Alterations in microRNA expression in stress-induced cellular senescence.
We investigated miRNA expression changes associated with stress-induced premature senescence (SIPS) in primary cultures of human diploid fibroblast (HDF) and human trabecular meshwork (HTM) cells. Twenty-five miRNAs were identified by miRNA microarray analysis and their changes in expression were validated by TaqMan real-time RT-PCR in three independent cell lines of HTM and HDF. SIPS in both HTM and HDF cell types was associated with significant down-regulation of four members of the miR-15 family and five miRNAs of the miR-106b family located in the oncogenic clusters miR-17-92, miR-106a-363, and miR-106b-25. SIPS was also associated with up-regulation of two miRNAs (182 and 183) from the miR-183-96-182 cluster. Transfection with miR-106a agomir inhibited the up-regulation of p21(CDKN1A) associated with SIPS while transfection with miR-106a antagomir led to increased p21(CDKN1A) expression in senescent cells. In addition, we identified retinoic acid receptor gamma (RARG) as a target of miR-182 and showed that this protein was down-regulated during SIPS in HDF and HTM cells. These results suggest that changes in miRNA expression might contribute to phenotypic alterations of senescent cells by modulating the expression of key regulatory proteins such as p21(CDKN1A) as well as by targeting genes that are down-regulated in senescent cells such as RARG.
Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Guorong
G
Li
Coralia
C
Luna
Jianming
J
Qiu
David L
DL
Epstein
Pedro
P
Gonzalez
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002460:Cell Line; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000737:chemistry; D015870:Gene Expression; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010641:Phenotype; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000737:chemistry; D014162:Transfection; D000097768:Retinoic Acid Receptor gamma
D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D035683:MicroRNAs; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D000097768:Retinoic Acid Receptor gamma; C493956:CDKN1A protein, human