2021
MicroRNA miR-24-3p reduces DNA damage responses, apoptosis, and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nouws J, Wan F, Finnemore E, Roque W, Kim SJ, Bazan IS, Li CX, Sköld C, Dai Q, Yan X, Chioccioli M, Neumeister V, Britto CJ, Sweasy J, Bindra RS, Wheelock ÅM, Gomez JL, Kaminski N, Lee PJ, Sauler M. MicroRNA miR-24-3p reduces DNA damage responses, apoptosis, and susceptibility to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. JCI Insight 2021, 6: e134218. PMID: 33290275, PMCID: PMC7934877, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.134218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular stress responseStress responseHomology-directed DNA repairDNA damage responseProtein BRCA1Damage responseCellular stressDNA repairProtein BimCOPD lung tissueLung epithelial cellsCellular responsesExpression arraysEpithelial cell apoptosisDNA damageChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBRCA1 expressionCell apoptosisApoptosisEpithelial cellsCritical mechanismMicroRNAsRegulatorObstructive pulmonary diseaseIncreases Susceptibility
2020
Retrograde signaling by a mtDNA-encoded non-coding RNA preserves mitochondrial bioenergetics
Blumental-Perry A, Jobava R, Bederman I, Degar A, Kenche H, Guan B, Pandit K, Perry N, Molyneaux N, Wu J, Prendergas E, Ye Z, Zhang J, Nelson C, Ahangari F, Krokowski D, Guttentag S, Linden P, Townsend D, Miron A, Kang M, Kaminski N, Perry Y, Hatzoglou M. Retrograde signaling by a mtDNA-encoded non-coding RNA preserves mitochondrial bioenergetics. Communications Biology 2020, 3: 626. PMID: 33127975, PMCID: PMC7603330, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01322-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitochondrial genomeNuclear-encoded genesCell type-specific mannerNon-coding RNASteady-state transcriptionMitochondrial energy metabolismControl regionPositive regulationMitochondrial bioenergeticsMitochondria stressMitochondrial functionSpecific mannerAlveolar epithelial type II cellsEnergy metabolismType II cellsEpithelial type II cellsGenomePhysiological stressRNAII cellsCellsMouse lungTranscriptionGenesMitochondria