Abstract
Intracellular metabolic reprogramming is a critical process the cells carry out to increase biomass, energy fulfillment and genome replication. Cells reprogram their demands from internal catabolic or anabolic activities in coordination with multiple genes and microRNAs which further control the critical processes of differentiation and proliferation. The microRNAs reprogram the metabolism involving mitochondria, the nucleus and the biochemical processes utilizing glucose, amino acids, lipids, and nucleic acids resulting in ATP production. The processes of glycolysis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, or oxidative phosphorylation are also mediated by micro-RNAs maintaining cells and organs in a non-diseased state. Several reports have shown practical applications of metabolic reprogramming for clinical utility to assess various diseases, mostly studying cancer and immune-related disorders. Cells under diseased conditions utilize glycolysis for abnormal growth or proliferation, respectively, affecting mitochondrial paucity and biogenesis. Similar metabolic processes also affect gene expressions and transcriptional regulation for carrying out biochemical reactions. Metabolic reprogramming is equally vital for regulating cell environment to maintain organs and tissues in non-diseased states. This review offers in depth insights and analysis of how miRNAs regulate metabolic reprogramming in four major types of cells undergoing differentiation and proliferation, i.e., immune cells, neuronal cells, skeletal satellite cells, and cardiomyocytes under a non-diseased state. Further, the work systematically summarizes and elaborates regulation of genetic switches by microRNAs through predominantly through cellular reprogramming and metabolic processes for the first time. The observations will lead to a better understanding of disease initiation during the differentiation and proliferation stages of cells, as well as fresh approaches to studying clinical onset of linked metabolic diseases targeting metabolic processes.
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Singh, V. Intracellular metabolic reprogramming mediated by micro-RNAs in differentiating and proliferating cells under non-diseased conditions. Mol Biol Rep 48, 8123–8140 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06769-0
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