Research Article

circ_0023461 Silencing Protects Cardiomyocytes from Hypoxia-Induced Dysfunction through Targeting miR-370-3p/PDE4D Signaling

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circ_0023461 directly interacts with miR-370-3p in cardiomyocytes. (a) The downstream miRNA targets of circ_0023461 were predicted by two bioinformatics databases, including starBase and CircInteractome. (b) The expression of 12 miRNAs in circ_0023461-silenced AC16 cells was measured by RT-qPCR. (c) The putative binding sequence between circ_0023461 and miR-370-3p was shown. (d) The transfection efficiency of miR-370-3p mimics in AC16 cells was analyzed by RT-qPCR. (e, f) Dual-luciferase reporter assay and RNA pull-down assay were conducted to validate whether miR-370-3p was a target of circ_0023461. (g) The level of miR-370-3p was examined in the plasma samples of AMI patients () and normal volunteers () by RT-qPCR. (h) RT-qPCR was performed to measure the expression of miR-370-3p in hypoxia-induced AC16 cells. .
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