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MicroRNA-200b Regulates the Proliferation and Differentiation of Ovine Preadipocytes by Targeting p27 and KLF9.

ABSTRACT: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are crucial regulatory molecules in lipid deposition and metabolism. However, the effect of miR-200b on the regulation of proliferation and adipogenesis of ovine preadipocytes is unknown in the sheep (Ovis aries). In this study, the expression profiles of miR-200b were investigated in the seven tissues of Tibetan ewes and differentiated preadipocytes. The effect of miR-200b, as well as its target genes p27 and KLF9, on the proliferation of ovine preadipocytes and adipogenesis was also investigated, using cell viability analysis, EdU staining, Oil Red O staining and reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qRCR). The miR-200b was expressed in all the tissues investigated, and it was highly expressed in lung, liver, subcutaneous adipose and spleen tissues. The expression of miR-200b continuously decreased when the differentiation of ovine preadipocytes initiated. The miR-200b mimic dramatically accelerated the proliferation but inhibited differentiation of ovine preadipocytes. The miR-200b inhibitor resulted in an opposite effect on the proliferation and differentiation of ovine preadipocytes. The dual luciferase reporter assay results showed that miR-200b mimic significantly decreased the luciferase activity of p27 and KLF9 in HEK293 cells transfected with wild-type dual luciferase reporter vectors. This suggests that p27 and KLF9 are the target genes of miR-200b. In over-expressed-p27 preadipocytes, the number of EdU-labeled preadipocytes and the expression levels of proliferation marker genes CDK2, CDK4, CCND1 and PCNA significantly decreased. In addition, the transfection of over-expressed-KLF9 vector into adipocytes remarkably increased the accumulation of lipid droplets and the expression levels of differentiation marker genes aP2, PPARγ, LPL and GLUT4. These results suggest that miR-200b accelerated the proliferation but inhibited the adipogenic differentiation of ovine preadipocytes by targeting p27 and KLF9, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Jin X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8388755 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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