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JOURNAL ARTICLE
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miR-149 controls non-alcoholic fatty liver by targeting FGF-21.
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 2016 August
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a lipid metabolism disorder characterized by the accumulation of intrahepatic fat, has emerged as a global public health problem. However, its underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear. We previously have found that miR-149 was elevated in NAFLD induced by high-fat diet mice model, whereas decreased by a 16-week running programme. Here, we reported that miR-149 was increased in HepG2 cells treated with long-chain fatty acid (FFA). In addition, miR-149 was able to promote lipogenesis in HepG2 cells in the absence of FFA treatment. Moreover, inhibition of miR-149 was capable of inhibiting lipogenesis in HepG2 cells in the presence of FFA treatment. Meanwhile, fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF-21) was identified as a target gene of miR-149, which was demonstrated by the fact that miR-149 could negatively regulate the protein expression level of FGF-21, and FGF-21 was also responsible for the effect of miR-149 inhibitor in decreasing lipogenesis in HepG2 cells in the presence of FFA treatment. These data implicate that miR-149 might be a novel therapeutic target for NAFLD.
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