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. 2023 Jul;29(5):2107-2116.
doi: 10.1111/odi.14195. Epub 2022 Apr 19.

miR-342-5p inhibits odonto/osteogenic differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells via targeting Wnt7b

Kangrui Zeng  1   2 , Weiping Li  1   2 , Qiongyi Kang  1   2 , Yutong Li  1   2 , Qing Cheng  3 , Wenwei Xia  1   2
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miR-342-5p inhibits odonto/osteogenic differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells via targeting Wnt7b

Kangrui Zeng et al. Oral Dis. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

Objective: Human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) constitute a promising source of stem cells in tissue engineering. However, the molecular mechanism of differentiation in hDPSCs remains largely unclear. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play crucial roles in lineage-specific differentiation of stem cells. The present study investigated the function of miRNA-342-5p in the odonto/osteogenic differentiation of hDPSCs.

Methods: The miRNA array profiling and quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) revealed the expression of miR-342-5p during odonto/osteogenic differentiation of hDPSCs. hDPSCs were treated with miR-342-5p mimic and inhibitor to investigate the regulatory roles of miR-342-5p in the differentiation of hDPSCs. Moreover, miR-342-5p inhibitor and small interference RNA (siRNA) targeting Wnt7b were applied to explore the regulatory mechanism of miR-342-5p.

Results: Downregulated miR-342-5p was observed during odonto/osteogenic differentiation of hDPSCs. The overexpression of miR-342-5p inhibited the odonto/osteogenic potential of DPSCs, as indicated by low levels of alkaline phosphatase activity, calcium deposition formation, and odonto/osteogenic differentiation markers, whereas silencing of miR-342-5p exhibited the opposite effect. When co-treated with siRNA targeting Wnt7b and miR-342-5p inhibitor in hDPSCs, the odonto/osteogenic potential and activation of Wnt7b/β-catenin pathway were attenuated.

Conclusions: This study showed that miR-342-5p inhibits the odonto/osteogenic differentiation of hDPSCs by interfering with Wnt/β-catenin signaling via targeting Wnt7b.

Keywords: Wnt7b; dental pulp stem cell; differentiation; microRNA.

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