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Expression of miR-199a-3p in human adipocytes is regulated by free fatty acids and adipokines

  • Authors:
    • Nan Gu
    • Lianghui You
    • Chunmei Shi
    • Lei Yang
    • Lingxia Pang
    • Xianwei Cui
    • Chenbo Ji
    • Wen Zheng
    • Xirong Guo
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  • Published online on: June 8, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5379
  • Pages: 1180-1186
  • Copyright: © Gu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Obesity is associated with a notable risk for disease, including risk of cardiovascular disorders, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension. Adipose tissue modulates the metabolism by releasing free fatty acids (FFAs) and adipokines, including leptin, resistin, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin 6 (IL‑6). Altered secretion patterns of FFAs and adipokines have been demonstrated to result in obesity‑associated insulin resistance (IR) and inflammatory responses. MicroRNA-199a-3p (miR)-199a-3p expression is significantly induced in differentiated human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and indicates the association with T2DM. However, the association between miR-199a-3p levels in adipocytes and obesity‑associated IR, as well as inflammatory responses remains to be elucidated. The present study observed an elevation of miR‑199a‑3p expression level in mature human adipocytes (visceral) compared with pre-adipocytes. In addition, miR‑199a‑3p expression was higher in visceral adipose deposits from obese subjects. FFA, TNF-α, IL‑6 and leptin significantly induced miR‑199a‑3p expression in mature human adipocytes, while resistin had the opposite effect. miR‑199a‑3p may represent a factor in the modulation of obesity‑associated IR and inflammatory responses.

Introduction

Obesity is a serious issue worldwide, it is associated with a marked risk for disease, including risk of cardiovascular disorders, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension (13). The etiology of obesity is an imbalance between energy intake and energy consumption (4). As a type of endocrine organ, adipose tissue contributes to the release of metabolites, including free fatty acids (FFAs), leptin, resistin, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin 6 (5,6). The changes in adipose tissue secretion have been well-illustrated to associate obesity with IR and inflammatory responses (7,8), however, the detailed underlying mechanism requires further elucidation.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs (length, 19–22 nt) that post-transcriptionally modulate gene expression via specifically binding to the 3′-untranslated regions (3′-UTRs) of target mRNAs (9). Previous studies have suggested that miRNAs are important in cellular differentiation and development (10,11), tumorigenesis (12,13), and metabolic diseases (14). miRNAs, including miR-143 (15), miR-146b (16), and miR-378/378* (17) have also been demonstrated to modulate adipocyte differentiation in mouse and human cell line models. Furthermore, miRNA dysregulation has been reported in human obesity and IR (18,19).

miRNA-199a-3p (miR-199a-3p) is a conserved miRNA in mice and humans, it has been reported to potentially be important in T2DM. A meta-analysis performed by Zhu and Leung (20) observed that miR-199a-3p expression was dysregulated in T2DM patients, presenting a pancreas- and liver- specific disturbance. In addition, upregulation of miR-199a-3p expression occurred in islet cells from mouse models of T2DM (21). Our previous study identified miR-199a-3p was highly induced in differentiated human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs-Ad) (22). However, the association between the differential expression of miR-199a-3p in adipocytes and obesity-associated IR and inflammatory responses remains to be elucidated.

In the present study, increased expression of miR-199a-3p in mature human adipocytes (visceral) was observed compared with pre-adipocytes. In addition, miR-199a-3p expression was higher in visceral adipose tissues from obese subjects. FFAs, TNF-α, IL-6 and leptin were observed to significantly induce miR-199a-3p expression in mature human adipocytes, while resistin had the opposite effect. miR-199a-3p may exert an effect in modulation of obesity-associated IR and inflammatory reactions.

Materials and methods

Human subjects

Visceral white adipose tissue samples were obtained from 12 subjects undergoing surgery for various disorders at Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated with Nanjing Medical University. Patients did not have any notable conditions, including malignant tumors, severe genetic diseases, infectious disorders or autoimmune dysregulation. Based on body mass index (BMI), patients were defined as normal subjects with a BMI of 18-24 kg/m2 (n=6) and obese subjects with a BMI of >28 kg/m2 (n=6). Biopsies were maintained in RNAlater RNA Stabilization reagent (Qiagen, Inc., Valencia, CA, USA) and maintained at −80°C for total RNA extraction. Prior to participation in the present study, all patients provided written informed consent. The current study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing, China).

