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Yu M, Feng Y, Yan J, Zhang X, Tian Z, Wang T, Wang J, Shen W. Transcriptomic regulatory analysis of skeletal muscle development in landrace pigs. Gene 2024; 915:148407. [PMID: 38531491 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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The development of pig skeletal muscle is a complex dynamic regulation process, which mainly includes the formation of primary and secondary muscle fibers, the remodeling of muscle fibers, and the maturation of skeletal muscle; However, the regulatory mechanism of the entire developmental process remains unclear. This study analyzed the whole-transcriptome data of skeletal muscles at 27 developmental nodes (E33-D180) in Landrace pigs, and their key regulatory factors in the development process were identified using the bioinformatics method. Firstly, we constructed a transcriptome expression map of skeletal muscle development from embryo to adulthood in Landrace pig. Subsequently, due to drastic change in gene expression, the perinatal periods including E105, D0 and D9, were focused, and the genes related to the process of muscle fiber remodeling and volume expansion were revealed. Then, though conjoint analysis with miRNA and lncRNA transcripts, a ceRNA network were identified, which consist of 11 key regulatory genes (such as CHAC1, RTN4IP1 and SESN1), 7 miRNAs and 43 lncRNAs, and they potentially play an important role in the process of muscle fiber differentiation, muscle fiber remodeling and volume expansion, intramuscular fat deposition, and other skeletal muscle developmental events. In summary, we reveal candidate genes and underlying molecular regulatory networks associated with perinatal skeletal muscle fiber type remodeling and expansion. These data provide new insights into the molecular regulation of mammalian skeletal muscle development and diversity.
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- Mubin Yu
- Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology in Universities of Shandong, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.
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Wan S, Lou M, Zhang S, Li S, Ling Y. Transcriptome analysis revealed differences in gene expression in sheep muscle tissue at different developmental stages. BMC Genom Data 2024; 25:54. [PMID: 38849746 PMCID: PMC11162047 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-024-01235-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The analysis of differentially expressed genes in muscle tissues of sheep at different ages is helpful to analyze the gene expression trends during muscle development. In this study, the longissimus dorsi muscle of pure breeding Hu sheep (H), Suffolk sheep and Hu sheep hybrid F1 generation (SH) and East Friesian and Hu sheep hybrid sheep (EHH) three strains of sheep born 2 days (B2) and 8 months (M8) was used as the research object, and transcriptome sequencing technology was used to identify the differentially expressed genes of sheep longissimus dorsi muscle in these two stages. Subsequently, GO and KEGG enrichment analysis were performed on the differential genes. Nine differentially expressed genes were randomly selected and their expression levels were verified by qRT-PCR. RESULTS The results showed that 842, 1301 and 1137 differentially expressed genes were identified in H group, SH group and EHH group, respectively. Among them, 191 differential genes were enriched in these three strains, including pre-folding protein subunit 6 (PFDN6), DnaJ heat shock protein family member A4 (DNAJA4), myosin heavy chain 8 (MYH8) and so on. GO and KEGG enrichment analysis was performed on 191 differentially expressed genes shared by the three strains to determine common biological pathways. The results showed that the differentially expressed genes were significantly enriched in ribosomes, unfolded protein binding, FoxO signaling pathway, glycolysis / glycogen generation and glutathione signaling pathway that regulate muscle protein synthesis and energy metabolism. The results of qRT-PCR were consistent with transcriptome sequencing, which proved that the sequencing results were reliable. CONCLUSIONS Overall, this study revealed the important genes and signaling pathways related to sheep skeletal muscle development, and the result laid a foundation for further understanding the mechanism of sheep skeletal muscle development.
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- Sailuo Wan
- College of Agricultural Engineering, Anhui Open University, Hefei, 230022, P.R. China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Local Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resource Conservation and Bio-Breeding, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Local Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resource Conservation and Bio-Breeding, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Local Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resource Conservation and Bio-Breeding, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China.
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Local Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resource Conservation and Bio-Breeding, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, P.R. China.
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Wang D, Xu L, Liu Y, Wang C, Xu Z, Yang F, Li Z, Bai X, Liao Y, Liu X, Wang Y. Identification of ferroptosis-associated genes and potential pharmacological targets in sepsis-induced myopathy. Heliyon 2024; 10:e29062. [PMID: 38601693 PMCID: PMC11004882 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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Background The role of Ferroptosis in the course of sepsis-induced myopathy is yet unclear. The objective of our work is to identify key genes connected with Ferroptosis in sepsis-induced myopathy and investigate possible pharmaceutical targets related to this process. This research aims to provide new insights into the management of sepsis-induced myopathy. Methods We got the GSE13205 dataset from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and extracted Ferroptosis-associated genes from the FerrDb database. After conducting a functional annotation analysis of these genes, we created a protein-protein interaction network using Cytoscape software to identify important genes. Subsequently, we employed CMap to investigate prospective pharmaceuticals that could target these crucial genes. Results A total of 61 genes that are expressed differently (DEGs) have been found concerning Ferroptosis. These genes are involved in a wide range of biological functions, including reacting to signals from outside the cell and the availability of nutrients, programmed cell death, controlling apoptosis, and responding to peptides, chemical stressors, and hormones. The KEGG pathway study revealed that these pathways are involved in Ferroptosis, autophagy, P53 signaling, PI3K-Akt signaling, mTOR signaling, HIF-1 signaling, endocrine resistance, and different tumorigenic processes. In addition, we created a network that shows the simultaneous expression of important genes and determined the top 10 medications that have the potential to treat sepsis-induced myopathy. Conclusion The bioinformatics research undertaken sheds insight into the probable role of Ferroptosis-associated genes in sepsis-induced myopathy. The identified critical genes show potential as therapeutic targets for treating sepsis-induced myopathy, offering opportunities for the development of tailored medicines.
