期刊
ENDOCRINE
卷 45, 期 2, 页码 302-310出版社
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-013-9986-y
关键词
miR-17-92; Osteoblasts; Proliferation; Differentiation
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81072190, 81101920]
- Science & Technology Department of Sichuan Province [2010SZ0168]
- Ministry of Education of the People Republic of China [[2011]1139]
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been identified to play important functions during osteoblast proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. The miR-17 similar to 92 cluster is highly conserved in all vertebrates. Loss-of-function of the miR-17-92 cluster results in smaller embryos and immediate postnatal death of all animals. Germline hemizygous deletions of MIR17HG are accounted for microcephaly, short stature, and digital abnormalities in a few cases of Feingold syndrome. These reports indicate that miR-17 similar to 92 may play important function in skeletal development and mature. To determine the functional roles of miR-17 similar to 92 in bone metabolism as well as osteoblast proliferation and differentiation. Murine embryonic stem cells D3 and osteoprogenitor cell line MC3T3-E1 were induced to differentiate into osteoblasts; the expression of miR-17-92 was assayed by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. The skeletal phenotypes were assayed in mice heterozygous for miR-17 similar to 92 (miR-17 similar to 92 (+/Delta) ). To determine the possibly direct function of miR-17 similar to 92 in bone cells, osteoblasts from miR-17 similar to 92 (+/Delta) mice were investigated by ex vivo cell culture. miR-17, miR-92a, and miR-20a within miR-17-92 cluster were expressed at high level in bone tissue and osteoblasts. The expression of miR-17-92 was down-regulated along with osteoblast differentiation, the lowest level was found in mature osteoblasts. Compared to wildtype controls, miR-17-92 (+/Delta) mice showed significantly lower trabecular and cortical bone mineral density, bone volume and trabecular number at 10 weeks old. mRNA expression of Runx2 and type I collagen was significantly lower in bone from miR-17-92 (+/Delta) mice. Osteoblasts from miR-17-92 (+/Delta) mice showed lower proliferation rate, ALP activity and less calcification. Our research suggests that the miR-17-92 cluster critically regulates bone metabolism, and this regulation is mostly through its function in osteoblasts.
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