Construction and investigation of a circRNA-associated ceRNA regulatory network in Tetralogy of Fallot,BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

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Construction and investigation of a circRNA-associated ceRNA regulatory network in Tetralogy of Fallot
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders ( IF 2.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-09-14 , DOI: 10.1186/s12872-021-02217-w
Haifei Yu _{1,

2} , Xinrui Wang _{2,

3} , Hua Cao _{1,

2,

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Affiliation

As the most frequent type of cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD), tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) has a relatively poor prognosis without corrective surgery. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) represent a novel class of endogenous noncoding RNAs that regulate target gene expression posttranscriptionally in heart development. Here, we investigated the potential role of the ceRNA network in the pathogenesis of TOF. To identify circRNA expression profiles in TOF, microarrays were used to screen the differentially expressed circRNAs between 3 TOF and 3 control human myocardial tissue samples. Then, a dysregulated circRNA-associated ceRNA network was constructed using the established multistep screening strategy. In summary, a total of 276 differentially expressed circRNAs were identified, including 214 upregulated and 62 downregulated circRNAs in TOF samples. By constructing the circRNA-associated ceRNA network based on bioinformatics data, a total of 19 circRNAs, 9 miRNAs, and 34 mRNAs were further screened. Moreover, by enlarging the sample size, the qPCR results validated the positive correlations between hsa_circ_0007798 and HIF1A. The findings in this study provide a comprehensive understanding of the ceRNA network involved in TOF biology, such as the hsa_circ_0007798/miR-199b-5p/HIF1A signalling axis, and may offer candidate diagnostic biomarkers or potential therapeutic targets for TOF. In addition, we propose that the ceRNA network regulates TOF progression.

更新日期：2021-09-15

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