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. 2016 May 18;17(5):749. doi: 10.3390/ijms17050749

Table 1.

Summary of reported miRNAs and their targets in cardiac hypertrophy.

miRNAs Targets miRNA–mRNA Interaction Platforms Remarks References
mRNA Signaling Pathway Luciferase Assay Gain/Loss of Function
Anti-hypertrophic
miR-1 Fbln2 ECM + + AAB rat [11]
Twf1 ECM + + NRCMs [10]
Igf1 PI3K-Akt + + TAC mouse and AAC rat [43,44]
Fabp3 PPAR + + NMCMs and TAC mouse [45]
miR-101 Rab1a MAPKK + + TAAC rat [12]
miR-133 RhoA cGMP-PKG + + NMCMs and TAC mouse [13]
Cdc42 MAPK + + NMCMs and TAC mouse
Nelfa/Whsc2 Transcription + + NMCMs and TAC mouse
miR-145 GATA6 cGMP-PKG + + NRCMs and TAC mouse [14]
miR-150 p300 FoxO + + NRCMs [15]
miR-185 Camk2d Calcium + + NRVMs and TAC mouse [16]
Ncx1 cGMP-PKG + + NRVMs and TAC mouse
Nfatc3 cGMP-PKG + + NRVMs and TAC mouse
miR-223 Tni3k + + NRCMs and TAC mouse [46]
miR-26b GATA4 cGMP-PKG + + NRCMs and TAC mouse [18]
miR-30-3p Xbp1 VEGF + + H9c2 cells and AAC rat [40]
miR-34a Atg9a Autophagy + NRCMs and TAAC rat [19]
miR-378 Mapk1 MAPK + + NRCMs and TAC mouse [20]
Igf1r MAPK + + NRCMs and TAC mouse
Grb2 MAPK + + NRCMs and TAC mouse
Ksr1 MAPK + + NRCMs and TAC mouse
miR-9 Myocardin cGMP-PKG + NRCMs [21]
miR-98 Cyclin D2 PI3K-AKT + NRCMs [22]
Pro-hypertrophic
miR-155 Tp53inp1 p53 + + NMCFs and AMI mouse [23]
miR-199a Gsk3β PI3K-AKT + + NRCMs and TG mouse [25]
miR-199b Dyrk1a calcineurin/NFAT + + NRCMs and TAC mouse [27]
miR-19a/b Atrogin1 calcineurin/NFAT + + NRCMs and TAC mouse [24]
Murf1 PKC + + NRCMs and TAC mouse
miR-208a Thrap1 Thyroid hormone + + NRCMs, TAC and TG mouse [28]
Myostatin Cell growth/Differentation + + NRCMs, TAC and TG mouse
miR-21 Pten PI3K-AKT + Human glomerular mesangial cells [47]
miR-21-3p Hdac8 AKT/GSK3β + + TAC mouse [30]
miR-212/132 family Foxo3 PI3K-Akt + + H9c2 cells and TAC mouse [32]
miR-22 Sirt1 AMPK + + NRCMs, miR-22 KO mouse [36]
Hdac4 AMPK + + NRCMs, miR-22 KO mouse
Pten PI3K-AKT + + NRCMs [35]
miR-221 p27 PI3K-AKT + + NRCM, TAC mouse [17]
miR-23a Foxo3a PI3K-AKT + NMCMs, TAC and TG mouse [33]
Lpa1 PI3K-AKT + + NRCMs [34]
miR-27b Pparγ PPAR + + NRCMs, TAC and TG mouse [38]
miR-30a Beclin 1 Autophagy + + NRCMs, TAAC rat [39]
miR-328 Serca2a cGMP-PKG + + NRVCs, TAC and TG mouse [41]
miR-350 Mapk11/14 MAPK + + H9c2 cells and TAC rats [42]
Mapk8/9 MAPK + + H9c2 cells and TAC rats

Abbreviations for mRNAs: Fbln2, Fibulin 2; Twf1, Twinfilin 1; Igf1, Insulin-like growth factor 1; Fabp3, Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3; Rab1a, Ras-related protein Rab 1a; Rhoa, Ras homolog family member A; Cdc42, Cell Division Cycle 42; Nelfa/Whsc2, Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome candidate 2 protein; GATA6, GATA binding protein 6; p300, E1A binding protein p300; Camk2d, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II delta; Ncx1, sodium/calcium exchanger 1; Nfatc3, Nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic, calcineurin dependent 3; Tnni3k, Troponin I type 3 interacting kinase; GATA4, GATA binding protein 4; Xbp1, X-box binding protein 1; Atg9a, autophagy-related 9A; Mapk1, mitogen-activated protein kinase 1; Igf1r, insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor; Grb2, Growth factor receptor bound protein 2; Ksr1, kinase suppressor of ras 1; Tp53inp1, tumor protein p53 inducible nuclear protein 1; Gsk3β, glycogen synthase kinase 3 β; Dyrk1a, Dual-specificity tyrosine-(Y)-phosphorylation regulated kinase 1a; Murf1, tripartite motif-containing 63; Thrap1, Mediator complex subunit 13; Pten, phosphatase and tensin homolog; Hdac8, histone deacetylase 8; Foxo3, Forkhead box O3; Sirt1, Sirtuin 1; Hdac4, histone deacetylase 4; Foxo3a, Forkhead box O3A; Lpa1, Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1; Pparγ, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ; Serca2a, Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase 2a; Mapk11/14, mitogen-activated protein kinase 11/14; Mapk8/9, Mitogen-activated protein kinase 8/9. Abbreviations for pathway: ECM, extracellular matrix deposition; PI3K-Akt, phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase-protein kinase B; PPAR, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor; cGMP-PKG, cyclic guanosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase G; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; Akt-Gsk3β, protein kinase B-Glycogen synthase kinase 3 β; FoxO, Forkhead box; MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase; p53, tumor protein p53; NFAT, nuclear factor of activated T-cells; PKC, protein kinase C; AMPK, AMP-activated protein kinase. Abbreviations for platforms: AAB rat, abdominal aortic banding rat; NRCMs, neonatal rat cardiomyocytes; TAC mouse, transverse aortic constriction mouse; ACC mouse, abdominal aortic constriction mouse; NMCMs, neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes; TAAC rat, transverse abdominal aortic constriction; NRVMs, neonatal rat ventricular myocytes; H9c2 cells, rat myoblast cells; NMCFs, Neonatal mouse cardiac fibroblasts; AMI mouse, acute myocardial infarction mouse; TG mouse, transgenic mouse; KO mouse, knockout mouse; NRVCs, neonatal rat ventricular cells. +/− indicates with or without experimental results to support the regulatory effect of microRNAs on target gene expressions respectively.