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  • Research Article   
  • Cell Mol Biol 2016, Vol 62(4): 145

miR-21 Functions Oppositely in Proliferation and Differentiation of Neural Stem/Precursor Cells via Regulating AKT and GSK-3β

Xisong Gao1, Xiaoning Li1, Chao Qian1, Feng Li1, Yu Zhang1, Lianfeng Dang1, Xueqian Xiao1, Feng Liu1, Haima Li1 and Xiujuan Zhang2*
1Hospital of Shaanxi Nuclear Industry, , P.R. China
2Xi’an No.3 Hospital, , Fengcheng Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710021, P.R. China
*Corresponding Author : Xiujuan Zhang, Xi’an No. 3 Hospital, 10 Fengcheng Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710021, P.R. China, Tel: +86-2933577783, Email: 260522129@qq.com

Received Date: Sep 13, 2016 / Accepted Date: Dec 08, 2016 / Published Date: Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

MicroRNA involves in regulating behavior of neural stem/precursor cells (NSPCs), thus it offers the potential to treat central nervous system disease. However, the effect of miR-21 on NSPCs remains unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that miR-21 reduced proliferation and promoted neural differentiation in NSPCs via regulating the activation of AKT and GSK-3β signaling pathways in vitro. During differentiation of NSPCs, the expression of miR-21 was increased in a time-dependent manner by qRT-PCR. Synthesized pre-miR-21 or anti-miR-21 was transfected into NSPCs, thereby efficiently over-expressing or knocking down miR-21. Overexpression of miR-21 promoted the neural differentiation of NSPCs, as indicated by Tuj1 and PSA-NCAM staining. Interestingly, knocking down miR-21 had the opposite effect of neural differentiation in NSPCs. However, in proliferation area, overexpression of miR-21 decreased the cell viability by 3-((2-methyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)ethynyl)pyridine hydrochloride (MTT) assay, and inhibited the proliferation of NSPCs, as indicated by 5-Bromo-2-deoxyUridine (BrdU) staining. And likewise, knocking down miR-21 had the opposite effect of cell viability and proliferation. Western blot showed that overexpression of miR-21 enhanced the expression of Cyclin D1; however, knocking down miR-21 prevented its expression. Furthermore, we revealed that protein kinase B (AKT) and glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3β) signaling pathways were involved in the proliferation and neural differentiation of NSPCs. Overexpression of miR-21 activated AKT, and the p-GSK-3β was increased. Conversely, knocking down miR-21 blocked the activation of AKT, and decreased the phosphorylation level of GSK-3β. These results demonstrated that miR-21 promotes neural differentiation and reduces proliferation in NSPCs via regulating AKT and GSK-3β pathways. These findings may help to develop strategies for treatment of central nervous system diseases.

Keywords: Neural stem/precursor cells; miR-21; Proliferation; Differentiation

Citation: Gao X, Li X, Qian C, Li F, Zhang Y, et al. (2016) miR-21 Functions Oppositely in Proliferation and Differentiation of Neural Stem/Precursor Cells via Regulating AKT and GSK-3ß. Cell Mol Biol 62:145.

Copyright: © 2016 Gao X, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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