Cell culture

Human pre-adipocytes from visceral (omental) adipose were purchased from ScienCell Research Laboratories (Carlsbad, CA, USA). Pre-adipocytes were maintained and induced to differentiate as previously described (23). Briefly, pre-adipocyte differentiation medium (cat. no. 7221; ScienCell Research Laboratories) containing fetal bovine serum (5%), growth supplement (1%) and penicillin/streptomycin solution (1%) was used as basal medium for cell expansion. Upon reaching confluence, cells were exposed to induction medium for the first 4 days and shifted to differentiation medium until the appearance of mature lipid droplets was observed (15 days). The induction medium contained pre-adipocyte medium without serum, supplemented with 500 µM 3-isobutyl-L-methylxanthine (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA), 100 nM dexamethasone (Sigma-Aldrich), 50 nM insulin (Sigma-Aldrich) and 100 µM rosiglitazone (Sigma-Aldrich). The differentiation medium was serum-free pre-adipocyte medium containing 50 nM insulin.

Oil red O staining

Following induction on day 4 and day 15, adipocytes were washed with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) three times. They were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde for 30 min prior to washing again with PBS. Lipid accumulation was measured by staining with 0.2% (m/v) oil red O (Sigma-Aldrich) dissolved in isopropanol for 30 min at 37°C. The cells were examined by fluorescence microscopy (ImagingA1; Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen, Germany).

Treatment of adipocytes with adipokines and FFAs

After 15 days induction of differentiation, >85% of the adipocytes exhibited lipid droplet accumulation. Following serum starvation for 12 h, the human adipocytes were treated with a 1 mM FFA cocktail and adipokines, including 10 ng/ml TNF-α (Sigma-Aldrich), 30 ng/ml IL-6 (Sigma-Aldrich), 100 ng/ml leptin (Sigma-Aldrich) and 60 ng/ml resistin (Sigma-Aldrich) for different durations (4, 8 and 24 h) (2426), then cells were treated with TRIzol (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA) for the following experiment.

RNA extraction and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)

Total RNA was extracted from adipose tissues and mature adipocytes using an RNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen). Concentration and purity of extracted total RNA were quantified using a Nanodrop spectrophotometer 2000 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). For analysis of mature miRNA quantification, 200 ng total RNA was reverse transcribed using TaqMan miRNA Reverse Transcriptase kit (Applied Biosystems; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and the following temperature conditions: 16°C for 30 min, 42°C for 30 min, 85°C for 5 min, 4°C. qPCR was performed using TaqMan Universal Master Mix II, no UNG (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and commercial primers for miR-199a-3p, miR-103 and U6 (cat. no. A25576; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) on an ABI 7500 real-time PCR system (Applied Biosystems; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) according to the manufacturer's protocols as previously described (16). Briefly, samples were incubated at 95°C for 10 min for an initial denaturation, followed by 40 cycles consisting of incubation at 95°C for 15 sec and 60°C for 1 min. The expression of miR-199a-3p was normalized to U6 small nucleolar RNA or miR-103 expression (27) and the fold change was calculated using the 2−ΔΔCq method (28).

Statistical analysis

The data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Differences between groups were analyzed by Student's two-tailed t-test when only two groups were present or by one way analysis of variance and Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

Results

Expression of miR-199a-3p increased during human adipocyte differentiation

For adipocyte differentiation, cells were grown to confluence as day 0 (Fig. 1A). Adipocytes differentiated for 4 and 15 days exhibited oil red O staining (Fig. 1B and C). After 15 days induction of differentiation, >80% of the adipocytes were observed with lipid droplet accumulation. miR-199a-3p expression between pre-adipocytes (day 0) and mature adipocytes (day 15) was evaluated by RT-qPCR. It was demonstrated the expression level of miR-199a-3p in mature adipocytes increased ~3.4 fold change compared with that in human pre-adipocytes (Fig. 2A; P<0.05).

Upregulation of miR-199a-3p was observed in visceral fat tissues from obese human subjects

To determine the role of miR-199a-3p within obese subjects, miR-199a-3p expression levels were measured in the visceral fat tissues of lean and obese human subjects. Visceral fat tissues samples were acquired from 6 lean and 6 obese human subjects (Table I). RT-qPCR results indicated the miR-199a-3p expression levels were upregulated in the visceral fat tissue samples from obese subjects (Fig. 2B; P<0.05).

Table I

Variables between obese and lean subjects.

Table I

Variables between obese and lean subjects.

Variable (mean ± SD)Obese group (n=6)Lean group (n=6)
Age (year)50.33±18.2746.23±11.41a
Weight (kg)85.50±20.9556.50±10.28b
Height (m)1.64±0.041.69±0.06a
BMI (kg/m2)31.38±6.3020.42±3.52b

a P>0.05;

b P<0.05. SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index.

