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MicroRNAs involved in the browning process of adipocytes

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The present review focuses on the role of miRNAs in the control of white adipose tissue browning, a process which describes the recruitment of adipocytes showing features of brown adipocytes in white adipose tissue. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short non-coding RNAs (19–22 nucleotides) involved in gene regulation. Although the main effect of miRNAs is the inhibition of the translational machinery, thereby preventing the production of the protein product, the activation of protein translation has also been described in the literature. In addition to modifying translation, miRNAs binding to its target mRNAs also trigger the recruitment and association of mRNA decay factors, leading to mRNA destabilization, degradation, and thus to the decrease in expression levels. Although a great number of miRNAs have been reported to potentially regulate genes that play important roles in the browning process, only a reduced number of studies have demonstrated experimentally an effect on this process associated to changes in miRNA expressions, so far. These studies have shown, by using either primary adipocyte cultures or experimental models of mice (KO mice, mice overexpressing a specific miRNA) that miR-196a, miR-26 and miR-30 are needed for browning process development. By contrast, miR-155, miR-133, miR-27b and miR-34 act as negative regulators of this process. Further studies are needed to fully describe the miRNA network-involved white adipose tissue browning regulation.

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This study was supported by grants from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CIBERobn), the Government of the Basque Country (IT-512-13 and S-PR13UN004 RESBRITE), and University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) (ELDUNANOTEK UFI11/32).

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Arias, N., Aguirre, L., Fernández-Quintela, A. et al. MicroRNAs involved in the browning process of adipocytes. J Physiol Biochem 72, 509–521 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13105-015-0459-z

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