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. 2018 Dec:42:10-17.
doi: 10.1016/j.mcp.2018.10.002. Epub 2018 Oct 15.

Bta-miR-130a/b regulates preadipocyte differentiation by targeting PPARG and CYP2U1 in beef cattle

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Bta-miR-130a/b regulates preadipocyte differentiation by targeting PPARG and CYP2U1 in beef cattle

Xueyao Ma et al. Mol Cell Probes. 2018 Dec.

Abstract

Deposition of intramuscular fat (IMF) is one of the most important traits for the evaluation of beef carcass quality grade. MicroRNA (miRNA) is an endogenous non-coding RNA that can play a role in the post-transcriptional regulation of mammalian preadipocyte differentiation. Previously, we identified that bta-miR-130a regulates milk fat biosynthesis by targeting PPARG mRNA. However, the role of miR-130 in the regulation of bovine adipocyte differentiation remains unknown. In this study, we found that overexpression of bta-miR-130a/b led to significantly decreased cellular triacylglycerol (TAG) levels during adipogenesis process as well as reduced lipid droplet formation. In contrast, the inhibition of bta-miR-130a/b resulted in larger lipid droplets and TAG accumulation. In addition, overexpression of bta-miR-130a/b inhibited the expression of adipocyte differentiation-related genes, including PPARG, C/EBPα, C/EBPβ, FABP4, LPIN1, and LPL. Western blot analysis verified qPCR results on the expression of PPARG and CYP2U1. A luciferase reporter assay further verified bta-miR-130a/b significantly affects PPARG and CYP2U1 expression by directly binding to their 3'-untranslated regions (UTR). We conducted in vitro rescue assay to confirm that bta-miR-130a/b affect bovine adipocyte differentiation by targeting PPARG and CYP2U1. This study shows that bta-miR-130a and bta-miR-130b play similar roles in the regulation of adipocyte differentiation in beef muscles by targeting the 3'UTR of PPARG and CYP2U1. Our result provides a reference for illustrating how noncoding RNAs affects beef quality traits in cattle.

Keywords: Adipocyte differentiation; Beef quality; Bta-miR-130; CYP2U1; Intramuscular fat; PPARG.

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