Houshmand Mohammad, Nakhlestani Hagh Mozhde, Soleimani Masoud, Hamidieh Amir Ali, Abroun Saeed, Nikougoftar Zarif Mahin
Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Italy.
Cell J. 2018 Jul;20(2):195-203. doi: 10.22074/cellj.2018.5021. Epub 2018 Mar 18.
In order to clarify the role of microRNAs (miRNA) in megakaryocyte differentiation, we ran a microRNA microarray experiment to measure the expression level of 961 human miRNA in megakaryocytes differentiated from human umbilical cord blood CD133+ cells.
In this experimental study, human CD133+ hematopoietic stem cells were collected from three human umbilical cord blood (UCB) samples, and then differentiated to the megakaryocytic lineage and characterized by flow cytometry, CFU-assay and ploidy analysis. Subsequently, microarray analysis was undertaken followed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to validate differentially expressed miRNA identified in the microarray analysis.
A total of 10 and 14 miRNAs were upregulated (e.g. miR-1246 and miR-148-a) and down-regulated (e.g. miR- 551b and miR-10a) respectively during megakaryocyte differentiation, all of which were confirmed by qPCR. Analysis of targets of these miRNA showed that the majority of targets are transcription factors involved in megakaryopoiesis.
We conclude that miRNA play an important role in megakaryocyte differentiation and may be used as targets to change the rate of differentiation and further our understanding of the biology of megakaryocyte commitment.
为阐明微小RNA(miRNA)在巨核细胞分化中的作用,我们进行了一项miRNA微阵列实验,以测量从人脐带血CD133+细胞分化而来的巨核细胞中961种人类miRNA的表达水平。
在本实验研究中,从三份人脐带血(UCB)样本中收集人CD133+造血干细胞,然后将其分化为巨核细胞系,并通过流式细胞术、集落形成单位分析和倍性分析进行鉴定。随后,进行微阵列分析,接着进行定量聚合酶链反应(qPCR),以验证在微阵列分析中鉴定出的差异表达miRNA。
在巨核细胞分化过程中,分别有10种和14种miRNA上调(如miR-1246和miR-148-a)和下调(如miR-551b和miR-10a),所有这些均通过qPCR得到证实。对这些miRNA靶标的分析表明,大多数靶标是参与巨核细胞生成的转录因子。
我们得出结论,miRNA在巨核细胞分化中起重要作用,可作为改变分化速率的靶标,并加深我们对巨核细胞定向分化生物学的理解。