MicroRNA (miRNA) regulates gene expression in a post-transcriptional manner, which hybridizes the target mRNAs with complementary sequence and subsequently leads to translation repression or mRNA degradation. Online sequence alignment showed that there is a putative binding site of miR-223-3p on the 3'UTR of LIF, which is considered to be an important marker of endometrial receptivity. Thus, we hypothesized that miR-223-3p may affect embryo implantation by suppressing LIF expression. In this study, we found that miR-223-3p and LIF protein was inversely expressed in the endometrium of mice during implantation window. Then we proved that miR-223-3p directly binds to LIF 3'UTR with luciferase reporter assay and supresses the expression of LIF. To investigate whether miR-233-3p affects embryo implantation, miR-223-3p agonist was injected into the uteri of pregnant mice. The results demonstrated the suppressing effect of miR-223-3p on embryo implantation. Furthermore, over-expression of miR-223-3p was found to compromise pinopodes formation in the endometrium of mice. Taken all together, our findings revealed that miR-223-3p suppresses pinopodes formation and LIF protein expression, which may lead to diminished embryo implantation.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [81170619, 81471459]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Tongji Hosp, Reprod Med Ctr, Jiefang Ave 1095, Wuhan 430030, Peoples R China
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Dong Xiyuan,Sui Cong,Huang Kai,et al.MicroRNA-223-3p suppresses leukemia inhibitory factor expression and pinopodes formation during embryo implantation in mice[J].AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH.2016,8(2):1155-1163.
APA:
Dong, Xiyuan,Sui, Cong,Huang, Kai,Wang, Lan,Hu, Dan...&Zhang, Hanwang.(2016).MicroRNA-223-3p suppresses leukemia inhibitory factor expression and pinopodes formation during embryo implantation in mice.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH,8,(2)
MLA:
Dong, Xiyuan,et al."MicroRNA-223-3p suppresses leukemia inhibitory factor expression and pinopodes formation during embryo implantation in mice".AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH 8..2(2016):1155-1163