Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3379: Mir-152 Regulates 3T3-L1 Preadipocyte Proliferation and Differentiation

Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3379: Mir-152 Regulates 3T3-L1 Preadipocyte Proliferation and Differentiation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24183379 Authors: Yuan Fan Mailin Gan Ya Tan Lei Chen Linyuan Shen Lili Niu Yihui Liu Guoqing Tang Yanzhi Jiang Xuewei Li Shunhua Zhang Lin Bai Li Zhu Adipogenesis is a complex biological process and the main cause of obesity. Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small endogenous non-coding RNAs, have been proven to play an important role in adipogenesis by the post-transcriptional regulation of target genes. In this current study, we observed an increment of miR-152 expression during the process of 3T3-L1 cell audiogenic differentiation. A functional analysis indicated that the overexpression of miR-152 inhibited pre-adipocyte proliferation and suppressed the expression of some cell cycle-related genes. Moreover, the overexpression of miR-152 promoted lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes accompanied by increase of the expression of some pro-audiogenic genes. Additionally, a dual-luciferase reporter assay demonstrated lipoprotein lipase (LPL) was a direct target gene of miR-152 during preadipocyte differentiation. Further analysis showed that miR-152 was positively correlated with adipogenesis and intramuscular fat formation in vivo. Taken together, our findings suggest that miR-152 could suppress 3T3-L1 preadipocyte proliferation, whereas it could promote 3T3-L1 preadipocyte differentiation by negati...
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