MicroRNA hsa-miR-1301-3p Regulates Human , and in the Ethanol-Acetaldehyde-Acetate Metabolic Pathway.

Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) and aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs) are vital enzymes involved in the metabolism of a variety of alcohols. Differences in the expression and enzymatic activity of human ADHs and ALDHs correlate with individual variability in metabolizing alcohols and drugs and in the susceptibility to alcoholic liver disease. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) function as epigenetic modulators to regulate the expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes.

Coordinated Regulation of UGT2B15 Expression by Long Noncoding RNA LINC00574 and hsa-miR-129-5p in HepaRG Cells.

Recent studies have shown that microRNAs and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) regulate the expression of drug metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) in human hepatic cells and that a set of DMEs, including UDP glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 2B15, is down-regulated dramatically in liver cells by toxic acetaminophen (APAP) concentrations. In this study we analyzed mRNA, microRNA, and lncRNA expression profiles in APAP-treated HepaRG cells to explore noncoding RNA-dependent regulation of DME expression. The expression of UGT2B15 and lncRNA LINC00574 was decreased in APAP-treated HepaRG cells.