Fig. 5: MiR-150 reduces cardiac fibrosis as well as the expression of Col5a1 and Col6a1 after myocardial infarction in part by suppressing Sprr1a.

Representative picrosirius red staining (A) from heart sections in the 6 experimental groups at 8 weeks post-MI and fibrosis quantification (B) in whole left ventricles (LVs). Fibrosis histology images from whole heart longitudinal sections (A: Scale bars: 1 mm) are shown. N = 6 per group. Two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison test. ***P < 0.001 vs. sham for each genotype; #P < 0.05 or ###P < 0.001 vs. WT or miR-150 KO. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. qRT-PCR analysis of profibrotic Col5a1 (C) or Col6a1 (D) expression in ischemic areas from WT, miR-150 KO, and miR-150 KO;Sprr1ahypo/hypo mouse hearts at 8 weeks post-MI. Data are shown as the fold change of gene expression normalized to Gapdh. N = 6 per group. Two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison test. **P < 0.01 or ***P < 0.001 vs. sham for each genotype; #P < 0.05, ##P < 0.01, or ###P < 0.001 vs. WT or miR-150 KO. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM.