biostudies-literatureUnknown7(10)You LHyperglycemia is one of the possible causes for osteoporosis and bone fracture in diabetes mellitus. Here we modeled diabetes-induced osteoporosis in vitro using preosteoblastic cell line MC3T3-E1 and a diabetic mice model for in vivo studies. We found that in addition to reducing osteoblast viability and differentiation (mineralization), culture in elevated glucose down regulated microRNA-378 (miR-378) expression but ectopic miR-378 expression reversed the effects of high glucose. We identified caspase-3 (CASP3) as a target of miR-378 and showed that miR-378 repressed CASP3 mRNA and protein expression under high glucose condition. We further showed that both miR-378 expression and CASP3 silencing independently restored alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and the expression of osteoblasticInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology7249-61https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4230144biostudies-literatureMiR-378 overexpression attenuates high glucose-suppressed osteogenic differentiation through targeting CASP3 and activating PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.PMC4230144You LPeng YChen JGu WChen LPan LfalseMiR-378 overexpression attenuates high glucose-suppressed osteogenic differentiation through targeting CASP3 and activating PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.Hyperglycemia is one of the possible causes for osteoporosis and bone fracture in diabetes mellitus. Here we modeled diabetes-induced osteoporosis in vitro using preosteoblastic cell line MC3T3-E1 and a diabetic mice model for in vivo studies. We found that in addition to reducing osteoblast viability and differentiation (mineralization), culture in elevated glucose down regulated microRNA-378 (miR-378) expression but ectopic miR-378 expression reversed the effects of high glucose. We identified caspase-3 (CASP3) as a target of miR-378 and showed that miR-378 repressed CASP3 mRNA and protein expression under high glucose condition. We further showed that both miR-378 expression and CASP3 silencing independently restored alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and the expression of osteoblastic2014-01-01T00:00:00Z20142025-04-25T20:32:38.975Z2025-04-06T08:23:22.25ZS-EPMC423014425400823