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- Dongfang Wang
- Division of Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Tongji Trauma Center, China
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Tongji Trauma Center, China
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Tongji Trauma Center, China
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Tongji Trauma Center, China
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Tongji Trauma Center, China
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Tongji Trauma Center, China
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Tongji Trauma Center, China
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Tongji Trauma Center, China
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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- Division of Trauma Surgery, Emergency Surgery & Surgical Critical, Tongji Trauma Center, China
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China
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Chen B, Zhang Y, Niu Y, Wang Y, Liu Y, Ji H, Han R, Tian Y, Liu X, Kang X, Li Z. RRM2 promotes the proliferation of chicken myoblasts, inhibits their differentiation and muscle regeneration. Poult Sci 2024; 103:103407. [PMID: 38198913 PMCID: PMC10825555 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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During myogenesis and regeneration, the proliferation and differentiation of myoblasts play key regulatory roles and may be regulated by many genes. In this study, we analyzed the transcriptomic data of chicken primary myoblasts at different periods of proliferation and differentiation with protein‒protein interaction network, and the results indicated that there was an interaction between cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) and ribonucleotide reductase regulatory subunit M2 (RRM2). Previous studies in mammals have a role for RRM2 in skeletal muscle development as well as cell growth, but the role of RRM2 in chicken is unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of RRM2 on skeletal muscle development and regeneration in chickens in vitro and in vivo. The interaction between RRM2 and CDK1 was initially identified by co-immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry. Through a dual luciferase reporter assay and quantitative real-time PCR, we identified the core promoter region of RRM2, which is regulated by the SP1 transcription factor. In this study, through cell counting kit-8 assays, 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine incorporation assays, flow cytometry, immunofluorescence staining, and Western blot analysis, we demonstrated that RRM2 promoted the proliferation and inhibited the differentiation of myoblasts. In vivo studies showed that RRM2 reduced the diameter of muscle fibers and slowed skeletal muscle regeneration. In conclusion, these data provide preliminary insights into the biological functions of RRM2 in chicken muscle development and skeletal muscle regeneration.
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- Bingjie Chen
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; Henan Key Laboratory for Innovation and Utilization of Chicken Germplasm Resources, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; Henan Key Laboratory for Innovation and Utilization of Chicken Germplasm Resources, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; Henan Key Laboratory for Innovation and Utilization of Chicken Germplasm Resources, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; Henan Key Laboratory for Innovation and Utilization of Chicken Germplasm Resources, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; Henan Key Laboratory for Innovation and Utilization of Chicken Germplasm Resources, Zhengzhou 450046, China.
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Jiang X, Huang K, Sun X, Li Y, Hua L, Liu F, Huang R, Du J, Zeng H. Hexamethylene amiloride synergizes with venetoclax to induce lysosome-dependent cell death in acute myeloid leukemia. iScience 2024; 27:108691. [PMID: 38205254 PMCID: PMC10776932 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Tumors maintain an alkaline intracellular environment to enable rapid growth. The proton exporter NHE1 participates in maintenance of this pH gradient. However, whether targeting NHE1 could inhibit the growth of tumor cells remains unknown. Here, we report that the NHE1 inhibitor Hexamethylene amiloride (HA) efficiently suppresses the growth of AML cell lines. Moreover, HA combined with venetoclax synergized to efficiently inhibit the growth of AML cells. Interestingly, lysosomes are the main contributors to the synergism of HA and venetoclax in inhibiting AML cells. Most importantly, the combination of HA and venetoclax also had prominent anti-leukemia effects in both xenograft models and bone marrow samples from AML patients. In summary, our results provide evidence that the NHE1 inhibitor HA or its combination with venetoclax efficiently inhibits the growth of AML in vitro and in vivo.
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- Xinya Jiang
- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
- Department of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
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- Department of Hematology, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R. China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
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Wu L, Shi M, Liang Y, Huang J, Xia W, Bian H, Zhuo Q, Zhao C. The profiles and clinical significance of extraocular muscle-expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs in oculomotor nerve palsy. Front Mol Neurosci 2023; 16:1293344. [PMID: 38173464 PMCID: PMC10761543 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1293344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Introduction Oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP) arises from primary abnormalities in the central neural pathways that control the extraocular muscles (EOMs). Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been found to be involved in the pathogenesis of various neuroparalytic diseases. However, little is known about the role of lncRNAs in ONP. Methods We collected medial rectus muscle tissue from ONP and constant exotropia (CXT) patients during strabismus surgeries for RNA sequencing analysis. Differentially expressed mRNAs and lncRNAs were revealed and included in the functional enrichment analysis. Co-expression analysis was conducted between these differentially expressed mRNAs and lncRNAs, followed by target gene prediction of differentially expressed lncRNAs. In addition, lncRNA-microRNA and lncRNA-transcription factor-mRNA interaction networks were constructed to further elaborate the pathological changes in medial rectus muscle of ONP. Furthermore, RT-qPCR was applied to further validate the expression levels of important lncRNAs and mRNAs, whose clinical significance was examined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results A total of 618 differentially expressed lncRNAs and 322 differentially expressed mRNAs were identified. The up-regulated mRNAs were significantly related to cholinergic synaptic transmission (such as CHRM3 and CHRND) and the components and metabolism of extracellular matrix (such as CHI3L1 and COL19A1), while the down-regulated mRNAs were significantly correlated with the composition (such as MYH7 and MYL3) and contraction force (such as MYH7 and TNNT1) of muscle fibers. Co-expression analysis and target gene prediction revealed the strong correlation between MYH7 and NR_126491.1 as well as MYOD1 and ENST00000524479. Moreover, the differential expressions of lncRNAs (XR_001739409.1, NR_024160.1 and XR_001738373.1) and mRNAs (CDKN1A, MYOG, MYOD1, MYBPH, TMEM64, STATH, and MYL3) were validated by RT-qPCR. ROC curve analysis showed that lncRNAs (XR_001739409.1, NR_024160.1, and NR_002766.2) and mRNAs (CDKN1A, MYOG, MYOD1, MYBPH, TMEM64, and STATH) might be promising biomarkers of ONP. Conclusions These results may shed light on the molecular biology of EOMs of ONP, as well as the possible correlation of lncRNAs and mRNAs with clinical practice.
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- Lianqun Wu
- Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China
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- Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China
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- Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China
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- Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China
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- Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China
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- Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China
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- Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China
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- Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia (Fudan University), Key Laboratory of Myopia, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Visual Impairment and Restoration, Shanghai, China
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Liu C, Luo YP, Chen J, Weng YH, Lan Y, Liu HB. Functional polymorphism in miR-208 is associated with increased risk for ischemic stroke. BMC Med Genomics 2023; 16:176. [PMID: 37525251 PMCID: PMC10391967 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-023-01610-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The miR-208 gene is one of the microRNAs now under active studies, and has been found to play significant roles in an array of cardiovascular diseases. Nevertheless, until now, no studies have examined the relationship between the susceptibility to ischemic stroke (IS) and genetic variations in miR-208. This study explored the association between the miR-208 polymorphisms (rs178642, rs8022522, and rs12894524) and the risk of IS. METHODS A total of 205 cases of IS and 211 control subjects were included. The SNPscans genotyping test was employed to determine the genotypes of the three polymorphisms. RESULTS Significant correlation was observed between rs8022522 polymorphism and risk of IS on the basis of analyses of genotypes, models and alleles (GA vs. GG: adjusted OR = 2.159, 95% CI: 1.052-4.430, P = 0. 036; AA vs. GG: adjusted OR = 5.154, 95% CI: 1.123-23.660, P = 0.035; dominant model: adjusted OR = 1.746, 95% CI, 1.075-2.838, P = 0.025; G vs. A: adjusted OR = 2.451, 95% CI: 1.374-4.370, P = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS The rs8022522 polymorphism of the miR-208 gene is significantly associated with an elevated risk of ischemic stroke in Chinese.
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- Chao Liu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541199, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, the Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541199, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541199, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical College for Nationalities, Baise, 533000, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541199, China.
- College of Medical Laboratory Science, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541004, China.
- Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism Disorders, Guilin, 541199, China.
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Liu S, Liu Z, Wang P, Li W, Zhao S, Liu Y, Chu M. Estrogen-mediated oar-miR-485-5p targets PPP1R13B to regulate myoblast proliferation in sheep. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 236:123987. [PMID: 36906210 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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Ovaries are important endocrine organs in female animals that secrete various steroid hormones, which are involved in multiple physiological functions. Estrogen, one of the hormones secreted by ovaries, is essential for the overall maintenance of muscle growth and development. However, the molecular mechanisms that affect muscle growth and development in sheep following ovariectomy remain unclear. In this study, we identified 1662 differentially expressed mRNAs (DEGs) and 40 differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) in sheep that underwent ovariectomy compared with those that underwent sham surgery. A total of 178 DEG-DEM pairs were negatively correlated. GO and KEGG analysis showed that PPP1R13B was involved in the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, which was essential for muscle development. Using in vitro experiments, we examined the effect of PPP1R13B on myoblast proliferation and found that overexpression or inhibition of PPP1R13B increased or decreased the expression of myoblast proliferation markers, respectively. PPP1R13B was identified as a functional downstream target of miR-485-5p. Our results suggested that miR-485-5p promoted myoblast proliferation by regulating proliferation factors in myoblasts by targeting PPP1R13B. Notably, exogenous estradiol supplementation to myoblasts regulated the expression of oar-miR-485-5p and PPP1R13B and promoted myoblast proliferation. These results provided new insights into the molecular mechanism by which ovaries influence muscle growth and development in sheep.
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- Siqi Liu
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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Zhelankin AV, Iulmetova LN, Ahmetov II, Generozov EV, Sharova EI. Diversity and Differential Expression of MicroRNAs in the Human Skeletal Muscle with Distinct Fiber Type Composition. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:659. [PMID: 36983815 PMCID: PMC10056610 DOI: 10.3390/life13030659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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The ratio of fast- and slow-twitch fibers in human skeletal muscle is variable and largely determined by genetic factors. In this study, we investigated the contribution of microRNA (miRNA) in skeletal muscle fiber type composition. The study involved biopsy samples of the vastus lateralis muscle from 24 male participants with distinct fiber type ratios. The miRNA study included samples from five endurance athletes and five power athletes with the predominance of slow-twitch (61.6-72.8%) and fast-twitch (69.3-80.7%) fibers, respectively. Total and small RNA were extracted from tissue samples. Total RNA sequencing (N = 24) revealed 352 differentially expressed genes between the groups with the predominance of fast- and slow-twitch muscle fibers. Small RNA sequencing showed upregulation of miR-206, miR-501-3p and miR-185-5p, and downregulation of miR-499a-5p and miR-208-5p in the group of power athletes with fast-twitch fiber predominance. Two miRtronic miRNAs, miR-208b-3p and miR-499a-5p, had strong correlations in expression with their host genes (MYH7 and MYH7B, respectively). Correlations between the expression of miRNAs and their experimentally validated messenger RNA (mRNA) targets were calculated, and 11 miRNA-mRNA interactions with strong negative correlations were identified. Two of them belonged to miR-208b-3p and miR-499a-5p, indicating their regulatory links with the expression of CDKN1A and FOXO4, respectively.
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- Andrey V. Zhelankin
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 5AF, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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Bta-miR-106b Regulates Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cell Proliferation, Cell Cycle, and Milk Protein Synthesis by Targeting the CDKN1A Gene. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13122308. [PMID: 36553575 PMCID: PMC9777812 DOI: 10.3390/genes13122308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Our previous studies found that bta-miR-106b and its corresponding target gene, CDKN1A, were differentially expressed between the mammary epithelium of lactating Holstein cows with extremely high and low milk protein and fat percentage, implying the potential role of bta-miR-106b in milk composition synthesis. In this study, with luciferase assay experiment, bta-miR-106b was validated to target the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of bovine CDKN1A, thereby regulating its expression. Moreover, in bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs), over-expression of bta-miR-106b significantly down-regulated the CDKN1A expression at both mRNA and protein levels, and inhibitors of bta-miR-106b increased CDKN1A expression. Of note, we observed that bta-miR-106b accelerated cell proliferation and cell cycle, and changed the expressions of protein synthesis related pathways such as JAK-STAT and PI3K/AKT/mTOR through regulating CDKN1A expression. Our findings highlight the important regulatory role of bta-miR-106b in milk protein synthesis by targeting CDKN1A in dairy cattle.
