Concise Review: MicroRNA Expression in Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

Stem Cells - Tập 26 Số 2 - Trang 356-363 - 2008
Uma Lakshmipathy1, Ronald P. Hart2
1Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Invitrogen Corporation, Carlsbad, California, USA
2W. M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA

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Abstract

Mesenchymal stem cells, or multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC), isolated from various adult tissue sources have the capacities to self-renew and to differentiate into multiple lineages. Both of these processes are tightly regulated by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. Emerging evidence indicates that the class of single-stranded noncoding RNAs known as microRNAs also plays a critical role in this process. First described in nematodes and plants, microRNAs have been shown to modulate major regulatory mechanisms in eukaryotic cells involved in a broad array of cellular functions. Studies with various types of embryonic as well as adult stem cells indicate an intricate network of microRNAs regulating key transcription factors and other genes, which in turn determine cell fate. In addition, expression of unique microRNAs in specific cell types serves as a useful diagnostic marker to define a particular cell type. MicroRNAs are also found to be regulated by extracellular signaling pathways that are important for differentiation into specific tissues, suggesting that they play a role in specifying tissue identity. In this review, we describe the importance of microRNAs in stem cells, focusing on our current understanding of microRNAs in MSC and their derivatives.

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.

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