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SUBMITTER: Rane S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3332328 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rane Shweta S He Minzhen M Sayed Danish D Vashistha Himanshu H Malhotra Ashwani A Sadoshima Junichi J Vatner Dorothy E DE Vatner Stephen F SF Abdellatif Maha M
Circulation research 20090305 7
MicroRNAs are posttranscriptional gene regulators that are differentially expressed during various diseases and have been implicated in the underlying pathogenesis. We report here that miR-199a is acutely downregulated in cardiac myocytes on a decline in oxygen tension. This reduction is required for the rapid upregulation of its target, hypoxia-inducible factor (Hif)-1alpha. Replenishing miR-199a during hypoxia inhibits Hif-1alpha expression and its stabilization of p53 and, thus, reduces apopt ...[more]