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Zhong S, Zhang S, Zheng Y, Zhang Q, Liu F, Wang Z, Liu X. Distinct small RNAs are expressed at different stages of Phytophthora capsici and play important roles in development and pathogenesis. Front Genet 2024; 15:1296533. [PMID: 38919951 PMCID: PMC11196614 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1296533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Small RNAs (sRNAs) are important non-coding RNA regulators that play key roles in the development and pathogenesis of plant pathogens, as well as in other biological processes. However, whether these abundant and varying sRNAs are involved in Phytophthora development or infection remains enigmatic. In this study, sRNA sequencing of 4 asexual stages of Phytophthora capsici (P. capsici), namely, as mycelia (HY), sporangia (SP), zoospores (ZO), cysts (CY), and pepper infected with P. capsici (IN), were performed, followed by sRNA analysis, microRNA (miRNA) identification, and miRNA target prediction. sRNAs were mainly distributed at 25-26 nt in HY, SP, and ZO but distributed at 18-34 nt in CY and IN. 92, 42, 176, 39, and 148 known miRNAs and 15, 19, 54, 13, and 1 novel miRNA were identified in HY, SP, ZO, CY, and IN, respectively. It was found that the expression profiles of known miRNAs vary greatly at different stages and could be divided into 4 categories. Novel miRNAs mostly belong to part I. Gene ontology (GO) analysis of known miRNA-targeting genes showed that they are involved in the catalytic activity pathway, binding function, and other biological processes. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Gene and Genome (KEGG) analysis of novel miRNA-targeting genes showed that they are involved in the lysine degradation pathway. The expression of candidate miRNAs was validated using quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and miRNAs were downregulated in PcDCL1 or PcAGO1 mutants. To further explore the function of the detected miRNAs, the precursor of a novel miRNA, miR91, was knockout by CRISPR-Cas9, the mutants displayed decreased mycelial growth, sporangia production, and zoospore production. It was found that 503142 (Inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase and related proteins) can be predicted as a target of miR91, and the interaction between miR91 and 503142 was verified using the tobacco transient expression system. Overall, our results indicate that the diverse and differentially expressed sRNAs are involved in the development and pathogenesis of P. capsici.
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- Shan Zhong
- Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, China
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, China
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, Sanya, China
- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Zhang W, Zhu G, Li N, Wang L, Wang M, Wu Y, Zhao Y, Hu Q, Guo G, Wang X. Label-Free Direct Identification of MicroRNAs Based on a Narrow Constant-Inner-Diameter Emitter Mass Spectrometry Analysis. Anal Chem 2024; 96:8914-8921. [PMID: 38776971 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c05437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of endogenous noncoding small RNAs that play important roles in various biological processes and diseases. Direct determination of miRNAs is a cost-efficient and accurate method for analysis. Herein, we established a novel method for the analysis of miRNAs based on a narrow constant-inner-diameter mass spectrometry emitter. We utilized the gravity-assisted sleeving etching method to prepare a constant-inner-diameter mass spectrometry emitter with a capillary inner diameter of 5.5 μm, coupled it with a high-voltage power supply and a high-resolution mass spectrometer, and used it for miRNA direct detection. The method showed high sensitivity and reproducibility for the analysis of four miRNAs, with a limit of detection of 100 nmol/L (170 amol) for the Hsa-miR-1290 analysis. Compared with commercial ion sources, our method achieved higher sensitivity for miRNA detection. In addition, we analyzed the total miRNAs in the A549 cells. The result indicated that both spiked and endogenous miRNAs could be quantified with high accuracy. As a result, this method offers a promising platform for highly sensitive and accurate miRNA analysis. Furthermore, this approach can be extended to the analysis of other small oligonucleotides and holds the potential for studying clinical samples and facilitating disease diagnosis.
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- Wenmei Zhang
- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Beijing International Science and Technology, Cooperation Base of Antivirus Drug, Department of Environment and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
- Minzu University of China, Beijing 100081, China
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- Center of Excellence for Environmental Safety and Biological Effects, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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Chen J, Shi X, Deng Y, Dang J, Liu Y, Zhao J, Liang R, Zeng D, Wu W, Xiong Y, Yuan J, Chen Y, Wang J, Lin W, Chen X, Huang W, Olsen N, Pan Y, Fu Q, Zheng SG. miRNA-148a-containing GMSC-derived EVs modulate Treg/Th17 balance via IKKB/NF-κB pathway and treat a rheumatoid arthritis model. JCI Insight 2024; 9:e177841. [PMID: 38652539 PMCID: PMC11141912 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.177841] [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: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have demonstrated potent immunomodulatory properties that have shown promise in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the inherent heterogeneity of MSCs triggered conflicting therapeutic outcomes, raising safety concerns and limiting their clinical application. This study aimed to investigate the potential of extracellular vesicles derived from human gingival mesenchymal stem cells (GMSC-EVs) as a therapeutic strategy for RA. Through in vivo experiments using an experimental RA model, our results demonstrate that GMSC-EVs selectively homed to inflamed joints and recovered Treg and Th17 cell balance, resulting in the reduction of arthritis progression. Our investigations also uncovered miR-148a-3p as a critical contributor to the Treg/Th17 balance modulation via IKKB/NF-κB signaling orchestrated by GMSC-EVs, which was subsequently validated in a model of human xenograft versus host disease (xGvHD). Furthermore, we successfully developed a humanized animal model by utilizing synovial fibroblasts obtained from patients with RA (RASFs). We found that GMSC-EVs impeded the invasiveness of RASFs and minimized cartilage destruction, indicating their potential therapeutic efficacy in the context of patients with RA. Overall, the unique characteristics - including reduced immunogenicity, simplified administration, and inherent ability to target inflamed tissues - position GMSC-EVs as a viable alternative for RA and other autoimmune diseases.
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- Jingrong Chen
- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Transplantation, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Stomatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Penn State University Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Cell and Gene Therapy, Shanghai Songjiang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Liu SY, Wang H, Yang B, Hou B, Sun LS, Pang H, Wang HH, Fan YP. CircTAOK1 regulates high glucose induced inflammation, oxidative stress, ECM accumulation, and apoptosis in diabetic nephropathy via targeting miR-142-3p/SOX6 axis. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2024; 39:2197-2207. [PMID: 38124441 DOI: 10.1002/tox.24076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a complication caused by diabetes. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a kind of RNA with a closed circular structure, which has high stability and is involved in many disease-related processes. The mechanism of circRNA TAO kinase 1 (circTAOK1) in the pathogenesis and development of DN is unclear. METHODS CircTAOK1, microRNA (miR)-142-3p, and sex-determining region Y-box transcription factor 6 (SOX6) mRNA levels were analyzed by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Cell counting kit-8 (CCK8) and 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) assays were used to analyze cell proliferation. Cell cycle distribution was detected by flow cytometry. Western blot assay was performed to test B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), Bcl-2 associated X (Bax), cleaved-caspase 3, and fibronectin (FN), collagen I (Col I), and collagen IV (Col IV) protein levels. ELISA assay was used to measure interleukin 1β (IL-1β), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) levels. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels and the superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity were assessed by the corresponding kits. And the correlation between miR-142-3p and circTAOK1 or SOX6 was confirmed by dual luciferase reporter assay, RNA immunoprecipitation assay and RNA pull down assay. RESULTS CircTAOK1 and SOX6 expression levels were up-regulated, while miR-142-3p expression was down-regulated in DN serum and HG-treated HK-2 cells. Knockdown of circTAOK1 could inhibit cell injury of HG-induced HK-2 cells. The inhibitory effect of circTAOK1 knockdown on HG-induced HK-2 cell injury was restored by miR-142-3p downregulation. CircTAOK1 acted as a sponge for miR-142-3p, and SOX6 was targeted by miR-142-3p. The overexpression of SOX6 could recover the effect of miR-142-3p overexpression on HG-induced HK-2 cell injury. CircTAOK1 regulated the expression of SOX6 by targeting miR-142-3p. CONCLUSION CircTAOK1 knockdown inhibited HG-induced HK-2 cell damage in DN by the miR-142-3p/SOX6 axis.
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- Shu-Yan Liu
- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Polytechnic University (Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital), Jiaozuo, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Polytechnic University (Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital), Jiaozuo, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Polytechnic University (Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital), Jiaozuo, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Medical College of Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Polytechnic University (Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital), Jiaozuo, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Polytechnic University (Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital), Jiaozuo, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Polytechnic University (Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital), Jiaozuo, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Polytechnic University (Jiaozuo Second People's Hospital), Jiaozuo, China
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Bodulev OL, Zakharov MD, Sakharov IY. Chemiluminescent plate assay of microRNA-155 coupled with catalytic hairpin assembly with oligonucleotide release (CHAOR). Talanta 2024; 270:125525. [PMID: 38091747 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125525] [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: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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A heterogeneous sensitive microRNA-155 assay based on a new isothermal amplification method, called catalytic hairpin assembly with oligonucleotide release (CHAOR), was developed. The principle of CHAOR was studied by non-denaturing electrophoresis. To detect the amplification product, a polyperoxidase-streptavidin conjugate (molar ratio 1:80) and an enhanced chemiluminescence reaction were used, which made it possible to increase assay sensitivity. The detection limit of microRNA-155 assay was 0.4 pM. The coefficient of variation of the chemiluminescent signal, formed upon the heterogeneous determination of miRNA-155, was less than 12 % within the working range. The efficiency of CHAOR as an amplification method was similar to that of traditional CHA, as miRNA-155 assays based on CHAOR and CHA had similar analytical parameters. In addition, the proposed assay was highly specific. Contrary to traditional CHA, CHAOR, one of whose products is a single-stranded oligonucleotide, can be used in analytical methods based on cascade amplification.
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- Oleg L Bodulev
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, bldg.1, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, bldg.1, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, bldg.1, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Lu L, Abbott AL. Male gonad-enriched microRNAs function to control sperm production in C. elegans. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.10.561762. [PMID: 37873419 PMCID: PMC10592766 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.10.561762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Germ cell development and gamete production in animals require small RNA pathways. While studies indicate that microRNAs (miRNAs) are necessary for normal sperm production and function, the specific roles for individual miRNAs are largely unknown. Here, we use small RNA sequencing of dissected gonads and functional analysis of new loss of function alleles to identify functions for miRNAs in the control of fecundity and sperm production in Caenorhabditis elegans males and hermaphrodites. We describe a set of 29 male gonad-enriched miRNAs and identify a set of 3 individual miRNAs (mir-58.1, mir-83, and mir-235) and a miRNA cluster (mir-4807-4810.1) that are required for optimal sperm production at 20°C and 5 additional miRNAs (mir-49, mir-57, mir-261, and mir-357/358) that are required for sperm production at 25°C. We observed defects in meiotic progression in mir-58.1, mir-83, mir-235, and mir-4807-4810.1 mutants that may contribute to the reduced number of sperm. Further, analysis of multiple mutants of these miRNAs suggested complex genetic interactions between these miRNAs for sperm production. This study provides insights on the regulatory roles of miRNAs that promote optimal sperm production and fecundity in males and hermaphrodites.
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- Lu Lu
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201 USA
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Wang L, Sheng Z, Yao T. Association between circHIPK3/miR-378a-3p/HDAC4 axis and osteoporotic fractures: A comprehensive investigation. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) 2023; 31:10225536231219637. [PMID: 38031987 DOI: 10.1177/10225536231219637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Osteoporotic fractures (OFs) are a significant public health issue, which can lead to pain and impaired mobility. The underlying mechanisms of OFs remain unclear, but recent studies have suggested that the circRNA-miRNA-mRNA pathway may play a crucial role. PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the potential involvement of the circHIPK3/miR-378a-3p/HDAC4 pathway in the pathogenesis of OFs. METHODS We collected tissue and serum samples from 10 patients with OFs and 10 healthy controls. The expression levels of circHIPK3, miR-378a-3p, and HDAC4 were measured by qPCR and WB. Additionally, we quantified the serum levels of bone metabolism-related indicators (ALP, OC, TRAP, OCIF, ODF) using ELISA. RESULTS Our results revealed significant upregulation of circHIPK3 and HDAC4 in both tissue and serum samples from OF patients compared with controls. Simultaneously, we detected a lower expression level of miR-378a-3p in OF tissues and serum than that in the control group. Furthermore, the serum levels of bone metabolism-related indicators ALP, TRAP, OCIF, and ODF were significantly higher in OF patients than in the control group. Interestingly, the serum level of OCIF was lower in OF patients than in the control group. CONCLUSION Our study provides important evidence for the involvement of the circHIPK3/miR-378a-3p/HDAC4 pathway in the pathogenesis of OFs. The upregulation of circHIPK3 and HDAC4 and downregulation of miR-378a-3p observed in OF patients suggests their potential regulatory effects on bone metabolism. Meanwhile, abnormal expression of serum bone metabolism-related indicators may contribute to the development of OFs by disrupting the balance of bone remodeling.