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Semenova EA, Zempo H, Miyamoto-Mikami E, Kumagai H, Larin AK, Sultanov RI, Babalyan KA, Zhelankin AV, Tobina T, Shiose K, Kakigi R, Tsuzuki T, Ichinoseki-Sekine N, Kobayashi H, Naito H, Burniston J, Generozov EV, Fuku N, Ahmetov II. Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies CDKN1A as a Novel Locus Associated with Muscle Fiber Composition. Cells 2022; 11:cells11233910. [PMID: 36497168 PMCID: PMC9737696 DOI: 10.3390/cells11233910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Muscle fiber composition is associated with physical performance, with endurance athletes having a high proportion of slow-twitch muscle fibers compared to power athletes. Approximately 45% of muscle fiber composition is heritable, however, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) underlying inter-individual differences in muscle fiber types remain largely unknown. Based on three whole genome SNP datasets, we have shown that the rs236448 A allele located near the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (CDKN1A) gene was associated with an increased proportion of slow-twitch muscle fibers in Russian (n = 151; p = 0.039), Finnish (n = 287; p = 0.03), and Japanese (n = 207; p = 0.008) cohorts (meta-analysis: p = 7.9 × 10−5. Furthermore, the frequency of the rs236448 A allele was significantly higher in Russian (p = 0.045) and Japanese (p = 0.038) elite endurance athletes compared to ethnically matched power athletes. On the contrary, the C allele was associated with a greater proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers and a predisposition to power sports. CDKN1A participates in cell cycle regulation and is suppressed by the miR-208b, which has a prominent role in the activation of the slow myofiber gene program. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the rs236448 C allele was associated with increased CDKN1A expression in whole blood (p = 8.5 × 10−15) and with greater appendicular lean mass (p = 1.2 × 10−5), whereas the A allele was associated with longer durations of exercise (p = 0.044) reported amongst the UK Biobank cohort. Furthermore, the expression of CDKN1A increased in response to strength (p < 0.0001) or sprint (p = 0.00035) training. Accordingly, we found that CDKN1A expression is significantly (p = 0.002) higher in the m. vastus lateralis of strength athletes compared to endurance athletes and is positively correlated with the percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibers (p = 0.018). In conclusion, our data suggest that the CDKN1A rs236448 SNP may be implicated in the determination of muscle fiber composition and may affect athletic performance.
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- Ekaterina A. Semenova
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
- Research Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, Volga Region State University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism, 420138 Kazan, Russia
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- Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo Seiei College, Tokyo 124-0025, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Nursing and Nutrition, University of Nagasaki, Nagasaki 851-2195, Japan
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- Faculty of Education, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan
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- Faculty of Management & Information Science, Josai International University, Chiba 283-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
- Faculty of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan, Chiba 261-8586, Japan
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- Department of General Medicine, Mito Medical Center, Tsukuba University Hospital, Ibaraki 310-0015, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 5AF, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Graduate School of Health and Sports Science, Juntendo University, Chiba 270-1695, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, 119435 Moscow, Russia
- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 5AF, UK
- Department of Physical Education, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 115093 Moscow, Russia
- Laboratory of Genetics of Aging and Longevity, Kazan State Medical University, 420012 Kazan, Russia
- Correspondence:
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Yoshida Y, Yajima Y, Kawakami K, Nakamura SI, Tsukahara T, Oishi K, Toyoda A. Salivary microRNA and Metabolic Profiles in a Mouse Model of Subchronic and Mild Social Defeat Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232214479. [PMID: 36430957 PMCID: PMC9692636 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232214479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Identification of early biomarkers of stress is important for preventing mood and anxiety disorders. Saliva is an easy-to-collect and non-invasive diagnostic target. The aim of this study was to characterize the changes in salivary whole microRNAs (miRNAs) and metabolites in mice subjected to subchronic and mild social defeat stress (sCSDS). In this study, we identified seven upregulated and one downregulated miRNAs/PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) in the saliva of sCSDS mice. One of them, miR-208b-3p, which is reported as a reliable marker for myocardial infarction, was upregulated in the saliva of sCSDS mice. Histological analysis showed frequent myocardial interstitial fibrosis in the heart of such mice. In addition, gene ontology and pathway analyses suggested that the pathways related to energy metabolism, such as the oxidative phosphorylation and the pentose phosphate pathway, were significantly related to the miRNAs affected by sCSDS in saliva. In contrast, salivary metabolites were not significantly changed in the sCSDS mice, which is consistent with our previous metabolomic study on the plasma of sCSDS mice. Taken in the light of previous studies, the present study provides novel potential stress biomarkers for future diagnosis using saliva.
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- Yuta Yoshida
- Department of Food and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Mito 300-0393, Japan
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- Department of Food and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Mito 300-0393, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Department of Food and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Mito 300-0393, Japan
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- Healthy Food Science Research Group, Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba 305-8566, Japan
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510, Japan
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-0882, Japan
- School of Integrative and Global Majors, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
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- Department of Food and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Mito 300-0393, Japan
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-29-888-8584; Fax: +81-29-888-8584
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Han C, Yang J, Zhang E, Jiang Y, Qiao A, Du Y, Zhang Q, An J, Sun J, Wang M, Nguyen T, Lal H, Krishnamurthy P, Zhang J, Qin G. Metabolic labeling of cardiomyocyte-derived small extracellular-vesicle (sEV) miRNAs identifies miR-208a in cardiac regulation of lung gene expression. J Extracell Vesicles 2022; 11:e12246. [PMID: 36250966 PMCID: PMC9575700 DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Toxoplasma gondii uracil phosphoribosyltransferase (UPRT) converts 4-thiouracil (4TUc) into 4-thiouridine (4TUd), which is incorporated into nascent RNAs and can be biotinylated, then labelled with streptavidin conjugates or isolated via streptavidin-affinity methods. Here, we generated mice that expressed T. gondii UPRT only in cardiomyocytes (CM UPRT mice) and tested our hypothesis that CM-derived miRNAs (CM miRs) are transferred into remote organs after myocardial infarction (MI) by small extracellular vesicles (sEV) that are released from the heart into the peripheral blood (PB sEV). We found that 4TUd was incorporated with high specificity and sensitivity into RNAs isolated from the hearts and PB sEV of CM UPRT mice 6 h after 4TUc injection. In PB sEV, 4TUd was incorporated into CM-specific/enriched miRs including miR-208a, but not into miRs with other organ or tissue-type specificities. 4TUd-labelled miR208a was also present in lung tissues, especially lung endothelial cells (ECs), and CM-derived miR-208a (CM miR-208a) levels peaked 12 h after experimentally induced MI in PB sEV and 24 h after MI in the lung. Notably, miR-208a is expressed from intron 29 of α myosin heavy chain (αMHC), but αMHC transcripts were nearly undetectable in the lung. When PB sEV from mice that underwent MI (MI-PB sEV) or sham surgery (Sham-PB sEV) were injected into intact mice, the expression of Tmbim6 and NLK, which are suppressed by miR-208a and cooperatively regulate inflammation via the NF-κB pathway, was lower in the lungs of MI-PB sEV-treated animals than the lungs of animals treated with Sham-PB sEV or saline. In MI mice, Tmbim6 and NLK were downregulated, whereas endothelial adhesion molecules and pro-inflammatory cells were upregulated in the lung; these changes were significantly attenuated when the mice were treated with miR-208a antagomirs prior to MI surgery. Thus, CM UPRT mice enables us to track PB sEV-mediated transport of CM miRs and identify an miR-208a-mediated mechanism by which myocardial injury alters the expression of genes and inflammatory response in the lung.
