一类新的调控心律失常发生的靶点——microRNAs
A novel target for the regulation of cardiac arrhythmias ― microRNAs
-
摘要:
microRNAs (miRNAs) 是一类长约22个核苷酸的非编码小分子RNA, 通过与靶蛋白mRNA 3' 端非编码区的不完全互补结合, 抑制靶mRNA转录后的表达。最近大量研究显示miRNA在心脏病理、生理过程中发挥重要的调控作用, 尤其与心律失常的发生、发展密切相关。miRNA过度上调或下调可引起离子通道蛋白表达紊乱, 致离子通道平衡失调, 诱发心律失常。本文将从与心律失常发生相关的心肌缺血、心肌肥厚和糖尿病心肌病三个方面就miRNA在心律失常中的调控作用作一综述。旨在揭示miRNA变化在心脏疾病发生、发展中的重要地位, 并探讨以miRNA为靶点防治心律失常以及心源性猝死的可行性。
Abstract:microRNAs are one kind of endogenous no-encoding RNA with about 22 nucleotides in length, and inhibited the translation of mRNAs by partially complementary binding to the 3' UTR of target mRNAs in the post-transcriptional level. Recent research shows that miRNAs function in the physiological and pathological processes of heart, especially involved in the occurrence and progress of arrhythmias. Abnormal miRNAs alters the protein expression of ion channels, causes the cardiac dysfunction, and triggers heart arrhythmias. The article summarized recent advances about roles of miRNA in arrhythmias and related cardiomyopathy, and discussed the therapeutic potential of miRNAs for heart diseases.
下载: