title: OstemiR: a novel panel of microRNA biomarkers in osteoblastic and osteocytic differentiation from mesencymal stem cells.
abstract: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules of 21-25 nucleotides that regulate cell behavior through inhibition of translation from mRNA to protein, promotion of mRNA degradation and control of gene transcription. In this study, we investigated the miRNA expression signatures of cell cultures undergoing osteoblastic and osteocytic differentiation from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) using mouse MSC line KUSA-A1 and human MSCs. Ninety types of miRNA were quantified during osteoblastic/osteocytic differentiation in KUSA-A1 cells utilizing miRNA PCR arrays. Coincidently with mRNA induction of the osteoblastic and osteocytic markers, the expression levels of several dozen miRNAs including miR-30 family, let-7 family, miR-21, miR-16, miR-155, miR-322 and Snord85 were changed during the differentiation process. These miRNAs were predicted to recognize osteogenic differentiation-, stemness-, epinegetics-, and cell cycle-related mRNAs, and were thus designated OstemiR. Among those OstemiR, the miR-30 family was classified into miR-30b/c and miR-30a/d/e groups on the basis of expression patterns during osteogenesis as well as mature miRNA structures. In silico prediction and subsequent qRT-PCR in stable miR-30d transfectants clarified that context-dependent targeting of miR-30d on known regulators of bone formation including osteopontin/spp1, lifr, ccn2/ctgf, ccn1/cyr61, runx2, sox9 as well as novel key factors including lin28a, hnrnpa3, hspa5/grp78, eed and pcgf5. In addition, knockdown of human OstemiR miR-541 increased Osteopontin/SPP1 expression and calcification in hMSC osteoblastic differentiation, indicating that miR-541 is a negative regulator of osteoblastic differentiation. These observations indicate stage-specific roles of OstemiR especially miR-541 and the miR-30 family on novel targets in osteogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Disease Research, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan. teguchi@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Emilio Satoshi
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Mitsuaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Takuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuboki
authors.forename: Stuart K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Calderwood
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; D006801:Humans; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics*; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000091342:Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP; C000717247:HSPA5 protein, human; C000717248:Hspa5 protein, mouse; C531950:MIRN21 microRNA, mouse; C582672:MIRN322 microRNA, mouse; D035683:MicroRNAs; C532623:Mirn155 microRNA, mouse; C522604:Mirn16 microRNA, mouse; C534715:Mirn30d microRNA, mouse; C542687:mirnlet7 microRNA, mouse