Leptin initially increased and resistin decreased miR-199a-3p expression levels in human differentiated adipocytes

To investigate the effect of leptin and resistin on miR-199a-3p, mature adipocytes, following 15 days induced differentiation, were treated with 100 ng/ml leptin and collected at 4, 8 and 24 h. Cells without treatment served as the control group (defined as 0 h). miR-103 and U6 served as reference genes for normalization in order to obtain consistent results. It was observed that leptin significantly stimulated miR-199a-3p expression at 4 h (P<0.01) but this effect decreased over time (Fig. 3A and B). By contrast, exposure of mature adipocytes to 60 ng/ml resistin resulted in a significant decrease in miR-199a-3p expression at 8 h (P<0.05 when normalized to U6, P<0.01 when normalized to miR-103; Fig. 3C and D).

TNF-α and IL-β upregulated expression of miR-199a-3p in human mature adipocytes

To investigate the response of miR-199-3p to inflammatory cytokines, including TNF-α and IL-β, mature human adipocytes that had been differentiated for 15 days were treated with 10 ng/ml TNF-α and 30 ng/ml IL-β and harvested at different time points (4, 8 and 24 h). Cells without treatment served as the control group (defined as 0 h). miR-103 and U6 expression were used as reference genes for normalization in order to obtain consistent results. RT-qPCR results indicated that miR-199a-3p expression was gradually increased when mature human adipocytes were exposed to 10 ng/ml TNF-α, reaching a maximum at 8 h (P<0.01). The upregulation was sustained to 24 h (P<0.05; Fig. 4A and B). IL-β treatment exhibited a similar trend in mir-199a-3p expression (P<0.01 at 4 h, P<0.01 when normalized to U6 and P<0.001 when normalized to miR-103 at 8 h, P<0.001 when normalized to U6 and P<0.05 when normalized to miR-103; Fig. 4C and D).

FFAs increased expression of miR-199a-3p in human mature adipocytes

To investigate the effect of FFAs on miR-199a-3p expression, mature human adipocytes following 15 days induced differentiation, were treated with 1 mM FFA at different time points (4, 8 and 24 h). Cells without treatment served as the control group (defined as 0 h). To confirm the regulation by FFAs, miR-103 and U6 expression were reference genes for normalization. RT-qPCR results indicated miR-199a-3p expression was significantly increased (P<0.001 when normalized to U6 and P<0.05 when normalized to miR-103 at 4 h) within 8 h, but decreased again over time (Fig. 5A and B).

Discussion

Altered adipose tissue function is observed between normal and obese individuals. The dysregulation of adipose tissue in obese subjects is commonly characterized by the following features (6,29): i) Adipocyte hypertrophy; ii) ectopic fat accumulation; and iii) adipose tissue inflammation. The alteration of fat tissue function exerts a key effect in the development of IR and T2DM (8). However, understanding of the underlying mechanisms linking obesity and adipose tissue dysfunction to IR requires further research.

miR-199a-3p, which is commonly identified as a suppressor gene, has been observed to be involved in the progression of various types of cancer, including hepatocellular carcinoma (30), osteosarcoma (31), ovarian carcinoma (32) and thyroid carcinoma (33). In addition, previous studies have demonstrated the potential implication of miR-199a-3p in T2DM (20,21). However, the differential miR-199a-3p expression during adipocyte differentiation and the progression obesity has not been fully elucidated from experimental studies in animal models or in humans.

hMSCs-Ad are a well-characterized type of adult stem cell that may differentiate into adipocytes, osteoblasts and chondrocytes under various conditions (34). Use of monoclonal antibodies and cell sorting on the basis of specific markers (35), resulted in obtaining a common early precursor of MSC and adipocytes that was termed human pre-adipocyte, which differentiates into mature adipocytes under suitable stimulatory condition (36). Using pre-adipocytes for in vitro experiments is a effective strategy as they most closely resemble the physiological situation in vivo. The present study used human pre-adipocytes as a model to examine miR-199a-3p expression during differentiation and the results of the current study demonstrated miR-199a-3p expression was higher in mature adipocytes compared with pre-adipocytes. This trend was consistent with our previous study in hMSCs-Ad (22). It was also observed that the expression level of miR-199a-3p increased in the visceral fat tissue samples from obese subjects relative to the lean subjects (Fig. 2B). Further experiments are required to validate the function of miR-199a-3p in human adipocyte differentiation and the progression of obesity.

