Abstract
Emerging evidences suggest that necrosis is programmed and is one of the main forms of cell death in the pathological process in cardiac diseases. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as new players in gene regulation. However, it is not yet clear whether lncRNAs can regulate necrosis in cardiomyocytes. Here, we report that a long noncoding RNA, named necrosis-related factor (NRF), regulates cardiomyocytes necrosis by targeting miR-873 and RIPK1 (receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1)/RIPK3 (receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 3). Our results show that RIPK1 and RIPK3 participate in H2O2-induced cardiomyocytes necrosis. miR-873 suppresses the translation of RIPK1/RIPK3 and inhibits RIPK1/RIPK3-mediated necrotic cell death in cardiomyocytes. miR-873 reduces myocardial infarct size upon ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in the animal model. In exploring the molecular mechanism by which miR-873 expression is regulated, we identify NRF as an endogenous sponge RNA and repress miR-873 expression. NRF directly binds to miR-873 and regulates RIPK1/RIPK3 expression and necrosis. Knockdown of NRF antagonizes necrosis in cardiomyocytes and reduces necrosis and myocardial infarction upon I/R injury. Further, we identify that p53 transcriptionally activates NRF expression. P53 regulates cardiomyocytes necrosis and myocardial I/R injury through NRF and miR-873.Our results identify a novel mechanism involving NRF and miR-873 in regulating programmed necrosis in the heart and suggest a potential therapeutic avenue for cardiovascular diseases.
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Abbreviations
- lncRNA:
-
long noncoding RNA
- miRNAs:
-
microRNAs
- H2O2:
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hydrogen peroxide
- I/R:
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ischemia/reperfusion
- PI:
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propidium iodide
- RIPK1:
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receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1
- RIPK3:
-
receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 3
- qRT-PCR:
-
quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
- TP:
-
target protector
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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (81522005, 81270160, 81470522) and Beijing Natural Science Foundation (7142103) and Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (BS2014SW028).
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Wang, K., Liu, F., Liu, CY. et al. The long noncoding RNA NRF regulates programmed necrosis and myocardial injury during ischemia and reperfusion by targeting miR-873. Cell Death Differ 23, 1394–1405 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/cdd.2016.28
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