β-arrestin-biased agonism of β-adrenergic receptor regulates Dicer-mediated microRNA maturation to promote cardioprotective signaling

Jian Peng Teoh, Ahmed S. Bayoumi, Tatsuya Aonuma, Yanyan Xu, John A. Johnson, Huabo Su, Neal L. Weintraub, Yaoliang Tang, Il Man Kim

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Abstract

Rationale: MicroRNAs (miRs) are small, non-coding RNAs that function to post-transcriptionally regulate target genes. First transcribed as primary miR transcripts (pri-miRs), they are enzymatically processed by Drosha into premature miRs (pre-miRs) and further cleaved by Dicer into mature miRs. Initially discovered to desensitize β-adrenergic receptor (βAR) signaling, β-arrestins are now well-appreciated to modulate multiple pathways independent of G protein signaling, a concept known as biased signaling. Using the β-arrestin-biased βAR ligand carvedilol, we previously showed that β-arrestin1 (not β-arrestin2)-biased β1AR (not β2AR) cardioprotective signaling stimulates Drosha-mediated processing of six miRs by forming a multi-protein nuclear complex, which includes β-arrestin1, the Drosha microprocessor complex and a single-stranded RNA binding protein hnRNPA1. Objective: Here, we investigate whether β-arrestin-mediated βAR signaling induced by carvedilol could regulate Dicer-mediated miR maturation in the cytoplasm and whether this novel mechanism promotes cardioprotective signaling. Methods and results: In mouse hearts, carvedilol indeed upregulates three mature miRs, but not their pre-miRs and pri-miRs, in a β-arrestin 1- or 2-dependent manner. Interestingly, carvedilol-mediated activation of miR-466g or miR-532-5p, and miR-674 is dependent on β2ARs and β1ARs, respectively. Mechanistically, β-arrestin 1 or 2 regulates maturation of three newly identified βAR/β-arrestin-responsive miRs (β-miRs) by associating with the Dicer maturation RNase III enzyme on three pre-miRs of β-miRs. Myocardial cell approaches uncover that despite their distinct roles in different cell types, β-miRs act as gatekeepers of cardiac cell functions by repressing deleterious targets. Conclusions: Our findings indicate a novel role for βAR-mediated β-arrestin signaling activated by carvedilol in Dicer-mediated miR maturation, which may be linked to its protective mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)225-236
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of molecular and cellular cardiology
Volume118
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2018

Keywords

  • RNA binding proteins
  • carvedilol
  • dicer
  • heart disease
  • microRNA biogenesis
  • β-arrestin-biased β-adrenergic receptor signaling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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