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Cardiomyocyte Lineage Specification in Adult Human Cardiac Precursor Cells Via Modulation of Enhancer-Associated Long Noncoding RNA Expression

The mechanisms controlling differentiation in adult cardiac precursor cells (CPCs) are still largely unknown. In this study, CPCs isolated from the human heart were found to produce predominantly smooth muscle cells but could be redirected to the cardiomyocyte fate by transient activation followed b...

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Autores principales: Plaisance, Isabelle, Perruchoud, Stéphanie, Fernandez-Tenorio, Miguel, Gonzales, Christine, Ounzain, Samir, Ruchat, Patrick, Nemir, Mohamed, Niggli, Ernst, Pedrazzini, Thierry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5916868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29707678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacbts.2016.06.008
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Sumario:The mechanisms controlling differentiation in adult cardiac precursor cells (CPCs) are still largely unknown. In this study, CPCs isolated from the human heart were found to produce predominantly smooth muscle cells but could be redirected to the cardiomyocyte fate by transient activation followed by inhibition of NOTCH signaling. NOTCH inhibition repressed MIR-143/145 expression, and blocked smooth muscle differentiation. Expression of the microRNAs is under control of CARMEN, a long noncoding RNA associated with an enhancer located in the MIR-143/145 locus and target of NOTCH signaling. The CARMEN/MIR-145/143 axis represents, therefore, a promising target to favor production of cardiomyocytes in cell replacement therapies.