Fig. 2.
The role of miRNAs in the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis. ↑: up-regulation; ↓: down-regulation; PGC-1α: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor coactivator-1α; ERR-α: estrogen receptor-related receptor α; P38MAPK: mitogen-activated protein kinase; NRF1: nuclear respiratory factor 1; TFAM: mitochondrial transcription factor A. PARP-2: poly ADP-ribose polymerase-2; IR or T2DM can resulted in up-regulation of miR-106b expression and down-regulation of miR-149 expression, thereby inhibiting the expression of its target genes ERR-α and PARP-2. IR/T2DM also can up-regulate the expression of miR-761 and miR-23a, and down-regulate the expression of miR-133a, which leads to down-regulation of its target gene PGC-1α.