Review Article

The Role of miR-378a in Metabolism, Angiogenesis, and Muscle Biology

Table 1

Classification of miR-378 variants. Source: miRBase, version 21, September 2015 [28]. The seed sequence (defined as nucleotides 2–8 from the miRNA 5′-end of the mature miRNA) is in bold font.

NameMature strandPrevious IDSequenceLocationHost gene

Human
hsa-miR-378a hsa-miR-378a-5pmiR-3785′-cuccugacuccagguccugugu-3′chr5: 149732825–149732890PPARGC1B
hsa-miR-378a-3pmiR-422b5′-acuggacuuggagucagaaggc-3′chr5: 149732825–149732890PPARGC1B
miR-378
hsa-miR-378b hsa-miR-378b5′-acuggacuuggaggcagaa-3′chr3: 10330229–10330285ATP2B2
hsa-miR-378c hsa-miR-378c5′-acuggacuuggagucagaagagugg-3′chr10: 130962588–130962668
hsa-miR-378d-1 hsa-miR-378d5′-acuggacuuggagucagaaa-3′chr4: 5923275–5923328
hsa-miR-378d-2 hsa-miR-378d5′-acuggacuuggagucagaaa-3′chr8: 93916022–93916119 PDP1
hsa-miR-378e hsa-miR-378e5′-acuggacuuggagucagga-3′chr5: 170028488–170028566 DOCK2
hsa-miR-378f hsa-miR-378f5′-acuggacuuggagccagaag -3′chr1: 23929070–23929147
hsa-miR-378g hsa-miR-378g5′-acugggcuuggagucagaag-3′chr1: 94745860–94745900 LINC01057
hsa-miR-378h hsa-miR-378h5′-acuggacuuggugucagaugg-3′chr5: 154829458–154829540 FAXDC2
hsa-miR-378i hsa-miR-378i5′-acuggacuaggagucagaagg-3′chr22: 41923222–41923297 TNFRSF13C
hsa-miR-378j hsa-miR-378j5′-acuggauuuggagccagaa-3′chr17: 37614931–37615039DDX52

Murine
mmu-miR-378a mmu-miR-378a-5pmiR-3785′-cuccugacuccagguccugugu-3′chr18: 61397835–61397900 PPARGC1B
mmu-miR-378a-3pmiR-3785′-acuggacuuggagucagaagg-3′chr18: 61397835–61397900 PPARGC1B
mmu-miR-378b mmu-miR-378b5′-cuggacuuggagucagaaga-3′chr11: 88352773–88352864 MSI2
mmu-miR-378c mmu-miR-378c5′-acuggacuuggagucagaagc-3′chr14: 46954830–46954928SAMD4
mmu-miR-378d mmu-miR-378d5′-acuggccuuggagucagaaggu-3′chr10: 126710282–126710391

The “” sign refers to a nucleotide position not present in the murine and rat miR-378a-3p mature sequence, which is present in the mature human sequence.