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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 445, Issue 2, Pages 404-411Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.02.024
Keywords
microRNA; Hepatic; Cytochrome P450; mRNA expression; Transcriptional regulation; Gender
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- Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Grant from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) [K12HD055887]
- Office of Research on Women's Health
- National Institute on Aging, NIH
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microRNA (miRNA) mediated regulation of gene expression has emerged as a significant mechanism contributing to variation in gene expression. In this study, we evaluated the potential role of miRNAs in regulating expression of hepatic cytochromes P450 and their transcriptional regulatory genes. We screened the Targetscan database for high scoring miRNA binding site predictions in selected hepatic DMEs and transcription factors. Expression profiling for candidate miRNAs (n = 22) and their target genes (n = 20) was performed in 50 human liver samples (25 female, 25 male). Significant negative correlations were observed between expression levels of several CYPs/hepatic transcription factors and the hepatic miRNAs studied. Interestingly, hepatic miR-34a demonstrated significant negative correlation with expression levels of multiple hepatic transcription factors (including NR1I2 and HNF4 alpha) and DMEs (CYP3A4, CYP2C19). miR-34a expression was also significantly higher in males than in females in congruence with previous observations of higher CYP3A4 expression in females versus males. A mediation analysis revealed that miR-34a was involved in significant mediation of the association observed between CYP2C19 and several hepatic transcription factors (HNF4 alpha, NR1I2). miR-34a may thus play a key regulatory role and be a key contributory factor to the inter-individual variability observed in expression of key drug metabolizing genes in humans. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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