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- Lei Wang
- Department of Pre-Hospital and Emergency, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The First People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The First People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, The First People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, China
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Nie W, Huang X, Zhao L, Wang T, Zhang D, Xu T, Du L, Li Y, Zhang W, Xiao F, Wang L. Exosomal miR-17-92 derived from human mesenchymal stem cells promotes wound healing by enhancing angiogenesis and inhibiting endothelial cell ferroptosis. Tissue Cell 2023; 83:102124. [PMID: 37269748 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2023.102124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Wound healing is a complex and dynamic process that involves a series of cellular and molecular events. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their exosomes (MSC-Exos) have crucial functions in cutaneous wound healing. MiR-17-92 is a multifunctional microRNA (miRNA) cluster that plays vital roles in tissue development and tumor angiogenesis. This study aimed to explore the function of miR-17.92 in wound healing as a component of MSC-Exos. METHODS Human MSCs were cultured in serum-free medium, and exosomes were collected by ultracentrifugation. The levels of miR-17-92 in MSCs and MSC-Exos were determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. MSC-Exos were topically applied to full-thickness excision wounds in the skin of miR-17-92 knockout (KO) and wild-type (WT) mice. The proangiogenic and antiferroptotic effects of MSC-Exos overexpressing miR-17-92 were assayed by evaluating the relative levels of angiogenic and ferroptotic markers. RESULTS MiRNA-17-92 was found to be highly expressed in MSCs and enriched in MSC-Exos. Moreover, MSC-Exos promoted the proliferation and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells in vitro. KO of miR-17-92 effectively attenuated the promotion of wound healing by MSC-Exos. Furthermore, exosomes derived from miR-17-92-overexpressing human umbilical cord-derived MSCs accelerated cell proliferation, migration, angiogenesis, and enhanced against erastin-induced ferroptosis in vitro. miR-17-92 plays a key role in the protective effects of MSC-Exos against erastin-induced ferroptosis in HUVECs CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that miR-17-92 participates in the repair ability of MSC-Exos and that miR-17-92-overexpressing exosomes may represent a new strategy for cutaneous wound repair.
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- Wenbo Nie
- Laboratory Management Office, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China; Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China; Department of Molecular Diagnosis and Regenerative Medicine, Medical Research Center, the Affiliate Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, PR China
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- Department of Molecular Diagnosis and Regenerative Medicine, Medical Research Center, the Affiliate Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266000, PR China
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- Department of Experimental Hematology and Biochemistry, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing 100850, PR China.
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Nursing, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, PR China; Department of Experimental Hematology and Biochemistry, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing 100850, PR China.
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Chattopadhyay S, Sarkar SS, Saproo S, Yadav S, Antil D, Das B, Naidu S. Apoptosis-targeted gene therapy for non-small cell lung cancer using chitosan-poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid -based nano-delivery system and CASP8 and miRs 29A-B1 and 34A. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1188652. [PMID: 37346791 PMCID: PMC10281530 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1188652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with resistance to apoptosis being a major driver of therapeutic resistance and aggressive phenotype. This study aimed to develop a novel gene therapy approach for NSCLC by targeting resistance to apoptosis. Loss of function mutations of caspase 8 (CASP8) and downregulation of microRNAs (miRs) 29A-B1 and 34A were identified as key contributors to resistance to apoptosis in NSCLC. A biodegradable polymeric nano-gene delivery system composed of chitosan-poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid was formulated to deliver initiator CASP8 and miRs 29A-B1 and 34A. The nano-formulation efficiently encapsulated the therapeutic genes effectively internalized into NSCLC cells and induced significant apoptosis. Evaluation of the nano-formulation in A549 tumor spheroids showed a significant increase in apoptosis within the core of the spheroids, suggesting effective penetration into the spheroid structures. We provide a novel nano-formulation that demonstrate therapeutic potential for suicidal gene therapy in NSCLC.
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Gao Y, Zhang J, Pan J, Ying S, Lou B, Yang Q, Hong W, Yang G. F OF1-ATP synthase molecular motor biosensor for miRNA detection of colon cancer. Life Sci 2023; 319:121527. [PMID: 36841472 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121527] [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: 01/08/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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AIMS To establish a FOF1-ATP synthase molecular motor biosensor to accurately identify colon cancer miRNAs. MAIN METHODS The FOF1-ATP synthase molecular motor is extracted by fragmentation-centrifugation and connected to the colon cancer-specific miR-17 capture probe in the manner of the ε subunit-biotin-streptavidin-biotin system. Signal probes are designed for dual-signal characterization to increase detection accuracy. The FOF1-ATPase rotation rate decreases when the signaling and capture probes are combined with the target miRNA, resulting in a decrease in ATP synthesis. miR-17 concentrations are determined by changes in ATP-mediated chemiluminescence intensity and signal probe-mediated OD450nm. KEY FINDINGS The chemiluminescence intensity and OD450nm show a good linear relationship with the miR-17 concentration in the range of 5 to 200 nmol L-1 (R2 = 0.9985, 0.9989). The colon cancer mouse model is established for the blood samples, and miR-17 in serum and RNA extracts is quantitatively determined using the constructed sensor. SIGNIFICANCE The results are consistent with colon cancer progression, and the low concentration of miR-17 detecting accuracy is comparable to the PCR assay. In conclusion, the developed method is a direct, rapid, and promising method for miRNA detection of colon cancer.
