PMID- 29487295 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190923 LR - 20190923 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Feb 27 TI - Evidences for a New Role of miR-214 in Chondrogenesis. PG - 3704 LID - 10.1038/s41598-018-21735-w [doi] LID - 3704 AB - miR-214 is known to play a role in mammalian skeletal development through inhibition of osteogenesis and stimulation of osteoclastogenesis, but data regarding other vertebrates, as well as a possible role in chondrogenesis, remain unknown. Here, we show that miR-214 expression is detected in bone and cartilage of zebrafish skeleton, and is downregulated during murine ATDC5 chondrocyte differentiation. Additionally, we observed a conservation of the transcriptional regulation of miR-214 primary transcript Dnm3os in vertebrates, being regulated by Ets1 in ATDC5 chondrogenic cells. Moreover, overexpression of miR-214 in vitro and in vivo mitigated chondrocyte differentiation probably by targeting activating transcription factor 4 (Atf4). Indeed, miR-214 overexpression in vivo hampered cranial cartilage formation of zebrafish and coincided with downregulation of atf4 and of the key chondrogenic players sox9 and col2a1. We show that miR-214 overexpression exerts a negative role in chondrogenesis by impacting on chondrocyte differentiation possibly through conserved mechanisms. FAU - Roberto, Vania Palma AU - Roberto VP AD - Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR/CIMAR-LA), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. AD - PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences, DCBM, University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. AD - Algarve Biomedical Center, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. FAU - Gavaia, Paulo AU - Gavaia P AD - Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR/CIMAR-LA), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. FAU - Nunes, Maria Joao AU - Nunes MJ AD - Instituto de Investigacao do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal. FAU - Rodrigues, Elsa AU - Rodrigues E AD - Instituto de Investigacao do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal. AD - Department of Biochemistry and Human Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003, Lisbon, Portugal. FAU - Cancela, Maria Leonor AU - Cancela ML AD - Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR/CIMAR-LA), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. lcancela@ualg.pt. AD - Algarve Biomedical Center, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. lcancela@ualg.pt. AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. lcancela@ualg.pt. FAU - Tiago, Daniel Martins AU - Tiago DM AD - Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR/CIMAR-LA), University of Algarve, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal. dtiago@ualg.pt. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180227 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Zebrafish Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cartilage/metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics/physiology MH - Chondrocytes/cytology/metabolism MH - Chondrogenesis/genetics/*physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/genetics/physiology MH - Mice MH - MicroRNAs/genetics/*metabolism MH - Zebrafish MH - Zebrafish Proteins/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC5829070 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2018/03/01 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/24 06:00 PMCR- 2018/02/27 CRDT- 2018/03/01 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/02/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/03/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-21735-w [pii] AID - 21735 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-21735-w [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 27;8(1):3704. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21735-w.