1College of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, China
2 Agriculture College, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China
Tai-hua Jin and An-gang Lou contributed equally to this work.
ABSTRACT
At present, the relationship between miRNAs and GH has been reported. However, the effect of miR-1468 on growth hormone (GH) is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate effects of miR-1468 on GH in pituitary cells of Yanbian yellow cattle in this study. Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR), Western blot, Targetscan and RNAhybrid analysis software and Dual-Luciferase reporter gene system was used to analyze the regulation mechanism between miR-1468 and GH. The results showed that the GH mRNA and protein level in pituitary cells of Yanbian yellow cattle could be significantly decreased by adding miR-1468 mimics (P<0.01), while these were significantly increased by adding miR-1468 inhibitor (P<0.05). The results of bioinformatics analysis and double luciferase reporter gene system validation showed that miR-1468 targeted 3’UTR of cAMP responsive element binding protein 1 (CREB1). miR-1468 mimics could significantly inhibit the CREB1 mRNA and protein level (P<0.01), whereas miR-1468 inhibitor could significantly increase the CREB1 mRNA and protein level (P<0.01). This study demonstrated that miR-1468 could regulate GH in pituitary cells by regulating the expression of CREB1 gene. The results of this study will provide a theoretical basis for studying the mechanism of growth and development of animals regulated by miRNAs.
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