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A Regulatory Role for MicroRNA 33* in Controlling Lipid Metabolism Gene Expression
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hsa-miR-33a and hsa-miR-33b, intronic microRNAs (miRNAs) located within the sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2 and 1 genes (Srebp-2 and -1), respectively, have recently been shown to regulate lipid homeostasis in concert with their host genes. Although the functional role of miR-33a and -b has been highly investigated, the role of their passenger strands, miR-33a* and -b*, remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that miR-33a* and -b* accumulate to steady-state levels in human, mouse, and nonhuman primate tissues and share a similar lipid metabolism target gene network as their sister strands. Analogous to miR-33, miR-33* represses key enzymes involved in cholesterol efflux (ABCA1 and NPC1), fatty acid metabolism (CROT and CPT1a), and insulin signaling (IRS2). Moreover, miR-33* also targets key transcriptional regulators of lipid metabolism, including SRC1, SRC3, NFYC, and RIP140. Importantly, inhibition of either miR-33 or miR-33* rescues target gene expression in cells overexpressing pre-miR-33. Consistent with this, overexpression of miR-33* reduces fatty acid oxidation in human hepatic cells. Altogether, these data support a regulatory role for the miRNA* species and suggest that miR-33 regulates lipid metabolism through both arms of the miR-33/miR-33* duplex.
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“MiR-33 suppresses genes involved in mitochondrial β-oxidation, such as carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT1A), hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase trifunctional multienzyme complex subunit b (HADHB), and carnitine O-octanoyltransferase (CROT) 15 , 17 , 34 , 35) .”
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- Authors
- Goedeke, L., Vales-Lara, F. M., Fenstermaker, M., Cirera-Salinas, D., Chamorro-Jorganes, A., Ramírez, C. M., Mattison, J. A., de Cabo, R., Suárez, Y., & Fernández-Hernando, C.
- Affiliations
- New York University (US)
- Department of Medicine, Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, Department of Cell Biology, and the Marc and Ruti Bell Vascular Biology and Disease Program, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Venue
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-06-01
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2339-2352
- ISSN
- 0270-7306 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5549
- PMC
- PMC3648071
- OpenAlex
- W2108732038
- Cited by
- 140
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 6.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Molecular and Cellular Biology (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging (F31AG043318)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL105945, R01HL106063, R01HL107953)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipid metabolism and disorders
- Keywords
- miR-33a, miR-33b, miR-33, intronic microRNA, lipid metabolism, SREBP2, SREBP1, cholesterol efflux, fatty acid oxidation, insulin signaling, insulin receptor substrate 2, ABCA1, NPC1, CPT1A, SRC-1, SRC-3, RIP140, hepatocytes
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Base Sequence, Cell Line, Fatty Acids, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Liver, Macaca mulatta, Macrophages, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Conserved Sequence, 3' Untranslated Regions, MicroRNAs, Lipid Metabolism, Mice
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