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- Ying Gao
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China; Zhejiang Moda Biotech Co., Ltd, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Taizhou Technician College, Taizhou 318000, China
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- Criminal Investigation Corps of Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department, Hangzhou 310009, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China; Department of Pharmacy, Municipal Hospital Affiliated to Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China.
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China.
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CCND2 and miR-206 as potential biomarkers in the clinical diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma by fine-needle aspiration cytology. World J Surg Oncol 2023; 21:22. [PMID: 36694220 PMCID: PMC9872353 DOI: 10.1186/s12957-023-02899-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To investigate the relationship between cyclin D2 (CCND2) and miR-206 expression in fine-needle aspiration cytology of thyroid carcinoma. METHODS A total of 65 patients with thyroid carcinoma were selected as the subjects and 65 patients with benign thyroid nodules were in control group. The fine-needle aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules was performed. CCND2 and miR-206 levels were detected by PCR. RESULTS Compared with the patients with benign thyroid nodules, the expression level of miR-206 in fine-needle aspiration cytology of thyroid cancer patients decreased significantly and the expression level of CCND2 increased significantly. CCND2 and miR-206 expression was negatively correlated in thyroid cancer tissues. Area under curve (AUC) of miR-206 level in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer was 0.889, and the sensitivity and specificity were 92.3% and 81.5%, respectively. AUC of CCND2 level in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer was 0.837, and the sensitivity and specificity were 67.7% and 89.2%, respectively. The AUC of combined detection of CCND2 and miR-206 in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer was 0.959, and the sensitivity and specificity were 93.8% and 87.7%, respectively. The levels of miR-206 and CCND2 were significantly correlated with TNM staging and lymph node metastasis. CONCLUSIONS miR-206 and CCND2 may become new biomarkers for clinical diagnosis of thyroid cancer based on the fine-needle aspiration cytology of thyroid nodules.
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Quévillon Huberdeau M, Shah VN, Nahar S, Neumeier J, Houle F, Bruckmann A, Gypas F, Nakanishi K, Großhans H, Meister G, Simard MJ. A specific type of Argonaute phosphorylation regulates binding to microRNAs during C. elegans development. Cell Rep 2022; 41:111822. [PMID: 36516777 PMCID: PMC10436268 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Argonaute proteins are at the core of the microRNA-mediated gene silencing pathway essential for animals. In C. elegans, the microRNA-specific Argonautes ALG-1 and ALG-2 regulate multiple processes required for proper animal developmental timing and viability. Here we identified a phosphorylation site on ALG-1 that modulates microRNA association. Mutating ALG-1 serine 642 into a phospho-mimicking residue impairs microRNA binding and causes embryonic lethality and post-embryonic phenotypes that are consistent with alteration of microRNA functions. Monitoring microRNA levels in alg-1 phosphorylation mutant animals shows that microRNA passenger strands increase in abundance but are not preferentially loaded into ALG-1, indicating that the miRNA binding defects could lead to microRNA duplex accumulation. Our genetic and biochemical experiments support protein kinase A (PKA) KIN-1 as the putative kinase that phosphorylates ALG-1 serine 642. Our data indicate that PKA triggers ALG-1 phosphorylation to regulate its microRNA association during C. elegans development.
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- Miguel Quévillon Huberdeau
- CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center (Oncology Division), Québec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada; Université Laval Cancer Research Centre, Québec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
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- CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center (Oncology Division), Québec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada; Université Laval Cancer Research Centre, Québec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Laboratory for RNA Biology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center (Oncology Division), Québec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada; Université Laval Cancer Research Centre, Québec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Laboratory for RNA Biology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Center for RNA Biology, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Laboratory for RNA Biology, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center (Oncology Division), Québec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada; Université Laval Cancer Research Centre, Québec City, QC G1R 3S3, Canada.
