PMID- 30338914 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191031 LR - 20210109 IS - 1582-4934 (Electronic) IS - 1582-1838 (Print) IS - 1582-1838 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 12 DP - 2018 Dec TI - MiR-17 family-mediated regulation of Pknox1 influences hepatic steatosis and insulin signaling. PG - 6167-6175 LID - 10.1111/jcmm.13902 [doi] AB - The aberrant expression of Pknox1 is associated with hepatic glucose and lipid dysmetabolism status of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the underlying mechanism causing Pknox1 overexpression in this pathological status remains unclear. By using miRNA target prediction programs, we found that the 3'-UTR of the Pknox1 mRNA sequence contains highly conserved target sites of miR-17 family. In a rat model of streptozotocin and high-fat diet-induced T2DM and NAFLD complication, the increased hepatic expression of Pknox1 was consistent with decreased expressions of miR-17 family, especially miR-17 and miR-20a. Furthermore, an inverse correlation was observed between Pknox1 and miR-17 and miR-20a in free fatty acids-induced hepatocyte steatosis. Dual-luciferase reporter assay further showed that Pknox1 was a valid target gene of miR-17 family. The ectopic expression of miR-17 or miR-20a could markedly suppress Pknox1 expression in hepatocytes. MiR-17 or miR-20a overexpression also resulted in significantly enhanced insulin sensitivity and reduced hepatocyte steatosis in HepG2 and L02 cells, which were determined by altered phosphorylation on insulin receptor signaling pathway proteins and decreased intracellular triglyceride and lipid accumulation, respectively. These data implicate the upregulated hepatic expression of Pknox1 in T2DM complicated with NAFLD may be caused by the reduced expression of miR-17 family, indicating that developing miRNA-mediated regulation strategies on Pknox1 may provide new therapeutic options for metabolic disease. CI - (c) 2018 The Authors. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Foundation for Cellular and Molecular Medicine. FAU - Ye, Dan AU - Ye D AD - Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Lou, Guohua AU - Lou G AD - State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatament of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Zhang, Tianbao AU - Zhang T AD - State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatament of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Dong, Fengqin AU - Dong F AD - Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The First Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Liu, Yanning AU - Liu Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0554-6622 AD - State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatament of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20181019 PL - England TA - J Cell Mol Med JT - Journal of cellular and molecular medicine JID - 101083777 RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - 0 (MIRN17 microRNA, human) RN - 0 (MIRN20 microRNA, rat) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (PKNOX1 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Fatty Liver/complications/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Hep G2 Cells MH - Homeodomain Proteins/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Insulin/genetics MH - MicroRNAs/*genetics MH - Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/complications/*genetics/pathology MH - Rats MH - Signal Transduction/genetics PMC - PMC6237553 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Pknox1 OT - hepatocyte steatosis OT - insulin resistance OT - metabolic disease OT - miR-17 family EDAT- 2018/10/20 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/02 06:00 PMCR- 2018/12/01 CRDT- 2018/10/20 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/08/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JCMM13902 [pii] AID - 10.1111/jcmm.13902 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Mol Med. 2018 Dec;22(12):6167-6175. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.13902. Epub 2018 Oct 19.