PUBLICATION
Zebrafish let-7b acts downstream of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α to assist in hypoxia-mediated cell proliferation and cell cycle regulation
- Authors
- Huang, C.X., Chen, N., Wu, X.J., He, Y., Huang, C.H., Liu, H., Wang, W.M., Wang, H.L.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170113-6
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Life sciences 171: 21-29 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- He, Yan
- Keywords
- Cell cycle, Hif-1α, Let-7b/7f, Proliferation, foxh1, miRNA profile, shRNA
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cell Cycle/physiology*
- Cell Proliferation/physiology*
- Gene Silencing
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/genetics
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/physiology*
- MicroRNAs/physiology*
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 28077310 Full text @ Life Sci.
Citation
Huang, C.X., Chen, N., Wu, X.J., He, Y., Huang, C.H., Liu, H., Wang, W.M., Wang, H.L. (2017) Zebrafish let-7b acts downstream of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α to assist in hypoxia-mediated cell proliferation and cell cycle regulation. Life sciences. 171:21-29.
Abstract
Aims Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) is a transcriptional regulator of cellular responses to hypoxic stress. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an essential role in hypoxia-mediated cellular responses. Previous studies have identified some let-7 family members as hypoxia-regulated miRNAs (HRMs). In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether zebrafish let-7b/7f contribute cellular hypoxic response in a Hif-1α-dependent manner.
Main methods Stable suppression of zebrafish hif-1α was achieved by microinjection of an optimized short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) expression vector. Next-generation sequencing was conducted to characterize miRNA and mRNA expression profiles. MiRNA promoter analysis and target detection was performed by dual-luciferase assay. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and western blot were used to determine the expression of let-7b/7f, Hif-1α and Foxh1. Proliferation of ZF4 cells was examined using Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) and cell cycle progression was analyzed by flow cytometry assay.
Key findings Correlation between 7 miRNAs and 76 putative targets was identified based on integrated analysis of miRNA-mRNA profiles. Let-7b and let-7f were further considered as potential HRMs, with let-7b further validated as Hif-1α up-regulated. In addition, Forkhead-box H1 (Foxh1) was confirmed as a bona fide downstream target of let-7b. Furthermore, overexpression of both let-7b and let-7f repressed cell proliferation through blocking cell cycle progression of the G1-S transition.
Significance Our findings for the first time suggest zebrafish let-7b acts downstream of Hif-1α to assist in hypoxia-mediated cell proliferation and cell cycle regulation at least in part through the downregulation of foxh1. We also identified 4 novel potential HIF-1α-regulated miRNAs in zebrafish.
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Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping