Hui Xu1, Jian Wang1, Xu Ye1, Jing Ming1, Su-Jun Li1, Xiang Wang1, Cai-Xia He1, Xing-Bing Wang2. 1. Department of Hematology, Anhui Provincial Hospital,Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, Anhui Province, China. 2. Department of Hematology, Anhui Provincial Hospital,Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, Anhui Province, China. E-mail:Wangxingbing91@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of microRNA-99a-5p (miR-99a-5p) on differentiation ability of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC). METHODS: BM-MSC was cultured and then transfected with miR-99a-5p mimics or inhibitors. The transfection efficiency was detected by real-time quantitative PCR. The effects of miR-99a-5p on the adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation ability of BM-MSC were detected by differentiation experiment. RESULTS: As compared with the negative control group, the expression of miR-99a-5p was significantly up-regulated after transfection with miR-99a-5p mimics(P<0.001), the expression of miR-99a-5p was down-regulated after transfection with miR-99a-5p inhibitor (P<0.001). In osteogenic differentiation experiments, the miR-99a-5p overexpression could promote the osteogenic differentiation, while the downregulation of miR-99a-5p expression inhibited the osteogenic differentiation. The same results were obtained by semi-quantitative detection through spectrophotometry. In the adipogenic differentiation test, transfection of miR-99a-5p mimics or inhibitors had no significant effect on the adipogenic differentiation of BM-MSC. CONCLUSION: Overexpression of miR-99a-5p can promote the osteogenic differentiation of BM-MSC, but no significant effects are observed in the adipogenic differentiation.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of microRNA-99a-5p (miR-99a-5p) on differentiation ability of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC). METHODS: BM-MSC was cultured and then transfected with miR-99a-5p mimics or inhibitors. The transfection efficiency was detected by real-time quantitative PCR. The effects of miR-99a-5p on the adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation ability of BM-MSC were detected by differentiation experiment. RESULTS: As compared with the negative control group, the expression of miR-99a-5p was significantly up-regulated after transfection with miR-99a-5p mimics(P<0.001), the expression of miR-99a-5p was down-regulated after transfection with miR-99a-5p inhibitor (P<0.001). In osteogenic differentiation experiments, the miR-99a-5p overexpression could promote the osteogenic differentiation, while the downregulation of miR-99a-5p expression inhibited the osteogenic differentiation. The same results were obtained by semi-quantitative detection through spectrophotometry. In the adipogenic differentiation test, transfection of miR-99a-5p mimics or inhibitors had no significant effect on the adipogenic differentiation of BM-MSC. CONCLUSION: Overexpression of miR-99a-5p can promote the osteogenic differentiation of BM-MSC, but no significant effects are observed in the adipogenic differentiation.