CeRNA effect was an important regulation mode of miRNA mediated bio-activities, however, most of the researches of ceRNA were on ncRNAs synergetic with mRNAs, the exploration of ceRNA effect regulated mRNA interaction was still lack of. Besides, C/EBPα was one of the most crucial adipogenic regulators, which has been demonstrated to form a protein complex with FOXO1 to mediate AdipoQ expression. So that, we try to explore whether the ceRNA effect mediated the interaction of C/EBPα and FOXO1, and identified the key miRNAs of their ceRNA effect. In this paper, we found the ceRNA effect of C/EBPα and FOXO1 mediated their protein complex formation, furthermore regulated its transcriptional role for AdipoQ , thereby influencing pre-adipocytes adipogenesis . More importantly, we demonstrated that the miR-144 was the decisive factor that mediated the ceRNA effect of C/EBPα and FOXO1 to influence AdipoQ , thus regulated pre-adipocytes adipogenesis. This research will provide a new supplementary idea of the miRNA role in mediating coding RNA interaction that regulates pre-adipocyte adipogenesis.
Exhaustion of skeletal stem and progenitor cells (SSPCs) drives age-related delays in fracture repair, yet the upstream regulators of SSPC maintenance are unclear. We identify that core-binding factor β (Cbfβ) in bone marrow Adipoq + cells (BMACs) is essential for maintaining SSPC number and function. Cbfβ deletion in BMACs (CKO) leads to SSPC depletion, including periosteal populations, and impairs bicortical fracture healing in mice. Multi-omics (RNA-seq, CUT&Tag-seq, and ATAC-seq) reveal that Cbfβ preserves chromatin accessibility at DNA repair loci, maintaining genomic stability, preventing BMAC senescence, and mitigating the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Senolytic therapy alleviates BMAC senescence, restores SSPC populations, and improves bone repair in CKO mice. In both humans and mice, Cbfβ expression declines with aging, accompanied by increased BMAC senescence. AAV-mediated Cbfβ overexpression restores aging-related bone repair and SSPC decline. These findings reveal a novel mechanism in which Cbfβ in BMACs regulates SSPC maintenance via a senescence/SASP axis, offering a potential therapeutic strategy for age-related bone repair deficits.