Project description:As the fetal heart develops, cardiomyocyte proliferation potential decreases while fatty acid oxidative capacity increases, a highly regulated transition known as cardiac maturation. Small noncoding RNAs, such as microRNAs (miRNAs), contribute to the establishment and control of tissue-specific transcriptional programs. However, small RNA expression dynamics and genome wide miRNA regulatory networks controlling maturation of the human fetal heart remain poorly understood. Transcriptome profiling of small RNAs revealed the temporal expression patterns of miRNA, piRNA, circRNA, snoRNA, snRNA and tRNA in the developing human heart between 8 and 19 weeks of gestation. Our analysis revealed that miRNAs were the most dynamically expressed small RNA species throughout mid-gestation. Cross-referencing differentially expressed miRNAs and mRNAs predicted 6,200 mRNA targets, 2134 of which were upregulated and 4066 downregulated as gestation progresses. Moreover, we found that downregulated targets of upregulated miRNAs predominantly control cell cycle progression, while upregulated targets of downregulated miRNAs are linked to energy sensing and oxidative metabolism. Furthermore, integration of miRNA and mRNA profiles with proteomes and reporter metabolites revealed that proteins encoded in mRNA targets, and their associated metabolites, mediate fatty acid oxidation and are enriched as the heart develops.This study revealed the small RNAome of the maturing human fetal heart. Furthermore, our findings suggest that coordinated activation and repression of miRNA expression throughout mid-gestation is essential to establish a dynamic miRNA-mRNA-protein network that decreases cardiomyocyte proliferation potential while increasing the oxidative capacity of the maturing human fetal heart.
Project description:We generated the SRSF10 -/- mice, and collected their embryonic heart at 13.5 and controls. Then, we extracted RNAs of embryonic heart and performed next generation sequencing. By comparing sequcing data from WT and SRSF10 -/- samples, we profiled the alternative splicing events and gene expression regulated by SRSF10 during mouse heart development process. E13.5 embryonic heart mRNA profiles of wild type (WT) and SRSF10-/- mice were generated by deep sequencing, using Illumina HiSeq2000.
Project description:Purpose: To identify miRNA expresssion profiles in E9.5 mouse embryonic heart Methods: Total RNA of E9.5 heart were extracted with TRIZOL, miRNA deep sequencing were performed in using Illumina Hiseq 2500, SE50 (RIBOBIO, http://www.ribobio.com/), producing over 10 million reads from each sample. Clean reads were mapped to mouse genome (mm9), using miRDeep2 Results: MiRNAs that were highly expressed in E9.5 embryonic heart were identified Conclusions: Results provide insight into the role of miRNAs function in E9.5 embryonic heart development
