Control of post-translational modifications in antithrombin during murine post-natal development by miR-200a

  • Raúl Teruel
  • , Irene Martínez-Martínez
  • , José A. Guerrero
  • , Rocío González-Conejero
  • , María E. De La Morena-Barrio
  • , Salam Salloum-Asfar
  • , Ana B. Arroyo
  • , Sonia Águila
  • , Nuria García-Barberá
  • , Antonia Miñano
  • , Vicente Vicente
  • , Javier Corral
  • , Constantino Martínez*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: Developmental haemostatic studies may help identifying new elements involved in the control of key haemostatic proteins like antithrombin, the most relevant endogenous anticoagulant. Results: In this study, we showed a significant reduction of sialic acid content in neonatal antithrombin compared with adult antithrombin in mice. mRNA levels of St3gal3 and St3gal4, two sialyltransferases potentially involved in antithrombin sialylation, were 85% lower in neonates in comparison with adults. In silico analysis of miRNAs overexpressed in neonates revealed that mir-200a might target these sialyltransferases. Moreover, in vitro studies in murine primary hepatocytes sustain this potential control. Conclusions: These data suggest that in addition to the direct protein regulation, microRNAs may also modulate qualitative traits of selected proteins by an indirect control of post-translational processes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number29
JournalJournal of Biomedical Science
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Antithrombin
  • Microarray
  • Post-natal development
  • Post-translational modifications
  • Sialytransferases
  • miRNAs

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