m6A-mRNA methylation regulates cardiac gene expression and cellular growth

…, A Gorska, C Hofmann, E Varma… - Life science …, 2019 - life-science-alliance.org
Conceptually similar to modifications of DNA, mRNAs undergo chemical modifications, which
can affect their activity, localization, and stability. The most prevalent internal modification …

[HTML][HTML] Translational control of Ybx1 expression regulates cardiac function in response to pressure overload in vivo

E Varma, J Burghaus, T Schwarzl, T Sekaran… - Basic Research in …, 2023 - Springer
RNA–protein interactions are central to cardiac function, but how activity of individual RNA-binding
protein is regulated through signaling cascades in cardiomyocytes during heart …

Muscle‐specific Cand2 is translationally upregulated by mTORC1 and promotes adverse cardiac remodeling

…, E Riechert, C Hofmann, E Malovrh, E Varma… - EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) promotes pathological remodeling in the heart
by activating ribosomal biogenesis and mRNA translation. Inhibition of mTOR in …

[PDF][PDF] Identification of dynamic RNA-binding proteins uncovers a Cpeb4-controlled regulatory cascade during pathological cell growth of cardiomyocytes

…, T Sekaran, L Jürgensen, V Kamuf-Schenk, E Varma… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) control critical aspects of cardiomyocyte function, but the
repertoire of active RBPs in cardiomyocytes during the growth response is largely unknown. We …

Saraf-dependent activation of mTORC1 regulates cardiac growth

A Sanlialp, D Schumacher, L Kiper, E Varma… - Journal of Molecular and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is an independent risk for heart failure (HF) and sudden
death. Deciphering signaling pathways regulating intracellular Ca 2+ homeostasis that control …

Translational Control of Y-Box Binding Protein 1 (Yb-1) During Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy

E Varma, J Burghaus, E Riechert, HA Katus… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Cardiac dysfunction is typically associated with altered signal transduction
pathways in cardiac myocytes, affecting both gene and protein expression. The control of the …

Muscle specific translational control of Cand2 by mTORC1 regulates adverse cardiac remodeling

…, E Riechert, C Hofmann, E Malovrh, E Varma… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a key regulator of pathological remodeling
in the heart by activating ribosomal biogenesis and mRNA translation. Inhibition of mTOR in …

Translational control of Y-box 1 via mTOR pathway during pathological cardiac hypertrophy

E Varma, J Burghaus, X Li, E Riechert, N Frey… - Journal of Molecular and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Our experiments showed that Ybx-1 is upregulated in mice two days after pressure
overload. In our study, we planned to characterize the role of Ybx-1 and identify mRNAs …

mTORC1-dependent translational control of Cand2 leads to transcriptional reprogramming in diseased cardiac myocytes

…, E Riechert, C Hofmann, E Malovrh, E Varma… - Journal of Molecular and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives A cardiomyocyte genome-wide screen approach was used to identify mTOR-dependent
changes in gene expression at the level of mRNA translation that mediates cardiac …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of the cardiomyocyte transcriptome vs translatome by endothelin-1 and insulin: translational regulation of 5' terminal oligopyrimidine tract (TOP) …

T Markou, AK Marshall, TE Cullingford, EL Tham… - BMC genomics, 2010 - Springer
Background Changes in cellular phenotype result from underlying changes in mRNA
transcription and translation. Endothelin-1 stimulates cardiomyocyte hypertrophy with associated …