circMYO9A_006通过翻译蛋白MYO9A-208aa发挥抑制心肌细胞肥大的作用

circ MYO9A_006 inhibits expression of cardiac hypertrophy-related proteins in cardiomyocytes by translating protein MYO9A-208aa

目的:研究环状RNA MYO9A_006(circMYO9A_006)对心肌细胞肥大表型的调控作用及可能机制。方法:利用腺病毒介导在乳小鼠心室肌细胞(NMVCs)中过表达circMYO9A_006,并以腺病毒介导过表达同样带有绿色荧光蛋白标签的空载体为对照,检测NMVCs中心肌肥大相关蛋白β-肌球蛋白重链(β-MHC)、骨骼肌肌动蛋白α1(ACTA1)和心房钠尿肽(ANP)的表达。建立去氧肾上腺素(PE)诱导的乳大鼠心室肌细胞(NRVCs)肥大模型,通过鬼笔环肽染色检测过表达circMYO9A_006对NRVCs表面积的影响。双萤光素酶报告基因实验检测circMYO9A_006包含的潜在内部核糖体进入位点(IRES)的活性。通过Western blot实验检测circMYO9A_006翻译蛋白MYO9A-208aa及其在细胞内分布情况。分别制备circMYO9A_006-ORF(直接表达MYO9A-208aa)和circMYO9A_006-ATG-mut(不能表达MYO9A-208aa)重组病毒,以空载体病毒和circMYO9A_006重组病毒分别感染NRVCs,检测circMYO9A_006翻译蛋白MYO9A-208aa对心肌细胞肥大表型的特异调节作用。结果:利用腺病毒可在NMVCs中有效介导circMYO9A_006过表达。过表达circMYO9A_006可显著抑制NMVCs中心肌肥大相关蛋白的表达(P<0.01),并显著抑制PE诱导的NRVCs中心肌肥大相关蛋白的表达和细胞表面积的增加(P<0.05)。双萤光素酶报告基因实验结果提示,circMYO9A_006包含的2个IRES均具有活性。Western blot检测结果显示,在NRVCs中过表达circMYO9A_006可翻译预期大小为28 kD的MYO9A-208aa蛋白,并主要分布于细胞质中。过表达MYO9A-208aa和circMYO9A_006可一致地抑制NRVCs心肌肥大相关蛋白表达(P<0.01),并可逆转PE诱导的NRVCs肥大反应(P<0.05);而过表达circMYO9A_006-ATG-mut没有抑制NRVCs肥大的作用。结论:circMYO9A_006通过翻译蛋白MYO9A-208aa发挥抑制心肌细胞肥大的作用。

AIM:To investigate the effect of circular RNA MYO9A-006(circMYO9A_006)on hypertrophic phenotype of cardiomyocytes and the underlying mechanism.METHODS:The effect of adenovirus-mediated overexpression of circMYO9A_006 on the expression of hypertrophy-related proteins,includingβ-myosin heavy chain(β-MHC),skeletal muscle actin alpha 1(ACTA1)and atrial natriuretic peptide(ANP),was evaluated in neonatal mouse ventricular cardiomyocytes(NMVCs).Moreover,a neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocyte(NRVC)model of phenylephrine(PE)-induced hypertrophy was established.The effect of circMYO9A_006 overexpression on NRVC size was ascertained using Phalloidin-iFluor 647 staining method.Dual-luciferase reporter assay was employed to measure the activity of potential internal ribosome entry sites(IRES)in circMYO9A_006.The translation and intracellular location of the circMYO9A_006-translated protein,MYO9A-208aa,were verified using Western blot.To investigate the role of MYO9A-208aa in the effect of circMYO9A_006 on the cardiomyocyte hypertrophic phenotype,we prepared and used the following adenoviruses:the recombinant circMYO9A_006-ORF adenovirus to express MYO9A-208aa,the recombinant circMYO9A_006-ATGmut adenovirus that does not express MYO9A-208aa,the recombinant circMYO9A_006 adenovirus,and the adenovirus vector control.These were then employed to infect NRVCs.RESULTS:Successful adenovirus-mediated overexpression of circMYO9A_006 was observed in NMVCs.The increased expression of circMYO9A_006 notably reduced the expression of hypertrophy-related proteins in NMVCs(P<0.01).Concurrently,overexpression of circMYO9A_006 substantially reduced the expression of hypertrophy-associated proteins and diminished the size of PE-induced NRVCs(P<0.05).Dualluciferase reporter assay identified the activity of 2 IRES in circMYO9A_006.Western blot results indicated that circMYO9A_006 could produce the MYO9A-208aa protein with an anticipated molecular weight of 28 kD in NRVCs,primarily found in the cytoplasm.Elevated expression of both circMYO9A_006 and MYO9A-208aa consistently reduced the expression of hypertrophy-associated proteins(P<0.01),and counteracted the enlarged size of PE-induced NRVCs(P<0.05).However,increased expression of circMYO9A_006-ATG-mut did not counteract the PE-induced hypertrophic phenotype of NRVCs.CONCLUSION:circMYO9A_006 attenuates the hypertrophic phenotype of cardiomyocytes by synthesizing the MYO9A-208aa protein.