iScience (Feb 2024)

Comprehensive characterization of small noncoding RNA profiles in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension (HPH) rat tissues

  • Jun Wang,
  • Jiahao Kuang,
  • Shasha Zhang,
  • Zixin Liu,
  • Qianwen Guo,
  • Shujin Li,
  • Lin Qiu,
  • Gaohui Fu,
  • Xinyang Lin,
  • Jiayu Wu,
  • Jinglin Tian,
  • Jinyong Huang,
  • Yanqin Niu,
  • Kang Kang,
  • Yunhui Zhang,
  • Deming Gou

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 2
p. 108815

Abstract

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Summary: Hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension (HPH) is a fatal cardiovascular disease characterized by an elevation in pulmonary artery pressure, resulting in right ventricular dysfunction and eventual heart failure. Exploring the pathogenesis of HPH is crucial, and small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) are gaining recognition as potential regulators of cellular responses to hypoxia. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of sncRNA profiles in eight tissues of male HPH rats using high-throughput sequencing. Our study unveiled several sncRNAs, with the brain, kidney, and spleen exhibiting the highest abundance of microRNA (miRNA), tRNA-derived small RNA (tDR), and small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA), respectively. Moreover, we identified numerous tissue-specific and hypoxia-responsive sncRNAs, particularly miRNAs and tDRs. Interestingly, we observed arm switching in miRNAs under hypoxic conditions and a significant increase in the abundance of 5′ tRNA-halves among the total tDRs during hypoxia. Overall, our study provides a comprehensive characterization of the sncRNA profiles in HPH rats.

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