit to S phase. Represses cell cycle progression and proliferation [15].

Circular Antisense non coding RNA in INK4 locus (cANRIL)Atherosclerosis riskNegative, diagnosticRegulate atherosclerosis [15]