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- Chaoshan Han
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of MedicineDivision of Cardiovascular DiseaseSchool of MedicineUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Center for Molecular and Translational MedicineGeorgia State UniversityAtlantaGeorgiaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of MedicineDivision of Cardiovascular DiseaseSchool of MedicineUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Department of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of Medicine and School of EngineeringUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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Liu Y, Zhou Z, Li K, Wang P, Chen Y, Deng S, Li W, Yu K, Wang K. VMP1 Regulated by chi-miR-124a Effects Goat Myoblast Proliferation, Autophagy, and Apoptosis through the PI3K/ULK1/mTOR Signaling Pathway. Cells 2022; 11:cells11142227. [PMID: 35883670 PMCID: PMC9319091 DOI: 10.3390/cells11142227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The production of goat meat is determined by the growth speed of muscle fibers, and the autophagy and apoptosis of myoblast cells is a crucial process in the growth of muscle fibers. The rapid growth of muscle fibers occurs from one month old to nine months old in goats; however, the mechanisms of myoblast cells’ autophagy and apoptosis in this process are still unknown. To identify candidate genes and signaling pathway mechanisms involved in myoblast apoptosis and autophagy, we compared the expression characteristics of longissimus dorsi tissues from Wu’an goats—a native goat breed of China—at 1 month old (mon1 group) and 9 months old (mon9 group). Herein, a total of 182 differentially expressed mRNAs (DEGs) in the mon1 vs. mon9 comparison, along with the KEGG enrichments, showed that the PI3K-Akt pathway associated with autophagy and apoptosis was significantly enriched. Among these DEGs, expression of vacuole membrane protein 1 (VMP1)—a key gene for the PI3K-Akt pathway—was significantly upregulated in the older goats relative to the 1-month-old goats. We demonstrated that VMP1 promotes the proliferation and autophagy of myoblasts, and inhibits their apoptosis. The integration analysis of miRNA–mRNA showed that miR-124a was a regulator of VMP1 in muscle tissue, and overexpression and inhibition of miR-124a suppressed the proliferation and autophagy of myoblasts. The PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway was an important pathway for cell autophagy. Additionally, the activator of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway, the expression of VMP1, and ULK1 were higher than the negative control, and the expression of mTOR was depressed. The expression of VMP1, ULK1, and mTOR was the opposite when the inhibitor was added to the myoblasts. These results show that the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway promoted the expression of VMP1 and ULK1. By using adenovirus-mediated apoptosis and proliferation assays, we found that that miR-124a inhibits myoblast proliferation and autophagy, and promotes their apoptosis by targeting VMP1. In conclusion, our results indicated that VMP1 was highly expressed in the LD muscle tissues of nine-month-old goats, and that it was regulated by miR-124a to inhibit myoblast cells’ apoptosis through the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway, and to promote proliferation and autophagy. These findings contribute to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in myoblast proliferation, autophagy, and apoptosis.
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- Yufang Liu
- College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (Y.L.); (W.L.)
- College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056021, China; (Z.Z.); (K.L.); (P.W.); (Y.C.)
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- College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056021, China; (Z.Z.); (K.L.); (P.W.); (Y.C.)
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- College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056021, China; (Z.Z.); (K.L.); (P.W.); (Y.C.)
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- College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056021, China; (Z.Z.); (K.L.); (P.W.); (Y.C.)
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- College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056021, China; (Z.Z.); (K.L.); (P.W.); (Y.C.)
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- Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China;
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- College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (Y.L.); (W.L.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
- Correspondence: (K.Y.); (K.W.); Tel.: +86-159-10666799 (K.Y.); +86-184-37158776 (K.W.); Fax: +86-0106-2731314 (K.Y.); +86-0371-56552516 (K.W.)
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- College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (Y.L.); (W.L.)
- Correspondence: (K.Y.); (K.W.); Tel.: +86-159-10666799 (K.Y.); +86-184-37158776 (K.W.); Fax: +86-0106-2731314 (K.Y.); +86-0371-56552516 (K.W.)
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Xu Q, Li J, Wu Y, Zhou W, Xu Z. Colorectal Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Bevacizumab May Induce Muscle Atrophy Through CDKN1A and TIMP4. Front Oncol 2022; 12:897495. [PMID: 35847900 PMCID: PMC9283830 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.897495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The muscle in the organism has the function of regulating metabolism. Long-term muscle inactivity or the occurrence of chronic inflammatory diseases are easy to induce muscle atrophy. Bevacizumab is an antiangiogenic drug that prevents the formation of neovascularization by inhibiting the activation of VEGF signaling pathway. It is used in the first-line treatment of many cancers in clinic. Studies have shown that the use of bevacizumab in the treatment of tumors can cause muscle mass loss and may induce muscle atrophy. Based on bioinformatics analysis, this study sought the relationship and influence mechanism between bevacizumab and muscle atrophy. The differences of gene and sample expression between bevacizumab treated group and control group were studied by RNA sequencing. WGCNA is used to find gene modules related to bevacizumab administration and explore biological functions through metascape. Differential analysis was used to analyze the difference of gene expression between the administration group and the control group in different muscle tissues. The key genes timp4 and CDKN1A were obtained through Venn diagram, and then GSEA was used to explore their biological functions in RNA sequencing data and geo chip data. This study studied the role of bevacizumab in muscle through the above methods, preliminarily determined that timp4 and CDKN1A may be related to muscle atrophy, and further explored their functional mechanism in bevacizumab myotoxicity.
