miR-200c affects the mRNA expression of E-cadherin by regulating the mRNA level of TCF8 during post-natal epididymal development in juvenile rats

Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai). 2010 Sep;42(9):628-34. doi: 10.1093/abbs/gmq073. Epub 2010 Aug 12.

Abstract

The unique temporal expression pattern of miR-200c in epididymis during post-natal development in juvenile rats was revealed by our home-made miRNA microarray in this paper. It was found that miR-200c expressed in the lowest level at Day 7 and then increased to the highest at Day 36 followed by a dramatic decrease. The pattern was exactly inverse to that of mRNA expression of transcription factor 8 (TCF8) revealed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), providing an extra evidence that TCF8 is one degradation target of miR-200c even in epididymis. Moreover, the qRT-PCR study on expression of E-cadherin and interleukin-2 indicated that miR-200c does exert an obvious effect on the mRNA expression of E-cadherin by directly regulating the mRNA level of TCF8, although the effect on interleukin-2 is not obvious as on E-cadherin, which implicates that interleukin-2 may be also regulated by other factors besides TCF8 in rat epididymis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cadherins / genetics*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Epididymis / growth & development
  • Epididymis / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Homeodomain Proteins / genetics*
  • Interleukin-2 / genetics
  • Male
  • MicroRNAs / genetics*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Time Factors
  • Transcription Factors / genetics*
  • Zinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1

Substances

  • Cadherins
  • Homeodomain Proteins
  • Interleukin-2
  • MIRN200 microRNA, rat
  • MicroRNAs
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Transcription Factors
  • ZEB1 protein, rat
  • Zinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1