Journal: Cells
Article Title: Silencing of circCacna1c Inhibits ISO-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy through miR-29b-2-5p/NFATc1 Axis
doi: 10.3390/cells12121667
Figure Lengend Snippet: CircCacna1c competitively binds to miR-29b-2-5p. ( a ) Target miRNAs of circCacna1c predicated by Arraystar’s homemade miRNA target prediction software based on TargetScan and miRanda. ( b ) The expression of miR-29b-2-5p and miR-669a-5p in ISO-induced heart tissue. T -test was used for statistical analysis, n = 3–5. ( c ) Potential binding sites of miR-29b-2-5p on the circCacna1c sequence. ( d ) The expression of miR-29b-2-5p in H9c2 cells after knockdown of circCacna1c with/without ISO treatment. One-way ANOVA was used for statistical analysis, n = 3. ( e ) Verification of miR-29b-2-5p as sponged targets of circCacna1c by dual-luciferase reporter assay. Left: mutated nucleotides on the binding sites of circCacna1c with miR-29b-2-5p (shown as red letters); Right: the statistical chart of relative luciferase activity. T -test was used for statistical analysis, n = 3. Data are shown as mean ± SEM. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01. ISO: isoprenaline hydrochloride; WT: wild type; MUT: mutant.
Article Snippet: We then applied TargetScan and miRanda from Arraystar, which predicated five miRNAs that are targeted by circCacna1c, namely miR-135a-2-3p, miR-6914-5p, miR-5126, miR-29b-2-5p, and miR-669a-5p ( a and ).
Techniques: Software, Expressing, Binding Assay, Sequencing, Knockdown, Luciferase, Reporter Assay, Activity Assay, Mutagenesis