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Gao G, Chen JH, Li CJ, Wang CS, Hu J, Zhou H, Lin P, Xu Q, Zhao WW. Duplex-Specific Nuclease-Enabled Target Recycling on Semiconducting Metal–Organic Framework Heterojunctions for Energy-Transfer-Based Organic Photoelectrochemical Transistor miRNA Biosensing. Anal Chem 2022; 94:15856-15863. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ge Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou225002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao266042, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials & Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen518060, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou225002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, China
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Guan X, Zhang B, Sun L. TNFR2 is a regulatory target of pol-miR-194a and promotes the antibacterial immunity of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 135:104477. [PMID: 35752347 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2022.104477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are regulatory RNAs that modulate target gene expression after transcription. Pol-miR-194a had been reported to be a miRNA of Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) involved in Edwardsiella tarda infection. Here, we identified tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (TNFR2) as a target gene of pol-miR-194a. Pol-miR-194a markedly repressed the protein expression of flounder TNFR2 (PoTNFR2) via specific interaction with the 3'UTR of PoTNFR2. PoTNFR2 responded to E. tarda infection in a manner that was opposite to that of pol-miR-194a and inhibited E. tarda invasion by activating the NF-κB pathway. Consistently, dysregulation of PoTNFR2 had a significant impact on E. tarda dissemination in flounder tissues. Together, these results add new insights into the regulation mechanism and immune function of fish TNFR2 and pol-miR-194a.
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- Xiaolu Guan
- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, CAS Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, CAS Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China; College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Ma H, Lippolis JD, Casas E. Expression Profiles and Interaction of MicroRNA and Transcripts in Response to Bovine Leukemia Virus Exposure. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:887560. [PMID: 35928115 PMCID: PMC9343836 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.887560] [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: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection in cattle is omnipresent, which causes significantly economical losses worldwide. The objective of this study was to determine microRNA (miRNA) and transcript profiles and to establish their relationship in response to exposure to the virus. Small noncoding and messenger RNA were extracted and sequenced from serum and white blood cells (WBCs) derived from seven BLV seropositive and seven seronegative cows. Transcriptomic profiles were generated by sequencing RNA libraries from WBC. Bta-miR-206 and bta-miR-133a-3p were differentially expressed in serum (P < 0.05). In WBC, bta-miR-335-3p, bta-miR-375, and bta-novel-miR76-3p were differentially expressed (P < 0.03). There were 64 differentially expressed transcripts (DETs). Gene ontology (GO) analysis of the DETs overexpressed in the seropositive group with GOs of response to stimulus and immune system process predicted that the DETs could potentially negatively regulate viral life cycle and viral entry or release from host cells. In addition, the DETs depleted in the seropositive group could play a role in the downregulation of antigen processing and presentation of endogenous peptide antigen via MHC class I. The differentially expressed miRNAs targeted 17 DETs, among which the expressions of bta-miR-133a-3p and bta-miR-335-3p were significantly negatively correlated with the expressions of ENSBTAT00000079143 and ENSBTAT00000066733, respectively. Under high prediction criteria, 90 targets of the differentially expressed miRNAs were all non-DETs. The most enriched biological process GO term of the targets was the RNA-dependent DNA biosynthetic process, which could be associated with virus replication. These results suggested that the differentially expressed miRNAs fine-tune most of the target genes in responding to BLV exposure. In addition, Bta-miR-206 interacted with BLV regulatory genes rex and tax by targeting their coding regions. A further study of the miRNAs and the genes may reveal the molecular mechanisms of BLV infection and uncover possible ways to prevent the infection.
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Deng Y, Zhang H, Wang H, Xing G, Lei B, Kuang Z, Zhao Y, Li C, Dai S, Yang X, Wei J, Zhang J. The Construction and Exploration of a Comprehensive MicroRNA Centered Regulatory Network in Foxtail Millet ( Setaria italica L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:848474. [PMID: 35599893 PMCID: PMC9121102 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.848474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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MicroRNA (miRNA) is an essential endogenous post-transcriptional regulatory factor, and foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) is an ideal C4 model cereal that is a highly valuable crop in semiarid and arid areas. The Research on comprehensive and high confidence identification and annotation of foxtail millet miRNAs needs to be strengthened, and to our knowledge, there is no information on the regulatory network of foxtail millet miRNA. In this study, 136 high confidence miRNAs were identified through high-throughput sequencing of the small RNAs in seven tissues at the shooting and grain filling stages of foxtail millet. A total of 2,417 target genes were obtained by combining computational biology software and degradome sequencing methods. Furthermore, an analysis using transcriptome sequencing revealed the relationships between miRNAs and their target genes and simultaneously explored key regulatory modules in panicles during the grain filling stage. An miRNA regulatory network was constructed to explore the functions of miRNA in more detail. This network, centered on miRNAs and combining upstream transcriptional factors and downstream target genes, is primarily composed of feed forward loop motifs, which greatly enhances our knowledge of the potential functions of miRNAs and uncovers numerous previously unknown regulatory links. This study provides a solid foundation for research on the function and regulatory network of miRNAs in foxtail millet.