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Identification and characterization of circular RNAs in Longissimus dorsi muscle tissue from two goat breeds using RNA-Seq. Mol Genet Genomics 2022; 297:817-831. [DOI: 10.1007/s00438-022-01887-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Li Y, Yang M, Lou A, Yun J, Ren C, Li X, Xia G, Nam K, Yoon D, Jin H, Seo K, Jin X. Integrated analysis of expression profiles with meat quality traits in cattle. Sci Rep 2022; 12:5926. [PMID: 35396568 PMCID: PMC8993808 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09998-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a vital role in improving meat quality by binding to messenger RNAs (mRNAs). We performed an integrated analysis of miRNA and mRNA expression profiling between bulls and steers based on the differences in meat quality traits. Fat and fatty acids are the major phenotypic indices of meat quality traits to estimate between-group variance. In the present study, 90 differentially expressed mRNAs (DEGs) and 18 differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) were identified. Eighty-three potential DEG targets and 18 DEMs were used to structure a negative interaction network, and 75 matching target genes were shown in this network. Twenty-six target genes were designated as intersection genes, screened from 18 DEMs, and overlapped with the DEGs. Seventeen of these genes enriched to 19 terms involved in lipid metabolism. Subsequently, 13 DEGs and nine DEMs were validated using quantitative real-time PCR, and seven critical genes were selected to explore the influence of fat and fatty acids through hub genes and predict functional association. A dual-luciferase reporter and Western blot assays confirmed a predicted miRNA target (bta-miR-409a and PLIN5). These findings provide substantial evidence for molecular genetic controls and interaction among genes in cattle.
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- Yunxiao Li
- College of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University, Jilin, China
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- Animal Husbandry Bureau of Yanbian Autonomous Prefecture, Yanji, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, South Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, South Korea
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- Branch of Animal Husbandry, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University, Sunchon, South Korea.
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science and Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China.
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Huang Z, Su G, Bi X, Zhang L, Xu Z, Wang G. Over-expression of long non-coding RNA insulin-like growth factor 2-antisense suppressed hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation and metastasis by regulating the microRNA-520h/cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A signaling pathway. Bioengineered 2021; 12:6952-6966. [PMID: 34516353 PMCID: PMC8806836 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1975016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Primary liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer and the third leading cause of malignancy-related death worldwide in 2020, with 75–85% of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Evidences have verified that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play key roles in HCC onset and development. However, the function and mechanism of lncRNA insulin-like growth factor 2-antisense (IGF2-AS) in HCC remain unclear. Herein, IGF2-AS expression profile in HCC patients was first investigated based on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database and local HCC patients, followed by prognostic value evaluation using Kaplan–Meier method; then, the bioinformatics analysis, dual-luciferase reporter assay, Spearman correlation assay, function gain, and loss with rescue experiments were applied to investigate the biological function and the involved molecular mechanisms of IGF2-AS in HCC oncogenesis and development. Our results showed that IGF2-AS expression was significantly down-regulated in HCC cells and tissues; lower IGF2-AS expression was significantly associated with poor prognosis of HCC patients; IGF2-AS over-expression inhibited the viability, colony formation, invasion, and migration, while promoted apoptosis in vitro, and inhibited HCC xenograft growth in vivo; IGF2-AS sponged microRNA-520h (miR-520h) to up-regulate IGF2-AS expression, and miR-520h over-expression or cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (CDKN1A) silencing reversed IGF2-AS reduced aggressive behaviors of HCC cells. In conclusion, IGF2-AS is a tumor-suppressor in HCC, and lower IGF2-AS expression is associated with poor prognosis of HCC patients; IGF2-AS inhibits HCC oncogenesis and development by IGF2-AS/miR-520h/CDKN1A pathway. Therefore, IGF2-AS may serve as a new biomarker for HCC management.
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- Zhen Huang
- Department of Interventional Radiology, Huizhou First Hospital, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Huizhou First Hospital, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Huizhou First Hospital, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Huizhou First Hospital, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Huizhou First Hospital, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Huizhou First Hospital, Guangdong, China
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Wang X, Chen X, Xu H, Zhou S, Zheng Y, Keller BB, Cai L. Emerging roles of microRNA-208a in cardiology and reverse cardio-oncology. Med Res Rev 2021; 41:2172-2194. [PMID: 33533026 DOI: 10.1002/med.21790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and cancer, which are the leading causes of mortality globally, have been viewed as two distinct diseases. However, the fact that cancer and CVDs may coincide has been noted by cardiologists when taking care of patients with CVDs caused by cancer chemotherapy; this entity is designated cardio-oncology. More recently, patients with CVDs have also been found to have increased risk of cancers, termed reverse cardio-oncology. Although reverse cardio-oncology has been highlighted as an important disease state in recent studies, how the diseased heart affects cancer and the potential mediators of the crosstalk between CVDs and cancer are largely unknown. Here, we focus on the roles of cardiac-specific microRNA-208a (miR-208a) in cardiac and cancer biology and explore its essential roles in reverse cardio-oncology. Accumulating evidence has shown that within the heart, increased miR-208a promotes myocardial injury, arrhythmia, cardiac remodeling, and dysfunction and that secreted miR-208a in the circulation may have novel roles in promoting tumor proliferation and invasion. This review, therefore, provides insights into the novel roles of miR-208a in reverse cardio-oncology and strategies to prevent secondary carcinogenesis in patients with early- or late-stage heart failure.
