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. 2014 Jul;26(7):1500-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.03.010. Epub 2014 Mar 18.

The miR-29b-Sirt1 axis regulates self-renewal of mouse embryonic stem cells in response to reactive oxygen species

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The miR-29b-Sirt1 axis regulates self-renewal of mouse embryonic stem cells in response to reactive oxygen species

Zengguang Xu et al. Cell Signal. 2014 Jul.

Abstract

Endogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS) control is important for the maintenance of self-renewal of embryonic stem (ES) cells. Although miRNAs have been found to be critically involved in the regulation of the self-renewal, whether miRNAs can regulate the signaling axis to control ROS in ES cells is unclear. Here we show that miR-29b specifically regulates the self-renewal of mouse ES cells in response to ROS generated by antioxidant-free culture. Sirt1 is the direct target of miR-29b and can also make mES cells sensitive to ROS and regulate the self-renewal of mES cells during the response of ROS. We further found that Sirt1 could attenuate the miR-29b function in regulating mES cells' self-renewal in response to ROS. Our results determined that miR-29b-Sirt1 axis regulates self-renewal of mES cells in response to ROS.

Keywords: Mouse embryonic stem cell; Reactive oxygen species; Self-renewal; Sirt1; miR-29b.

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