Novel Transcriptomic Interactomes of Noncoding RNAs in the Heart under Altered Thyroid Hormonal States

Author(s)

Rajagopalan, V., Chakraborty, S., & Lin, R.

Title

Novel Transcriptomic Interactomes of Noncoding RNAs in the Heart under Altered Thyroid Hormonal States

Date

2023

Publisher

MDPI

Subject

Cancer
Heart
Interactome
Noncoding RNAs
Thyroid hormones
Transcriptome

Language

English

Abstract

Noncoding RNAs are emerging as vital players in cardiovascular diseases. Thyroid hormones (THs) are crucial for cardiovascular survival; however, correction of systemic hypothyroidism (low serum THs) may not improve cardiac tissue-level hypothyroidism or cardiac function. Mechanistically, the understanding of noncoding transcriptomic interactions influencing TH-mediated cardiac effects is unclear. Adult C57BL/6J mixed-sex mice were randomized into Control, Hypothyroid (HypoTH), Hyperthyroid (HyperTH), and HypoTH-Triiodothyronine restoration groups. Physiological, morphological, biochemical, molecular, and whole transcriptomic studies and appropriate statistical analyses were performed. HypoTH showed significant atrophy, depressed cardiac function, and decreased serum THs versus controls, and Triiodothyronine supplementation restored them. HyperTH significantly increased serum THs with hypertrophy. Real-time PCR showed significantly altered inflammatory and immune lncRNAs. The transcriptomic sequencing revealed significant differential expressions of lncRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs. Eleven novel circRNAs significantly decreased with increased THs. Multiple pathways were GO-/KEGG-enriched, including cardiac, thyroid, cancer, mitochondrial, inflammatory, adrenergic, metabolic, immune-mediated, vesicular, etc. We also uncovered significant novel co-expression and interactions of lncRNA-miRNA, lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA, lncRNA-mRNA, circRNA-miRNA, and miRNA-mRNA, and splicing events. This includes a novel pathway by which the predominant cardiac TH receptor alpha may interact with specific lncRNAs and miRNAs. This is the first study reporting a comprehensive transcriptome-wide interactome in the cardiac-thyroid axis.

Source

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 24, Issue 7, March 2023, page 6560

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© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Rajagopalan, V., Chakraborty, S., & Lin, R. (2023). Novel Transcriptomic Interactomes of Noncoding RNAs in the Heart under Altered Thyroid Hormonal States. In International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Vol. 24, Issue 7, p. 6560). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076560

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Rajagopalan, V., Chakraborty, S., & Lin, R., Novel Transcriptomic Interactomes of Noncoding RNAs in the Heart under Altered Thyroid Hormonal States. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 24, Issue 7, March 2023, page 6560, New York Tech Institutional Repository, accessed March 29, 2024, https://repository.nyitlibrary.org/items/show/3594

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