Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Department of Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Department of Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2021 May 1;1867(5):166083. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166083. Epub 2021 Jan 24.
The dysregulation of nuclear receptors (NRs) underlies the pathogenesis of a variety of liver disorders. Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are defined as RNA molecules transcribed from DNA but not translated into proteins. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are two types of ncRNAs that have been extensively studied for regulating gene expression during diverse cellular processes. NRs as therapeutic targets in liver disease have been exemplified by the successful application of their pharmacological ligands in clinics. MiRNA-based reagents or drugs are emerging as flagship products in clinical trials. Advancing our understanding of the crosstalk between NRs and ncRNAs is critical to the development of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. This review summarizes recent findings on the reciprocal regulation between NRs and ncRNAs (mainly on miRNAs and lncRNAs) and their implication in liver pathophysiology, which might be informative to the translational medicine of targeting NRs and ncRNAs in liver disease.
核受体 (NRs) 的失调是多种肝脏疾病发病机制的基础。非编码 RNA (ncRNA) 的定义是从 DNA 转录但不翻译成蛋白质的 RNA 分子。microRNAs (miRNAs) 和长非编码 RNA (lncRNAs) 是两种 ncRNA,它们在多种细胞过程中调节基因表达的研究已经很广泛。NRs 作为肝脏疾病的治疗靶点,其药理学配体在临床上的成功应用就是例证。基于 miRNA 的试剂或药物正在临床试验中崭露头角。深入了解 NRs 和 ncRNA 之间的串扰对于开发诊断和治疗策略至关重要。这篇综述总结了 NRs 和 ncRNA(主要是 miRNAs 和 lncRNAs)之间相互调节的最新发现及其在肝脏病理生理学中的意义,这可能对靶向 NRs 和 ncRNA 治疗肝脏疾病的转化医学有帮助。