Dataset integration identifies transcriptional regulation of microRNA genes by PPAR? in differentiating mouse 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
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ABSTRACT: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ? (PPAR?) is a key transcription factor in mammalian adipogenesis. Genome-wide approaches have identified thousands of PPAR? binding sites in mouse adipocytes and PPAR? upregulates hundreds of protein-coding genes during adipogenesis. However, no microRNA (miRNA) genes have been identified as primary PPAR?-targets. By integration of four separate datasets of genome-wide PPAR? binding sites in 3T3-L1 adipocytes we identified 98 miRNA clusters with PPAR? binding within 50?kb from miRNA transcription start sites. Nineteen mature miRNAs were upregulated ?2-fold during adipogenesis and for six of these miRNA loci the PPAR? binding sites were confirmed by at least three datasets. The upregulation of five miRNA genes miR-103-1 (host gene Pank3), miR-148b (Copz1), miR-182/96/183, miR-205 and miR-378 (Ppargc1b) followed that of Pparg. The PPAR?-dependence of four of these miRNA loci was demonstrated by PPAR? knock-down and the loci of miR-103-1 (Pank3), miR-205 and miR-378 (Ppargc1b) were also responsive to the PPAR? ligand rosiglitazone. Finally, chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis validated in silico predicted PPAR? binding sites at all three loci and H3K27 acetylation was analyzed to confirm the activity of these enhancers. In conclusion, we identified 22 putative PPAR? target miRNA genes, showed the PPAR? dependence of four of these genes and demonstrated three as direct PPAR? target genes in mouse adipogenesis.
SUBMITTER: John E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3378868 | biostudies-other | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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