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- Xiang Wang
- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Institute, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Burn Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Institute, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Disease, First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Cincinnati Children's Heart Institute, Greater Louisville and Western Kentucky Practice, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Institute, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Hao D, Wang X, Wang X, Thomsen B, Yang Y, Lan X, Huang Y, Chen H. MicroRNA bta-miR-365-3p inhibits proliferation but promotes differentiation of primary bovine myoblasts by targeting the activin A receptor type I. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2021; 12:16. [PMID: 33431058 PMCID: PMC7802253 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-020-00528-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background MicroRNAs act as post-transcriptional regulators that repress translation or degrade mRNA transcripts. Each microRNA has many mRNA targets and each mRNA may be targeted by several microRNAs. Skeletal muscles express a plethora of microRNA genes that regulate muscle development and function by controlling the expression of protein-coding target genes. To expand our understanding of the role of microRNA, specifically bta-miR-365-3p, in muscle biology, we investigated its functions in regulating primary bovine myoblast proliferation and differentiation. Results Firstly, we found that bta-miR-365-3p was predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle and heart tissue in Chinese Qinchuan beef cattle. Quantitative PCR and western blotting results showed that overexpression of bta-miR-365-3p significantly reduced the expression levels of cyclin D1 (CCND1), cyclin dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) but stimulated the expression levels of muscle differentiation markers, i.e., MYOD1, MYOG at both mRNA and protein level. Moreover, downregulation of bta-miR-365-3p increased the expression of CCND1, CDK2 and PCNA but decreased the expression of MYOD1 and MYOG at both mRNA and protein levels. Furthermore, flow cytometry, EdU proliferation assays and immunostaining results showed that increased levels of bta-miR-365-3p suppressed cell proliferation but promoted myotube formation, whereas decreased levels of bta-miR-365-3p resulted in the opposite consequences. Finally, we identified that activin A receptor type I (ACVR1) could be a direct target of bta-miR-365-3p. It was demonstrated that bta-miR-365-3p can bind to the 3’UTR of ACVR1 gene to regulate its expression based on dual luciferase gene reporter assays. Consistently, knock-down of ACVR1 was associated with decreased expressions of CDK2, CCND1 and PCNA but increased expression of MYOG and MYOD1 both at mRNA and protein level. Conclusion Collectively, these data suggested that bta-miR-365-3p represses proliferation but promotes differentiation of bovine myoblasts through several biological mechanisms involving downregulation of ACVR1. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40104-020-00528-0.
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- Dan Hao
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.,Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- Quantitative Genomics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Group, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Richard Petersens Plads, Building 324, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Wu Y, Wang Y, Yin D, Mahmood T, Yuan J. Transcriptome analysis reveals a molecular understanding of nicotinamide and butyrate sodium on meat quality of broilers under high stocking density. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:412. [PMID: 32552672 PMCID: PMC7302154 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-06827-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background In recent years, increased attention has been focused on breast muscle yield and meat quality in poultry production. Supplementation with nicotinamide and butyrate sodium can improve the meat quality of broilers. However, the potential molecular mechanism is not clear yet. This study was designed to investigate the effects of supplementation with a combination of nicotinamide and butyrate sodium on breast muscle transcriptome of broilers under high stocking density. A total of 300 21-d-old Cobb broilers were randomly allocated into 3 groups based on stocking density: low stocking density control group (L; 14 birds/m2), high stocking density control group (H; 18 birds/m2), and high stocking density group provided with a combination of 50 mg/kg nicotinamide and 500 mg/kg butyrate sodium (COMB; 18 birds/m2), raised to 42 days of age. Results The H group significantly increased cooking losses, pH decline and activity of lactate dehydrogenase in breast muscle when compared with the L group. COMB showed a significant decrease in these indices by comparison with the H group (P < 0.05). The transcriptome results showed that key genes involved in glycolysis, proteolysis and immune stress were up-regulated whereas those relating to muscle development, cell adhesion, cell matrix and collagen were down-regulated in the H group as compared to the L group. In contrast, genes related to muscle development, hyaluronic acid, mitochondrial function, and redox pathways were up-regulated while those associated with inflammatory response, acid metabolism, lipid metabolism, and glycolysis pathway were down-regulated in the COMB group when compared with the H group. Conclusions The combination of nicotinamide and butyrate sodium may improve muscle quality by enhancing mitochondrial function and antioxidant capacity, inhibiting inflammatory response and glycolysis, and promoting muscle development and hyaluronic acid synthesis.
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- Yuqin Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Qi Y, Ding Z, Yao Y, Ren F, Yin M, Yang S, Chen A. Apigenin induces apoptosis and counteracts cisplatin-induced chemoresistance via Mcl-1 in ovarian cancer cells. Exp Ther Med 2020; 20:1329-1336. [PMID: 32742367 PMCID: PMC7388300 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2020.8880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the prominent causes of mortality in female patients diagnosed with gynecologic malignancies. While it has previously been demonstrated that apigenin inhibits cell growth in colon and breast cancer cells, the effect of apigenin in OC cells is not fully understood. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of apigenin on cell death and resistance to cisplatin in OC cells. It was found that apigenin inhibited proliferation, hindered cell cycle progression and promoted SKOV3 cell apoptosis. Moreover, these effects were also observed in cisplatin-resistant SKOV3/DDP cells. Furthermore, apigenin reduced the mitochondrial transmembrane potential, and elevated the ratios of cleaved caspase-3/caspase-3 and Bax/Bcl-2 in the two cell types. Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and western blotting results demonstrated that apigenin significantly downregulated Mcl-1 at the transcriptional and translational levels in SKOV3 and SKOV3/DDP cells, which was responsible for its cytotoxic functions and chemosensitizing effects. Collectively, the present results identified the impact of apigenin on OC cell death and resistance to cisplatin, and the potential molecular mechanisms. However, additional studies are required to further elucidate the underlying mechanisms.
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- Yuyan Qi
- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University, Taian, Shandong 271000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China
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Hao D, Wang X, Wang X, Thomsen B, Kadarmideen HN, Lan X, Huang Y, Chen H. Transcriptomic changes in bovine skeletal muscle cells after resveratrol treatment. Gene 2020; 754:144849. [PMID: 32512157 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Skeletal muscles constitute a high proportion of the cellular mass that is essential for the growth traits in cattle. Resveratrol (RSV) is a natural polyphenol compound involved in pleiotropic biological activities of muscle. Therefore, the aim of our study was to investigate the transcriptome-level effects of RSV on bovine primary myoblast to reveal differentially expressed genes (DEGs). We treated three replicates of primary myoblasts with 20 μM mother solution containing RSV, whereas three other replicates without RSV were used as control group. Then, we conducted genome-wide transcriptome analysis for the two groups. The results of expression analysis identified 3856 DEGs of which 1805 genes were up-regulated and 2051 genes were down-regulated (adjusted P < 0.05). In addition, qRT-PCR analysis of 19 selected DEGs were consistent with the expression levels observed in the transcriptome data. Gene Ontology (GO) and pathway enrichment analysis showed 72 and 66 significant GO terms and KEGG pathways, respectively (adjusted P < 0.05). The most significant GO term was actin cytoskeleton organization (GO:0030036). The top significant KEGG pathway was focal adhesion (bta04510). Predicted protein-protein interactions (PPIs) showed that CDKN1A encoding cyclindependent kinase inhibitor 1A connects several larger protein complexes. In conclusion, our results found a list of DEGs, significant GO terms and pathways, and provided an improved and expanded understanding of the impact of RSV on cattle muscle cells at the transcriptomic level. The study elucidates the potential of using the genes enriched in pathways mediating resveratrol effects as targets in genomic selection for muscle development and growth in beef cattle.
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- Dan Hao
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, 712100 Yangling, Shaanxi, China; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, 712100 Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Quantitative Genomics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Group, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Quantitative Genomics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Group, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, 712100 Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, 712100 Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, 712100 Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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Altered miRNA and mRNA Expression in Sika Deer Skeletal Muscle with Age. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11020172. [PMID: 32041309 PMCID: PMC7073773 DOI: 10.3390/genes11020172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Studies of the gene and miRNA expression profiles associated with the postnatal late growth, development, and aging of skeletal muscle are lacking in sika deer. To understand the molecular mechanisms of the growth and development of sika deer skeletal muscle, we used de novo RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and microRNA sequencing (miRNA-seq) analyses to determine the differentially expressed (DE) unigenes and miRNAs from skeletal muscle tissues at 1, 3, 5, and 10 years in sika deer. A total of 51,716 unigenes, 171 known miRNAs, and 60 novel miRNAs were identified based on four mRNA and small RNA libraries. A total of 2,044 unigenes and 11 miRNAs were differentially expressed between adolescence and juvenile sika deer, 1,946 unigenes and 4 miRNAs were differentially expressed between adult and adolescent sika deer, and 2,209 unigenes and 1 miRNAs were differentially expressed between aged and adult sika deer. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses showed that DE unigenes and miRNA were mainly related to energy and substance metabolism, processes that are closely associate with the growth, development, and aging of skeletal muscle. We also constructed mRNA–mRNA and miRNA–mRNA interaction networks related to the growth, development, and aging of skeletal muscle. The results show that mRNA (Myh1, Myh2, Myh7, ACTN3, etc.) and miRNAs (miR-133a, miR-133c, miR-192, miR-151-3p, etc.) may play important roles in muscle growth and development, and mRNA (WWP1, DEK, UCP3, FUS, etc.) and miRNAs (miR-17-5p, miR-378b, miR-199a-5p, miR-7, etc.) may have key roles in muscle aging. In this study, we determined the dynamic miRNA and unigenes transcriptome in muscle tissue for the first time in sika deer. The age-dependent miRNAs and unigenes identified will offer insights into the molecular mechanism underlying muscle development, growth, and maintenance and will also provide valuable information for sika deer genetic breeding.
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Elsaeid Elnour I, Dong D, Wang X, Zhansaya T, Khan R, Jian W, Jie C, Chen H. Bta-miR-885 promotes proliferation and inhibits differentiation of myoblasts by targeting MyoD1. J Cell Physiol 2020; 235:6625-6636. [PMID: 31985035 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The proliferation and differentiation of myoblasts are essential for the regeneration and development of skeletal muscles. However, the process of skeletal muscle development in cattle is complex and needs to be further investigated. The microRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous, small noncoding RNAs that play a critical role during skeletal muscle development. In this study, we evaluated the function of miR-885 in muscle development in cattle. The results found that the expression of miR-885 was gradually upregulated during myoblast proliferation, whereas progressively downregulated during myoblast differentiation. The overexpression of miR-885 promoted cell proliferation of myoblast in cattle. Moreover, we further noted that the overexpression miR-885 triggered the expression level of various marker genes involved in cell proliferation, including proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2), and cyclin B1 (CCNB1). Furthermore, it was observed that overexpression of miR-885 inhibited cell differentiation, and significantly decreased messenger RNA and protein expression levels of myogenic differentiation 1 (MyoD1) and myogenin (MyoG) in primary bovine myoblasts. Moreover, the miR-885 inhibitor revealed that miR-885 inhibited cell proliferation and promoted cell differentiation. In addition, the overexpression of miR-885 markedly decreased MyoD1 expression in primary bovine myoblasts. The luciferase reporter assay, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, and western blot (WB) further indicated that miR-885 directly binding to 3' UTR of MyoD1 gene during transcriptional regulation. Conclusively, these results signified that miR-885 could be critical for the proliferation and differentiation in primary bovine myoblast cells by targeting the MyoD1 gene in cattle.
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- Ibrahim Elsaeid Elnour
- Key laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.,Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Nyala, Nyala, Sudan
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- Key laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Key laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Key laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Key laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Key laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Key laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Key laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Zhang X, Cai S, Chen L, Yuan R, Nie Y, Ding S, Fang Y, Zhu Q, Chen K, Wei H, Chen Y, Mo D. Integrated miRNA-mRNA transcriptomic analysis reveals epigenetic-mediated embryonic muscle growth differences between Wuzhishan and Landrace pigs1. J Anim Sci 2019; 97:1967-1978. [PMID: 31222274 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skz091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Pig is one of the major dietary protein sources for human consumption, from which muscle is the largest protein origin. However, molecular mechanisms concerning early porcine embryonic muscle development distinctions between pig breeds are still unclear. In this study, an integrated analysis of transcriptome and miRNAome was conducted using longissimus dorsi muscle of 4 early embryonic stages around the primary myofiber formation time (18-, 21-, 28-, and 35-d post coitus) from 2 pig breeds (Landrace [LR] and Wuzhishan [WZS]) differing in meat mass. The global miRNA/mRNA expression profile showed that WZS prepared for myogenic developmental processes earlier than LR. After identifying and analyzing the interaction network of top 100 up-/down-regulated miRNA and their target genes, we were able to find 3 gene clusters: chromatin modification-related (Chd2, H3f3a, Chd6, and Mll1), myogenesis-related (Pax3, Pbx1, Mef2a, and Znf423), and myosin component-related (Mylk, Myo5a, Mylk4, Myh9, and Mylk2) gene clusters. These genes may involve in miRNA-gene myogenic regulatory network that plays vital role in regulating distinct early porcine embryonic myogenic processes between LR and WZS. In summary, our study reveals an epigenetic-mediated myogenic regulatory axial that will help us to decipher molecular mechanisms concerning early porcine embryonic muscle development distinctions between pig breeds.
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- Xumeng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.,Shenzhen Kingsino Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Shenzhen Kingsino Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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