Journal: Circulation research
Article Title: Exosomal microRNA-21-5p Mediates Mesenchymal Stem Cell Paracrine Effects on Human Cardiac Tissue Contractility
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.312420
Figure Lengend Snippet: hECTs treated with miR-scr-con vs miR-21-5p (A and B) and hMSC-exo:miR-scr-con vs hMSC-exo:miR-21-5p-KD (C and D) were snap-frozen for qRT-PCR on day 5 post-treatment, where expression of (A and C) cardiac-specific, calcium handling, and (B and D) apoptotic genes were studied. P values from 1-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey test (n=3–5). E, Western blot of hPSC-CM monolayers treated for 48 h with miR-21-5p or miR-scr-con. In all panels, *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001. BAX indicates BCL2-associated × protein; BCL2, B-cell lymphoma 2; Casp, caspase; cTnT, cardiac troponin-T; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase; LTCC, L-type calcium channel; MHC, myosin heavy chain; SERCA2a, sarcoendoplasmic reticulum calcium-ATPase; and WCL, whole-cell lysate.
Article Snippet: 6 Baseline functional analysis was performed on culture day 5, followed by a single treatment with either (1) serum-free defined media (SFDM), (2) fresh hMSC conditioned SFDM media, (3) exosome-depleted hMSC conditioned SFDM media, (4) hMSC exosome-enriched SFDM (exosome-enriched fraction of the hMSC secretome [hMSC-exo]), (5) SFDM supplemented with 2 nmol/L of naked human miR mimic negative control (miR-scr-con; Thermo Fisher Scientific), (6) SFDM supplemented with 2 nmol/L of naked human miR-21-5p mimic (Thermo Fisher Scientific), (7) exosome-enriched fraction from naked human miR inhibitor negative control (Thermo Fisher Scientific) treated hMSCs (hMSC-exo:miR-scr-con), or (8) exosome-enriched fraction from miR-21-5p inhibitor (Thermo Fisher Scientific) treated hMSCs (hMSC-exo:miR-21-5p-KD).
Techniques: Quantitative RT-PCR, Expressing, Western Blot