Regulating Osteogenic Differentiation by Suppression of Exosomal MicroRNAs.

Choi, Song-Yi; Han, Eun-Chong; Hong, Su-Hyung; Kwon, Tae-Geon; Lee, Youngkyun; Lee, Heon-Jin · Tissue Eng Part A · 2019

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We investigated the role of exosomes in osteogenesis and the use of miRNA inhibitor-transfected exosomes to control osteogenic differentiation. RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) of exosomal miRNAs revealed that growth condition of milieu of preosteoblast exosomes harbors high levels of let-7, which plays a critical role in osteogenesis regulation. We modified exosomes by transfecting let-7 inhibitor into exosomes under growth condition in MC3T3-E1 cells and revealed that exosomes whose let-7 was inactivated by engineering lost the ability to recover osteogenic differentiation. Genetically modified exosomes may serve as powerful biomaterials for developmental control, including of osteogenesis regulation.

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