Redundant miR-3077-5p and miR-705 mediate the shift of mesenchymal stem cell lineage commitment to adipocyte in osteoporosis bone marrow
Open Access
- 18 April 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Cell Death & Disease
- Vol. 4 (4), e600
- https://doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2013.130
Abstract
During the process of aging, especially for postmenopausal females, the cell lineage commitment of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) shift to adipocyte in bone marrow, resulting in osteoporosis. However, the cell-intrinsic mechanism of this cell lineage commitment switch is poorly understood. As the post-transcription regulation by microRNAs (miRNAs) has a critical role in MSCs differentiation and bone homeostasis, we performed comprehensive miRNAs profiling and found miR-705 and miR-3077-5p were significantly enhanced in MSCs from osteoporosis bone marrow. Both miR-705 and miR-3077-5p acted as inhibitors of MSCs osteoblast differentiation and promoters of adipocyte differentiation, by targeting on the 3′untranslated region (3′UTR) of HOXA10 and RUNX2 mRNA separately. Combined inhibition of miR-705 and miR-3077-5p rescued the cell lineage commitment disorder of MSCs through restoring HOXA10 and RUNX2 protein level. Furthermore, we found excessive TNFα and reactive oxygen species caused by estrogen deficiency led to the upregulation of both miRNAs through NF-κB pathway. In conclusion, our findings showed that redundant miR-705 and miR-3077-5p synergistically mediated the shift of MSCs cell lineage commitment to adipocyte in osteoporosis bone marrow, providing new insight into the etiology of osteoporosis at the post-transcriptional level. Moreover, the rescue of MSCs lineage commitment disorder by regulating miRNAs expression suggested a novel potential therapeutic target for osteoporosis as well as stem cell-mediated regenerative medicine.Keywords
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