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ArticleOsteoarthritis and cartilage open2025

MicroRNA-181a/b-1 enhances chondroprogenitor anabolism and downregulates aquaporin-9.

Austin Bell-Hensley, Victor Gustavo Balera Brito, Lei Cai, Jin Liu, Kathryn Feeney, Hongjun Zheng, Audrey McAlinden

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  1. Epigenetics in B-CLL.International journal of genomics · 2026
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Austin Bell-HensleyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Victor Gustavo Balera BritoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Lei CaiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Jin LiuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Kathryn FeeneyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Hongjun ZhengDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Audrey McAlindenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.

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Abstract

Objective: Effective osteoarthritis treatments that enhance the anabolic/regenerative capacity of chondrocytes are needed. Studying cartilage development processes may inform us of approaches to control chondrocyte differentiation and anabolism and, ultimately, how to effectively treat OA. MicroRNAs are broad-acting epigenetic regulators known to affect many skeletal processes. Previous reports from our group indicated that miR-181a-1 is upregulated during chondrocyte differentiation. The goal of this study was to determine how the entire miR-181a/b-1 cluster regulates Design: Precursor miR-181a/b-1 was over-expressed in cartilage progenitor cells using lentiviral technology Transduced cartilage progenitor cells were cultured as micromass pellets in hypoxic conditions and stimulated to undergo chondrogenic differentiation for five weeks. Bulk RNA-sequencing and immunostaining was applied to evaluate chondrogenic differentiation and matrix production. Results: Immunostaining of cartilage pellet sections showed that miR-181a/b-1 increased mature type II collagen and decreased expression of the chondroprogenitor type IIA collagen isoform. Bulk RNA-Seq at day 7 of chondrogenesis revealed upregulation of pro-anabolic genes such as Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate a pro-differentiation/anabolic function for miR-181a/b-1 during

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AnabolismAquaporin-9ChondrocyteChondrogenesismicroRNAmiR-181a/b

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PMCPMC11650276

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