miR-140-5p/miR-149 Affects Chondrocyte Proliferation, Apoptosis, and Autophagy by Targeting FUT1 in Osteoarthritis.

miR-140-5p/miR-149 Affects Chondrocyte Proliferation, Apoptosis, and Autophagy by Targeting FUT1 in Osteoarthritis.

Inflammation. 2018 Feb 27;:

Authors: Wang Z, Hu J, Pan Y, Shan Y, Jiang L, Qi X, Jia L

Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA), the most prevalent chronic and degenerative joint disease, is characterized by articular cartilage degradation and chondrocyte injury. Increased cell apoptosis and defective cell autophagy in chondrocytes are a feature of degenerative cartilage. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been identified as potential regulators of OA. This study aimed to determine the potential role of miR-140-5p and miR-149 in apoptosis, autophagy, and proliferation in human primary chondrocytes and investigate the underlying mechanism. We revealed the differential expressional profiles of miR-140-5p/149 and fucosyltransferase 1 (FUT1) in the articular cartilage tissues of OA patients and normal people and validated FUT1 was a direct target of miR-140-5p/149. The overexpression of miR-140-5p/149 inhibited apoptosis and promoted proliferation and autophagy of human primary chondrocytes via downregulating FUT1. On the contrary, the downregulation of miR-140-5p/149 inhibited chondrocyte proliferation and autophagy, whereas the effect was reversed by FUT1 knockdown. Taken together, our data suggested that miR-140-5p and miR-149 could mediate the development of OA, which was regulated by FUT1. miR-140-5p/miR-149/FUT1 axis might serve as a predictive biomarker and a potential therapeutic target in OA treatment.

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