PUBLICATION
MicroRNA-140-5p impairs zebrafish embryonic bone development via targeting BMP-2
- Authors
- Gan, S., Huang, Z., Liu, N., Su, R., Xie, G., Zhong, B., Zhang, K., Wang, S., Hu, X., Zhang, J., Xiang, S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160501-3
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- FEBS letters 590(10): 1438-46 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Zhang, Jian
- Keywords
- BMP-2, MicroRNA-140-5p, bone and cartilage development, embryos, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- 3' Untranslated Regions
- Animals
- Bone Development*
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2/genetics*
- Conserved Sequence
- Embryonic Development
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Humans
- MicroRNAs/genetics*
- Vertebrates/genetics
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 27130837 Full text @ FEBS Lett.
Citation
Gan, S., Huang, Z., Liu, N., Su, R., Xie, G., Zhong, B., Zhang, K., Wang, S., Hu, X., Zhang, J., Xiang, S. (2016) MicroRNA-140-5p impairs zebrafish embryonic bone development via targeting BMP-2. FEBS letters. 590(10):1438-46.
Abstract
MicroRNA-140-5p (miRNA-140-5p) is important for embryonic bone development. In the present study, we found that miRNA-140-5p and its binding site in the 3'UTR of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) are highly conserved among vertebrates, and miRNA-140-5p negatively regulates both zebrafish and human BMP-2 genes. Microinjection of miRNA-140-5p or BMP-2b morpholino into zebrafish embryos led to a similar phenotype, including shortened tails, curved trunks and defects in cranial cartilage. Moreover, miRNA-140-5p injection induced zebrafish embryo malformation that could be significantly rescued by microinjection of BMP-2 mRNA. In conclusion, our results indicated that miRNA-140-5p regulates zebrafish embryonic bone development via targeting BMP-2. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping