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Crosstalk between Hedgehog pathway and energy pathways in human adipose-derived stem cells: A deep sequencing analysis of polysome-associated RNA.

Shigunov P., Balvedi LT., Santos MDM., Herai RH., de Aguiar AM., Dallagiovanna B.

Prospective Study, published in Sci Rep (2018) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Prospective Study
Journal
Sci Rep (2018)
Country
England
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
29849100
PMCID
PMC5976649
DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-26533-y
Citations
4

Abstract (original English)

Adult stem cells are considered promising candidates for cellular therapies due to their capacity to differentiate and self-renew. Differentiation leads to changes in the metabolism, structure, and gene expression patterns of cells. Hedgehog is one of the pathways that is involved in the enhancement of osteogenesis and chondrogenesis in adult stem cells, but its mechanisms are poorly understood. In this study, we treated adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSC) with two well-characterized drugs, purmorphamine (Hedgehog pathway activator) and cyclopamine (Hedgehog pathway inhibitor), and identified mRNAs associated with polysomes in each treatment group to determine the post transcriptional genetic networks governed by the Hedgehog pathway. Activation of the Hedgehog pathway by purmorphamine results in significant upregulation of mRNAs associated with cellular communication and signal transduction. Furthermore, our experiments show that cyclopamine acts late downregulating GLI1 expression in ADSCs but promotes the upregulation of mRNAs associated with energy pathways and metabolism at early times. Through in silico analysis, we identified some miRNAs, such as miR-355, that could regulate these mRNAs association with polysomes and thereby modulate the Hedgehog pathway. Our results suggest that activation of the Hedgehog pathway by purmorphamine also results in a negative regulati

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.

Evidence level

Early human evidence such as case series or small samples is exploring possible benefits.

How we grade evidence
Adipose TissueCell NucleusEnergy MetabolismGene Regulatory NetworksHedgehog ProteinsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMorpholinesPolyribosomesPurines

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