miR-27a promotes osteogenic differentiation in glucocorticoid-treated human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells by targeting PI3K
- 2 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Molecular Histology
- Vol. 52 (2), 1-10
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10735-020-09947-9
Abstract
MicroRNA-27a (miR-27a) modulates osteogenic differentiation (OD); however, the mechanism by which it influences osteoclastic activity in the glucocorticoid (GC)-elicited osteoporotic bone is still unclear. Bone marrow was obtained from the proximal femur of patients (n = 3) with a femoral neck fracture and those (n = 3) with steroid-related osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH). GC was applied to an established ONFH cell model from human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs). The miR-27a expression profiles were found to be downregulated in ONFH samples and GC-induced hBMSCs using microarray analysis and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, whereas the OD capacity of hBMSCs was significantly reduced in the GC group compared with the control group. Subsequent transfection of an miR-27a mimic in hBMSCs revealed that the OD capacity of cells was remarkably strengthened in the GC group compared with the miR-control group. Bioinformatics software (TargetScan) predicted that phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) might be a potential miR-27a target, which was indicated by dual-luciferase reporter assay. Compared with the control group, the GC group exhibited a significantly downregulated protein expression level of PI3K and its downstream protein kinase B (Akt) and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) expression. Furthermore, administration of 10 μM 740 Y-P, a cell-permeable phosphopeptide activator of PI3K, to hBMSCs increased the expression of Akt and mTOR. Treatment with 740 Y-P reversed the effect of miR-27a on OD in hBMSCs. In conclusion, miR-27a is thought to relieve ONFH and the OD repression in GC-induced hBMSCs by targeting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway.Keywords
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