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HEPATOLOGY
卷 49, 期 2, 页码 618-626出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22656
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- Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Pediatric Liver Center
- Children Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation
- National Institutes of Health [K08DK070881]
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression through partial or complete complementarity with target messenger RNAs. The function of miRNAs in normal liver physiology is largely unknown. We address the role of Dicer1 in the differentiated liver. We derived mice lacking Dicer1 function in hepatocytes and assessed the loss of mature miRNA via quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Gene expression microarray analysis was performed on liver RNA from mutant and control mice. Liver sections from mutant and control mice were examined and liver function tests were performed. Mice lacking Dicer1 function in hepatocytes appeared and behaved normally. Despite the loss of mature miRNAs, hepatic Function was maintained, as reflected by normal blood glucose, albumin, cholesterol, and bilirubin. However, mutant mice between 2 and 4 months of age exhibited progressive hepatocyte damage with elevated serum alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase. Liver mass was increased in mutant mice, as were cellular markers of both proliferation and apoptosis. Microarray analysis indicated large-scale changes in gene expression, with increased expression of many miRNA targets, particularly imprinted genes. Conclusions: Loss of miRNA processing in the liver at late gestation has a remarkably mild phenotype, suggesting that miRNAs do not play an essential role in hepatic function. However, miRNA deficiency results in hepatocyte apoptosis, hepatocyte regeneration, and portal inflammation. Finally, microarray analysis of gene expression in the mutant liver supports a previously hypothesized role for Dicer1 in the repression of imprinted genes. (HEPATOLOGY 2009;49:618-626.)
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