title: MicroRNAome comparison between intramuscular and subcutaneous vascular stem cell adipogenesis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  As an important factor affecting meat quality, intramuscular fat (IMF) content is a topic of worldwide concern. Emerging evidences indicate that microRNAs play important roles in adipocyte differentiation. However, miRNAome has neither been studied during porcine intramuscular preadipocyte differentiation, nor compared with subcutaneous preadipocytes. The objectives of this study were to identify porcine miRNAs involved in adipogenesis in primary preadipocytes, and to determine whether intramuscular and subcutaneous adipocytes differ in the expression and regulation of miRNAs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  miRNAomes in primary intramuscular and subcutaneous adipocytes during differentiation were first sequenced using the Solexa deep sequencing method. The sequences and relative expression levels of 224 known (98.2% in miRbase 18.0) and 280 potential porcine miRNAs were identified. Fifty-four of them changed in similar pattern between intramuscular vascular stem cells (IVSC) and subcutaneous vascular stem cells (SVSC) differentiation, such as miR-210, miR-10b and miR-99a. Expression levels of 10 miRNAs were reversely up-or down-regulated between IVSC and SVSC differentiation, 19 were up-or down-regulated only during IVSC differentiation and 55 only during SVSC differentiation. Additionally, 30 miRNAs showed fat-depot specific expression pattern (24 in cells of intramuscular origin and 6 in cells of subcutaneous origin). These adipogenesis-related miRNAs mainly functioned by targeting similar pathways in adipogenesis, obesity and syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Comparison of miRNAomes in IVSC and SVSC during differentiation revealed that many different miRNAs are involved in adipogenesis, and they regulate SVSC and IVSC differentiation through similar pathways. These miRNAs may serve as biomarkers or targets for enhancing IMF content, and uncovering their function in IMF development will be of great value in the near future.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China.
authors.forename: Yunxue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Delin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Peiqing
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.forename: Shuqi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Zuyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yaosheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D050156:Adipogenesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs