PMID- 34120306 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220207 LR - 20240226 IS - 1559-0259 (Electronic) IS - 1530-7905 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 9 DP - 2021 Sep TI - MicroRNA-17-5p Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy by Targeting Mfn2 to Inhibit Autophagy. PG - 759-771 LID - 10.1007/s12012-021-09667-w [doi] AB - Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is the leading cause of heart failure, and miRNAs have been recognized as key factors in cardiac hypertrophy. This study aimed to elucidate whether miR-17-5p affects cardiac hypertrophy by targeting the mitochondrial fusion protein mitofusin 2 (Mfn2)-mediated phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway and regulating autophagy. miR-17-5p expression was shown to be upregulated both in vivo and in vitro. In addition, a miR-17-5p inhibitor significantly reversed AngII-induced cell hypertrophy in neonatal rat left ventricle myocytes (NRVMs). In contrast to miR-17-5p expression, Mfn2 expression was inhibited in rat hearts at 4 weeks after transverse aortic constriction (TAC) and in an Ang II-induced cell hypertrophy model. We examined miR-17-5p targeting of Mfn2 by dual luciferase reporter and Western blot assays. In addition, we also verified the relationship between Mfn2 and the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. Mfn2 overexpression attenuated miR-17-5p-induced cell hypertrophy, and in rat myocardial tissue, miR-17-5p induced autophagy inhibition. In summary, the results of the present study demonstrated that miR-17-5p inhibits Mfn2 expression, activates the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway and suppresses autophagy to promote cardiac hypertrophy. CI - (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Xu, Xuan AU - Xu X AD - Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China. AD - Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Su, Yi-Ling AU - Su YL AD - Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Shi, Jia-Yu AU - Shi JY AD - Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Lu, Qi AU - Lu Q AD - Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China. luqint@sina.com. FAU - Chen, Chu AU - Chen C AD - Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu, China. chenchu_xiaoxiao@126.com. LA - eng GR - no. 2016-WSN-103/Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province/ GR - JC2018082/Nantong Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (CN)/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210612 PL - United States TA - Cardiovasc Toxicol JT - Cardiovascular toxicology JID - 101135818 RN - 0 (MIRN17 microRNA, rat) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Proteins) RN - 11128-99-7 (Angiotensin II) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (mTOR protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.1.137 (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (GTP Phosphohydrolases) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Mfn2 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Angiotensin II/toxicity MH - Animals MH - *Autophagy/drug effects MH - Cardiomegaly/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - GTP Phosphohydrolases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Male MH - MicroRNAs/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Rats OTO - NOTNLM OT - Autophagy OT - Cardiac hypertrophy OT - Mfn2 OT - MicroRNA-17-5p OT - PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway EDAT- 2021/06/14 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/08 06:00 CRDT- 2021/06/13 21:07 PHST- 2020/10/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/13 21:07 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s12012-021-09667-w [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12012-021-09667-w [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2021 Sep;21(9):759-771. doi: 10.1007/s12012-021-09667-w. Epub 2021 Jun 12.