Journal
CELLS
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells9020398
Keywords
human mesenchymal stem cells; RNA sequencing; circular RNA; miRNA; piwi-interacting RNA; dexamethasone; differentiation; transcriptome; non-coding RNA
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- AO Foundation via an AOTRAUMA Network grant
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The goal of the present study is to identify the differential expression of circular RNA (circRNA), miRNA, and piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) after lineage commitment towards osteo- and chondrogenesis of human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs). The cells were maintained for 7 days in either osteogenic or chondrogenic medium. RNA sequencing was performed to assess the expression of miRNA and piRNA, while RNA hybridization arrays were used to identify which circRNA were differentially expressed. qPCR validation of a selection of targets for both osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation was carried out. The differential expression of several circRNA, miRNA, and piRNA was identified and validated. The expression of total and circular isoforms of FKBP5 was upregulated both in osteo- and chondrogenesis and it was influenced by the presence of dexamethasone. ZEB1, FADS2, and SMYD3 were also identified as regulated in differentiation and/or by dexamethasone. In conclusion, we have identified a set of different non-coding RNAs that are differentially regulated in early osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation, paving the way for further investigation to understand how dexamethasone controls the expression of those genes and what their function is in MSC differentiation.
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