title: Transgenic overexpression of miR-133a in skeletal muscle.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding regulatory RNAs of ~22 nucleotides in length. miRNAs regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally, primarily by associating with the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of their regulatory target mRNAs. Recent work has begun to reveal roles for miRNAs in a wide range of biological processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. Many miRNAs are expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscle, and dysregulated miRNA expression has been correlated with muscle-related disorders. We have previously reported that the expression of muscle-specific miR-1 and miR-133 is induced during skeletal muscle differentiation and miR-1 and miR-133 play central regulatory roles in myoblast proliferation and differentiation in vitro.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, we measured the expression of miRNAs in the skeletal muscle of mdx mice, an animal model for human muscular dystrophy. We also generated transgenic mice to overexpress miR-133a in skeletal muscle.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We examined the expression of miRNAs in the skeletal muscle of mdx mice. We found that the expression of muscle miRNAs, including miR-1a, miR-133a and miR-206, was up-regulated in the skeletal muscle of mdx mice. In order to further investigate the function of miR-133a in skeletal muscle in vivo, we have created several independent transgenic founder lines. Surprisingly, skeletal muscle development and function appear to be unaffected in miR-133a transgenic mice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results indicate that miR-133a is dispensable for the normal development and function of skeletal muscle.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China. deng7586@gmail.com
authors: Zhongliang
authors: Z
authors: Deng
authors: Jian-Fu
authors: JF
authors: Chen
authors: Da-Zhi
authors: DZ
authors: Wang
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