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Exosomal MicroRNA Transport from Salivary Mesenchyme Regulates Epithelial Progenitor Expansion during Organogenesis.

ABSTRACT: Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions involve fundamental communication between tissues during organogenesis and are primarily regulated by growth factors and extracellular matrix. It is unclear whether RNA-containing exosomes are mobile genetic signals regulating epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Here we identify that exosomes loaded with mesenchyme-specific mature microRNA contribute mobile genetic signals from mesenchyme to epithelium. The mature mesenchymal miR-133b-3p, loaded into exosomes, was transported from mesenchyme to the salivary epithelium, which did not express primary miR-133b-3p. Knockdown of miR-133b-3p in culture decreased endbud morphogenesis, reduced proliferation of epithelial KIT+ progenitors, and increased expression of a target gene, Disco-interacting protein 2 homolog B (Dip2b). DIP2B, which is involved in DNA methylation, was localized with 5-methylcytosine in the prophase nucleus of a subset of KIT+ progenitors during mitosis. In summary, exosomal transport of miR-133b-3p from mesenchyme to epithelium decreases DIP2B, which may function as an epigenetic regulator of genes responsible for KIT+ progenitor expansion during organogenesis.

SUBMITTER: Hayashi T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720111 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exosomal MicroRNA Transport from Salivary Mesenchyme Regulates Epithelial Progenitor Expansion during Organogenesis.

Hayashi Toru T Lombaert Isabelle M A IM Hauser Belinda R BR Patel Vaishali N VN Hoffman Matthew P MP

Developmental cell 20161229 1

Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions involve fundamental communication between tissues during organogenesis and are primarily regulated by growth factors and extracellular matrix. It is unclear whether RNA-containing exosomes are mobile genetic signals regulating epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. Here we identify that exosomes loaded with mesenchyme-specific mature microRNA contribute mobile genetic signals from mesenchyme to epithelium. The mature mesenchymal miR-133b-3p, loaded into exosomes ...[more]

PMID: 28041903

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