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H19/miR‐30a/C8orf4 axis modulates the adipogenic differentiation process in human adipose tissue‐derived mesenchymal stem cells
Author(s) -
Li Kun,
Wu Yue,
Yang Hao,
Hong Pengyu,
Fang Xiaodan,
Hu Yanjia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.28697
Subject(s) - adipogenesis , gene knockdown , competing endogenous rna , microrna , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , cellular differentiation , transcription factor , messenger rna , adipose tissue , rna , mesenchymal stem cell , long non coding rna , gene , biochemistry
The adipogenic differentiation of adipose tissue‐derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) is a critical issue in many obesity‐related disorders. Cytidine‐cytidine‐adenosine‐adenosine‐thymidine (CCAAT) enhancer binding protein α (CEBP‐α) and peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor‐γ are two important lipogenic and adipogenic transcription factors and markers in adipogenic differentiation. Noncoding RNAs participate in adipogenic differentiation. The long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) H19 is related to multiple cellular differentiation, including adipogenic differentiation; however, its function and precise molecular mechanism in human ADSCs (hADSCs) adipogenic differentiation are unclear. microRNAs that were differentially expressed in adipogenic differentiation and could be targeted by H19 were screened and selected; the regulation and interaction between H19 and miR‐30a were verified. The interaction between miR‐30a and predicted downstream target C8orf4 was validated. The dynamic effects of H19 and miR‐30a on C8orf4 messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and protein and adipogenic differentiation were evaluated. miR‐30a negatively regulated H19 with each other through direct binding. As predicted by TargetScan and verified using luciferase reporter gene assays, miR‐30a directly bound to the 3′‐untranslated region of C8orf4 to inhibit its expression; H19 knockdown suppressed while miR‐30a inhibition promoted the mRNA expression and the protein levels of C8orf4 and adipogenic differentiation; the effect of H19 knockdown could be partially reversed by miR‐30a inhibition. The lncRNA H19 serves as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) for miR‐30a to augment miR‐30a downstream target C8orf4, therefore modulating adipogenic differentiation in hADSCs. From the perspective of lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA regulation, we provided a novel regulatory mechanism of hADSCs adipogenic differentiation.

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