Review Article

Do MicroRNAs Modulate Visceral Pain?

Table 1

Involvement of miRNAs in visceral pain.

Diseases miRNAsTissuesTargetsReferences

IBSmiR-199 ↓Human colon; Rat colon/DRGTRPV1 ↑[60]
miR-24 ↑Human/mouse intestinal mucosaSERT ↓[61]
miR-17-5p ↑Lumbar spinal cordSTAT3↓; gp130↑[62]
miR-150 ↑
miR-342-3p ↑
Human whole blood-[63]
miR-29a ↑Human small bowel and colon; human blood macrovesiclesGlutamate ammonia
ligase ↓
[64]
miR-144 ↑Rat distal colonic epithelial cellsOccludin ↓; ZO1 ↓[65]

EndometriosismiR-9 ↓;
miR-34 ↓
Human endometrial tissues-[66]
miR-142-3p ↑Endometrial stroma cellsSteroid sulfatase ↓;
gp130 ↓
[67]
miR-29 ↑;
miR-181 ↑;
let-7 ↑
ox-LDL treated human endometrial cell-linesNGF ↑; IL-6 ↑;
PTGES3 ↑
[68]
miR-122 ↑;
miR-199a ↑
Serum; peritoneal fluid-[69]

BPS/ICmiR-449b ↑
miR-500 ↑
Bladder smooth muscle cellsNK1 receptor↓[70]
miR-199a-5p ↑Bladder smooth muscle;
Mature bladder urothelium;
Primary urothelial culture
LIN7C ↓;
ARHGAP12 ↓;
PALS1 ↓;
RND1↓; PVRL1 ↓
[71]
miR-214 ↓Postmenopausal women’s bladder tissue;
Ovariectomized rats’ APMSCs
Mfn2 ↑;[72]
miR-139-5p ↓Postmenopausal women’s bladder tissueLPAR4 ↑[73]
miR-181a ↑Rat spinal cord[74]
miR-92b-3p ↑Rat spinal cordKCC2↓; VGAT ↓[75]