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- Yang Deng
- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- College of Agricultural, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, China
- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Minor Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, China
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- College of Agricultural, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, China
- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Minor Crop Germplasm Innovation and Molecular Breeding, College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, China
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Godden AM, Antonaci M, Ward NJ, van der Lee M, Abu-Daya A, Guille M, Wheeler GN. An efficient miRNA knockout approach using CRISPR-Cas9 in Xenopus. Dev Biol 2022; 483:66-75. [PMID: 34968443 PMCID: PMC8865746 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In recent years CRISPR-Cas9 knockouts (KO) have become increasingly ultilised to study gene function. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs, 20-22 nucleotides long, which affect gene expression through post-transcriptional repression. We previously identified miRNAs-196a and -219 as implicated in the development of Xenopus neural crest (NC). The NC is a multipotent stem-cell population, specified during early neurulation. Following EMT, NC cells migrate to various points in the developing embryo where they give rise to a number of tissues including parts of the peripheral nervous system, pigment cells and craniofacial skeleton. Dysregulation of NC development results in many diseases grouped under the term neurocristopathies. As miRNAs are so small, it is difficult to design CRISPR sgRNAs that reproducibly lead to a KO. We have therefore designed a novel approach using two guide RNAs to effectively 'drop out' a miRNA. We have knocked out miR-196a and miR-219 and compared the results to morpholino knockdowns (KD) of the same miRNAs. Validation of efficient CRISPR miRNA KO and phenotype analysis included use of whole-mount in situ hybridization of key NC and neural plate border markers such as Pax3, Xhe2, Sox10 and Snail2, q-RT-PCR and Sanger sequencing. To show specificity we have also rescued the knockout phenotype using miRNA mimics. MiRNA-219 and miR-196a KO's both show loss of NC, altered neural plate and hatching gland phenotypes. Tadpoles show gross craniofacial and pigment phenotypes.
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- Alice M Godden
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- King Henry Building, King Henry I St, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, United Kingdom
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- King Henry Building, King Henry I St, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.
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Solovjev AM, Galkin II, Medved'ko AV, Pletjushkina OY, Zhao S, Sakharov IY. Comparison of chemiluminescent heterogeneous and homogeneous–heterogeneous assays coupled with isothermal circular strand-displacement polymerization reaction amplification for the quantification of miRNA-141. Analyst 2022; 147:4293-4300. [DOI: 10.1039/d2an00921h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A heterogeneous and homogeneous–heterogeneous chemiluminescent microplate assay was developed for the determination of miRNA-141 levels in human cells.
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- Anton M. Solovjev
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Bldg.1, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Bldg.1, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, Leninsky prospect, 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Bldg.1, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, Bldg.1, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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Deng Y, Qin Y, Yang P, Du J, Kuang Z, Zhao Y, Wang Y, Li D, Wei J, Guo X, Li L, Yang X. Comprehensive Annotation and Functional Exploration of MicroRNAs in Lettuce. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:781836. [PMID: 35003165 PMCID: PMC8739914 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.781836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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MicroRNA (miRNA) is an important endogenous post-transcriptional regulator, while lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is a leafy vegetable of global economic significance. However, there are few studies on miRNAs in lettuce, and research on miRNA regulatory network in lettuce is absent. In this study, through deep sequencing of small RNAs in different tissues, together with a reference genome, 157 high-confidence miRNA loci in lettuce were comprehensively identified, and their expression patterns were determined. Using a combination of computational prediction and high-throughput experimental verification, a set of reliable lettuce miRNA targets were obtained. Furthermore, through RNA-Seq, the expression profiles of these targets and a comprehensive view of the negative regulatory relationship between miRNAs and their targets was acquired based on a correlation analysis. To further understand miRNA functions, a miRNA regulatory network was constructed, with miRNAs at the core and combining transcription factors and miRNA target genes. This regulatory network, mainly composed of feed forward loop motifs, greatly increases understanding of the potential functions of miRNAs, and many unknown potential regulatory links were discovered. Finally, considering its specific expression pattern, Lsa-MIR408 as a hub gene was employed to illustrate the function of the regulatory network, and genetic experiments revealed its ability to increase the fresh weight and achene size of lettuce. In short, this work lays a solid foundation for the study of miRNA functions and regulatory networks in lettuce.
