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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 325-337Publisher
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1530/JME-14-0314
Keywords
microRNA-199a-5p; glucocorticoids; WNT signaling; osteoblasts; proliferation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81300713]
- Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [14YZ044]
- Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine [13XJ10060]
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The inhibition of osteoblast proliferation by glucocorticoids (GCs) is very important in the etiology of GC-induced osteoporosis. The mechanisms of this process are still not fully understood. The results of recent studies have indicated an important role for microRNAs in GC-mediated responses in various cellular processes, including cell proliferation and apoptosis. Therefore, we developed the hypothesis that these regulatory molecules might be involved in GC-decreased osteoblast proliferation. Western blotting, quantitative realtime PCR, cell proliferation assays, and luciferase assays were employed to investigate the role of miRNAs in GC-inhibited osteoblast proliferation. microRNA-199a-5p was significantly increased in osteoblasts treated with dexamethasone (Dex). To delineate the role of microRNA-199a-5p, we silenced and overexpressed microRNA-199a-5p in osteoblasts. We found that overexpressing microRNA-199a-5p remarkably increased the inhibition effect of Dex on osteoblast proliferation, and depleting microRNA-199a-5p significantly attenuated Dex-inhibited osteoblast proliferation. Results of mechanistic studies indicated that microRNA-199a-5p inhibited FZD4 and WNT2 expression through a microRNA-199a-5p binding site within the 3'-UTR of FZD4 and WNT2. The post-transcriptional repression of FZD4 and WNT2 were further confirmed by luciferase reporter assay. These results indicated that microRNA-199a-5p may play a significant role in GC-inhibited osteoblast proliferation by regulating the WNT signaling pathway.
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