MiR-223 Plays A Critical Role in Obesogen-Enhanced Adipogenesis in Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Transgenerational Obesity

ABSTRACT: Exposure of pregnant F0 mouse dams to the obesogen tributyltin (TBT) predisposes unexposed male descendants to obesity and diverts mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) toward the adipocytic lineage. TBT also promotes adipogenic commitment and differentiation of MSCs, in vitro. We sought to identify TBT-induced factors predisposing MSCs toward the adipocytic fate. We exposed mouse MSCs to TBT, the PPARγ-selective agonist rosiglitazone or the RXR-selective agonist LG-100268 and determined their transcriptomal profiles to determine candidate microRNAs (miR) regulating adipogenic commitment and differentiation. Of the top 10 candidate microRNAs predicted by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis, miR-21, miR-33 and miR-223 were expressed to regulate genes differentially expressed in adipogenesis. After exposing to 50 nM TBT for 24 hours, miR-223 levels of MSCs were increased and expression of its target genes ZEB1, NFIB, and FOXP1 decreased. Both ROSI and TBT increased miR-223 levels, and this induction was inhibited by PPARγ antagonists (T0070907) but not RXR antagonists (HX531, UVI3003), placing miR-223 downstream of PPARγ. Chromatin immunoprecipitation confirmed TBT-induced binding of PPARγ to regulatory elements in the miR-223 promoter. miR-223 levels were elevated in ancestral TBT exposed F2 and F3 male adipose tissues and further increased when animals were fed with a high fat diet. TBT induced miR-223 expression and adipogenesis in MSCs through the PPARγ pathway and promoted elevated miR-223 expression in white adipose tissue of F2 and F3 male descendants of F0 treated dams. This shows that transgenerationally increased expression of miR-223 plays an important role in the transmission of the obese phenotype after TBT exposure.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE216429 | GEO | 2022/10/27

REPOSITORIES: GEO