Among adipokines secreted by adipose tissue, leptin is the best characterized (37). The predominant function of leptin is to control adipose tissue growth, reduce appetite and increase energy consumption (38,39). By contrast, leptin plasma concentration and mRNA expression levels in adipose tissue were elevated in obese individuals (40). The high dose of leptin levels directly results in IR in the liver and adipose tissue (41). Resistin, another adipocyte derived factor, was induced in adipogenesis and in genetic and diet-induced obesity (42). Previous studies have demonstrated the role of resistin in the modulation of the insulin signaling pathway and that resistin contributes to IR and T2DM (43,44). In the present study, it was observed that exposure of mature adipocytes to 100 ng/ml leptin resulted in a significant upregulation of miR-199a-3p at 4 h, however, this effect decreased over time. By contrast, resistin has a negative effect on miR-199a-3p expression. These observations demonstrated that miR-199a-3p was involved in obesity-associated IR.

Pro-inflammatory adipokines, including TNF-α and IL-6 commonly participate in different inflammatory and autoimmune diseases (45,46). The level of TNF-α is increased in chronic obesity and it has been demonstrated to impair insulin secretion and induce IR (47). Moderate elevation of IL-6 levels has also been observed in obese individuals (48), and it may be a contributing factors in the development of obesity-associated diseases, including IR and T2DM (49). In the current study, miR-199a-3p expression was increased following TNF-α or IL-6 exposure and reached the maximum at 8 h, further indicating an association between miR-199a-3p and pro-inflammatory adipokines in the development of obesity-associated IR.

It is well-known that an increase in basal lipolysis is observed and results in the increased free fat acid release during obesity (50). The excess free fatty acid in circulation induces ectopic accumulation in non-adipose tissues and, in turn, alters the secretory pattern of adipose tissue (51). Increased free fatty acid level may lower insulin sensitivity, resulting in IR and T2DM development (52). In the present study, miR-199a-3p increased significantly at 8 h, though this decreased over time. This observation may indicate the negative role of miR-199a-3p in the regulation of insulin sensitivity of adipocytes.

miRNAs modulate genes expression by specifically binding to the 3′-UTRs of target mRNAs. By usage of online tools including TargetScan (www.targetscan.org), miRanda (www.microrna.org) and miRDB (www.mirdb.org), three candidate genes were selected for further research. These were NLK (nemo-like kinase), VAMP3 (vesicle associated membrane protein 3) and Cdk7 (cyclin-dependent kinase 7), which are reported to be associated with obesity, adipocyte differentiation and IR (5355). However, the association between the potential target mRNAs and miR-199a-3p requires further validation by luciferase reporter assays.

In conclusion, the present study identified miR-199a-3p as an obesity-associated miRNA induced during adipocyte adipogenesis. The effective response of miR-199a-3p expression to different adipokines and FFAs in mature adipocytes indicated it was associated with obesity-associated IR. However, additional studies are required to elucidate the role of miR-199a-3p in adipogenesis and its contribution to the development of obesity.

Acknowledgments

The present study was supported by grants from the National Key Basic Research Program of China (grant no. 2013CB530604), the Key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 81330067), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 81300683, 81300706 and 81500649), the Program for Innovative Research Teams of Jiangsu Province (grant no. LJ201108), Key Project supported by Medical Science and Technology Development Foundation Nanjing Department of Health (grant nos. YKK13141 and JQX13012).

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Gu N, You L, Shi C, Yang L, Pang L, Cui X, Ji C, Zheng W and Guo X: Expression of miR-199a-3p in human adipocytes is regulated by free fatty acids and adipokines. Mol Med Rep 14: 1180-1186, 2016.
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Gu, N., You, L., Shi, C., Yang, L., Pang, L., Cui, X. ... Guo, X. (2016). Expression of miR-199a-3p in human adipocytes is regulated by free fatty acids and adipokines. Molecular Medicine Reports, 14, 1180-1186. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5379
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Gu, N., You, L., Shi, C., Yang, L., Pang, L., Cui, X., Ji, C., Zheng, W., Guo, X."Expression of miR-199a-3p in human adipocytes is regulated by free fatty acids and adipokines". Molecular Medicine Reports 14.2 (2016): 1180-1186.
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Gu, N., You, L., Shi, C., Yang, L., Pang, L., Cui, X., Ji, C., Zheng, W., Guo, X."Expression of miR-199a-3p in human adipocytes is regulated by free fatty acids and adipokines". Molecular Medicine Reports 14, no. 2 (2016): 1180-1186. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5379