Higher Hepatic miR-29 Expression in Undernourished Male Rats During the Postnatal Period Targets the Long-Term Repression of IGF-1

Author:

Sohi Gurjeev,Revesz Andrew,Ramkumar Julie,Hardy Daniel B.

Abstract

Abstract A nutritional mismatch in postnatal life of low birth weight offspring increases the risk of developing the metabolic syndrome. Moreover, this is associated with decreased hepaticIgf1 expression, leading to impaired growth and metabolism. Previously, we have demonstrated that the timing of nutritional restoration in perinatal life can differentially program hepatic gene expression. Although microRNAs also play an important role in silencing gene expression, to date, the impact of a nutritional mismatch in neonatal life on their long-term expression has not been evaluated. Given the complementarity of miR-29 to the 3′ untranslated region of Igf1, we examined how protein restoration in maternal protein restriction rat offspring influences hepatic miR-29 and Igf1 expression in adulthood. Pregnant Wistar rats were designated into 1 of 4 dietary regimes: 20% protein (control), 8% protein during lactation only (LP-Lact), 8% protein during gestation only (LP1) or both (LP2). The steady-state expression of hepatic miR-29 mRNAsignificantly increased in LP2 offspring at postnatal day 21 and 130, and this was inversely related to hepatic Igf1 mRNA and body weight. Interestingly, this reciprocal association was stronger in LP-Lact offspring at postnatal day 21. Functional relevance of this in vivo relationship was evaluated by transfection of miR-29 mimics in neonatal Clone 9 rat hepatoma cells. Transfection with miR-29 suppressed Igf1 expression by 12 hours. Collectively, these findings implicate that nutritional restoration after weaning (post liver differentiation) in maternal protein restriction rat offspring fails to prevent long-term impaired growth, in part, due to miR-29 suppression of hepatic Igf1 expression. (Endocrinology 156: 3069–3076, 2015)

Publisher

The Endocrine Society

Subject

Endocrinology

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