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Zebrafish let-7b acts downstream of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α to assist in hypoxia-mediated cell proliferation and cell cycle regulation.

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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.

journal_name

Life Sci

journal_title

Life sciences

authors

Huang CX,Chen N,Wu XJ,He Y,Huang CH,Liu H,Wang WM,Wang HL

doi

10.1016/j.lfs.2017.01.005

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-02-15 00:00:00

pages

21-29

eissn

0024-3205

issn

1879-0631

pii

S0024-3205(17)30005-X

journal_volume

171

pub_type

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Zebrafish let-7b acts downstream of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α to assist in hypoxia-mediated cell proliferation and cell cycle regulation.