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[miR-93-5P SUPPRESSES OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF MOUSE C3H10T1/2 CELLS BY TARGETING Smad5]
Objective:
To investigate whether miR-93-5p suppresses osteogenic differentiation of mouse mesenchymal stem cells (C3H10T1/2) by targeting Smad5, a predicted target in silicon.
Methods:
Smad5 3'-UTR-luciferase vector (pmiR-RB-REPORT) was constructed and dual-luciferase reporter gene assay was employed to examine the effect of miR-93-5p on Smad5 3'-UTR-luciferase activity to identify whether Smad5 was the target gene of miR-93-5p. miR-93-5p mimics (group M), miR-93-5p inhibitor (group In), miR-93-5p mimics negative control (group MC), and miR-93-5p inhibitor negative control (group InC) were transfected into the C3H10T1/2 cells, respectively, and followed by induction of osteogenic differentiation. After 48 hours, the real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) and Western blot assays were performed to detect the relative expressions of Smad5 mRNA and protein. At 14 days, to realize the regulation role of miR-93-5p in osteogenic differentiation, the extracellular calcium deposition during the osteogenesis of C3H10T1/2 cells was tested by Alizarin red staining.
Results:
Dual-luciferase reporter gene assay showed that miR-93-5p could combine with Smad5 mRNA 3'-UTR specificity, and inhibited its luciferase activity (P < 0.05). After 48 hours, no significant difference was shown in the relative expression of Smad5 mRNA between group M and group MC as well as between group In and group InC by qRT-PCR assay (P > 0.05); however, the results of Western blot assay showed that the relative expression of Smad5 protein was significantly decreased in group M and increased in group In when compared with groups MC and InC (P < 0.05). At 14 days after osteogenic induction, Alizarin red staining showed that the extracellular calcium deposition of group M was obviously less than that of group MC, and it was obviously more in group In than in group InC.
Conclusion:
Smad5 may be the target gene of miR-93-5p. And miR-93-5p can suppress osteogenic differentiation of C3H10T1/2 cells by directly targeting Smad5.
