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ArticleEndocrinology2018

mir-374-5p, mir-379-5p, and mir-503-5p Regulate Proliferation and Hypertrophic Differentiation of Growth Plate Chondrocytes in Male Rats.

Youn Hee Jee, Jinhee Wang, Shanna Yue, Melissa Jennings, Samuel J Clokie, Ola Nilsson, Julian C Lui, Jeffrey Baron

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Article in Endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Youn Hee JeeEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Jinhee WangEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Shanna YueEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Melissa JenningsEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Samuel J ClokieBirmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Ola NilssonKarolinska Institutet, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Stockholm, Sweden.
Julian C LuiEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Jeffrey BaronEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USNational Institutes of Health · USBirmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust · GBÖrebro University · SE

Funding

Regulation Of Childhood GrowthZIAHD000640 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI BARON, JEFFREY · 2009 to 2025
$24.4M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Growth plate chondrocytes undergo sequential differentiation to form the resting zone, the proliferative zone (PZ), and the hypertrophic zone (HZ). The important role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the growth plate was previously revealed by cartilage-specific ablation of Dicer, an enzyme essential for biogenesis of many miRNAs. To identify specific miRNAs that regulate differentiation of PZ chondrocytes to HZ chondrocytes, we microdissected individual growth plate zones from juvenile rats and performed miRNA profiling using a solution hybridization method and miRNA sequencing. Thirty-four miRNAs were differentially expressed between the PZ and the HZ, and we hypothesized that some of the miRNAs that are preferentially expressed in the PZ may promote proliferation and inhibit hypertrophic differentiation. Consistent with this hypothesis, transfection of inhibitors for four of these miRNAs (mir-369-3p, mir-374-5p, mir-379-5p, and mir-503-5p) decreased proliferation in primary epiphyseal chondrocytes. The inhibitors for three of these miRNAs (mir-374-5p, mir-379-5p, and mir-503-5p) also increased expression of multiple genes that are associated with chondrocyte hypertrophic differentiation. We next hypothesized that preferential expression of these miRNAs in the PZ is driven by the parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) concentration gradient across the growth plate. Consistent with this hypothesis, treatment of primary chondrocytes with a parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTHrP receptor agonist, PTH1-34, increased expression of mir-374-5p, mir-379-5p, and mir-503-5p. Taken together, our findings suggest that the PTHrP concentration gradient across the growth plate induces differential expression of mir-374-5p, mir-379-5p, and mir-503-5p between the PZ and the HZ. In the PZ, the higher expression levels of these miRNAs promote proliferation and inhibit hypertrophic differentiation. In the HZ, downregulation of these miRNAs inhibits proliferation and promotes hypertrophic differentiation.

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Cell DifferentiationCell ProliferationAnimalsCell CycleCells, CulturedChondrocytesGene Expression RegulationGrowth PlateHumansHypertrophyMaleMicroRNAsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyMicroRNAsMIRN374 microRNA 374, humanMIRN379 microRNA, ratMirn380 microRNA, mouseMIRN504 microRNA, rat

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PMID29390136
PMCPMC5839730
OpenAlexW2792116968

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