PLoS ONE (Jan 2014)

Altered microRNA expression profile in exosomes during osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

  • Ji-Feng Xu,
  • Guang-Hai Yang,
  • Xiao-Hong Pan,
  • Shui-Jun Zhang,
  • Chen Zhao,
  • Bin-Song Qiu,
  • Hai-Feng Gu,
  • Jian-Fei Hong,
  • Li Cao,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Bing Xia,
  • Qin Bi,
  • Ya-Ping Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114627
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 12
p. e114627

Abstract

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The physiological role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in osteoblast differentiation remains elusive. Exosomal miRNAs isolated from human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) culture were profiled using miRNA arrays containing probes for 894 human matured miRNAs. Seventy-nine miRNAs (∼8.84%) could be detected in exosomes isolated from BMSC culture supernatants when normalized to endogenous control genes RNU44. Among them, nine exosomal miRNAs were up regulated and 4 miRNAs were under regulated significantly (Relative fold>2, p<0.05) when compared with the values at 0 day with maximum changes at 1 to 7 days. Five miRNAs (miR-199b, miR-218, miR-148a, miR-135b, and miR-221) were further validated and differentially expressed in the individual exosomal samples from hBMSCs cultured at different time points. Bioinformatic analysis by DIANA-mirPath demonstrated that RNA degradation, mRNA surveillance pathway, Wnt signaling pathway, RNA transport were the most prominent pathways enriched in quantiles with differential exosomal miRNA patterns related to osteogenic differentiation. These data demonstrated exosomal miRNA is a regulator of osteoblast differentiation.