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The important role of miR-133a in the progress and development of postmenopausal osteoporosis has been reported, however, the underlying mechanism is not clear yet. In this study, qRT-PCR analysis was performed to assess miR-133 expression in serum isolated from postmenopausal osteoporosis patients (PMOP) and healthy controls. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured at the lumbar spine by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The results showed that miR-133a was significantly upregulated and negatively correlated with lumbar spine BMD in serum of postmenopausal osteoporotic women. The miR-133a mimic, miR-133a inhibitor, and the corresponding controls were transfected into RAW264.7 and THP-1 cells, respectively. TRAP-positive cells were counted and the protein expression of NFATc1, c-Fos and TRAP were detected by western blot analysis. We found that MiR-133a was upregulated during osteoclastogenesis, and overexpression of miR-133a promoted RANKL-induced differentiation of RAW264.7 and THP-1 cells into osteoclasts, whereas miR-133a knockdown showed the reversed results. In in vivo experiment, rats were bilaterally ovariectomized (OVX) and injected with antagomiR-133a or antagoNC, and were sacrificed for collecting serum and lumbar spine for ELISA, micro-computed Tomography (CT) and bone histomorphology analysis, respectively. It was found that, in OVX rats, miR-133a knockdown altered the levels of osteoclastogenesis-related factors in serum and increased lumbar spine BMD and changed bone histomorphology. Collectively, miRNA-133a is involved in the regulation of postmenopausal osteoporosis through promoting osteoclast differentiation.

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Magnetic nanoparticles of Fe 3 O 4 approximately 5nm in size were synthesized and characterized by XRD and TEM. A novel gold electrode modified with Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles was then constructed and was characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The modified electrode exhibited strong promoting effect and high stability toward the electrochemical oxidation of dopamine (DA), which gave reversible redox peaks with a formal potential of 0.192 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) electrode in pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution (PB). The anodic peak currents (measured by constant potential amperometry) increased linearly with the concentration of dopamine in the range of 1.5 Â 10 À7 to 4.0 Â 10 À4 M. The detection limit (S/N ¼ 3) obtained was 3.0 Â 10 À8 M. The relative standard deviation (RSD) of 8 successive scans was 3.41% for 1.5 Â 10 À6 M DA. The interference of ascorbic acid (AA) could be eliminated efficiently. The proposed method showed excellent sensitivity and recovery.

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