Abimbola Juliet Aminu

Ms. Abimbola Juliet Aminu


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2021 in Applied Sciences
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AAAbimbola Juliet Aminu
Abimbola Juliet Aminu
MPMaria Petkova
Maria Petkova
WCWeixuan Chen
Weixuan Chen
ZYZeyuan Yin
Zeyuan Yin
VKVladislav S Kuzmin
Vladislav S Kuzmin
HDHalina Dobrzynski
Halina Dobrzynski
The sinus node (SN) is the heart’s primary pacemaker and has a unique expression of pacemaking ion channels and immune cell markers. The role of microribonucleic acids (miRNAs) in control of ion channels and immune function of the sinus node is not well understood. We have recently shown that hsa-miR-486-3p downregulates the main pacemaking channel HCN4 in the SN. In addition, we recently demonstrated that immune cells are significantly more abundant in the SN compared to the right atrium. The aim of this study was to validate the previously predicted interactions between miRNAs and mRNAs of key Ca2+ ion channels (involved in peacemaking) and mRNA of TPSAB1—(a mast cells marker) using luciferase assay. We now show that miR-486 significantly downregulates Cav1.3, Cav3.1, and TPSAB1-mediated luciferase activity, while miR-938 significantly downregulates only TPSAB1-mediated luciferase activity. This makes miR-486-3p a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of SN dysfunctions.