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- Yang Deng
- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Lab of Digital Plant, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Lab of Digital Plant, Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing, China
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Dabiri H, Soltani BM, Dokanehiifard S, Jahanbakhshi A, Khaleghi M. Up-Regulation of Hsa-miR-11181 in Glioblastoma Multiforme as A Regulator of AKT2 and TGFBR1 Signalling. CELL JOURNAL 2021; 23:421-428. [PMID: 34455717 PMCID: PMC8405078 DOI: 10.22074/cellj.2021.7734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Objective MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that play a role in post-transcriptional regulation of gene
expression. Hsa-miR-11181 was originally introduced as a regulator of genes involved in some brain tumours. Due to the
high expression of Hsa-miR-11181 in limited glioblastoma brain tumours, in this study we intend to assess the expressions of
Hsa-miR-11181 and Has-miR11181-3p in brain tumour tissues and attribute new target genes to these miRNAs. Materials and Methods In this experimental study, total RNA from brain tissue samples was extracted for real-time
quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis after cDNA synthesis. In order to confirm a direct interaction
of Hsa-miR-11181 with two target genes, the 3ˊ UTR of AKT2 and transforming growth factor-beta receptor 1 (TGFBR1)
were cloned separately for assessment by the dual luciferase assay.
Results RT-qPCR analysis indicated that both Hsa-miR-11181-5p and Hsa-miR-11181-3p specifically up-regulated
in higher grades of glioma tumours versus other brain tumour types. Consistently, lower expression levels of AKT2
and TGFBR1 were detected in higher grade gliomas compared to other types of brain tumours, which was inverse to
the level of expression detected for the heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HBEGF) gene. The results of the dual
luciferase assay supported a direct interaction of Hsa-miR-11181 with the 3ˊ UTR sequences of the AKT2 and TGFBR1
genes.
Conclusion Overall, our data suggest that miR-1118 is a potential molecular biomarker for discrimination of glioma
brain tumours from other brain tumour types.
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- Hamed Dabiri
- Molecular Genetics Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Molecular Genetics Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Molecular Genetics Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
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Zhang K, Zhang Y, Chen C, Yuan Y, Jiang X, Yuan X, Wang Y. miR-139-5p mediates the palmitate-induced inhibition of insulin secretion by targeting neuronal pentraxin 1 in INS-1 cells. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2021; 53:1017-1026. [PMID: 34142698 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmab082] [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: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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High fatty acid reduces insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cells and miR-139-5p is increased in diabetic pancreatic tissues and induces islet β-cell apoptosis. However, to date, there is no study exploring whether or not miR-139-5p is involved in high fatty acid-induced insulin secretion. In the present study, INS-1 cells were exposed to different concentrations (0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 mM) of palmitate for different time periods (12, 24, and 48 h). The expression levels of miR-139-5p and neuronal pentraxin 1 (NPTX1) were evaluated by real-time PCR and western blot analysis. The regulation of NPTX1 by miR-139-5p was examined by luciferase assay. Cell transfection was conducted using Lipo8000 or Lipofectamine RNAiMAX. Potassium or glucose-stimulated insulin secretion levels were used to verify the function of miR-139-5p or NPTX1 in insulin secretion. Insulin secretion levels were detected by radioimmunoassay. We found that miR-139-5p was increased in INS-1 cells stimulated with palmitate. In addition, miR-139-5p was also elevated in islets of high-fat diet-fed mice and db/db mice compared to those in islets of normal diet-fed mice and wild-type mice. Knockdown of miR-139-5p could reverse high fatty acid-induced insulin secretion defects in INS-1 cells. Furthermore, we demonstrated that NPTX1 is a target of miR-139-5p. miR-139-5p mediated palmitate-induced insulin secretion defects by targeting NPTX1. Moreover, palmitate treatment declined the expression of NPTX1 and the NPTX1 expression was also decreased in islets of high-fat diet-fed mice and db/db mice. Impaired NPTX1 expression is involved in fatty acid-induced insulin secretion defects. Collectively, our results illustrate that the induction of β-cell insulin secretion defects by fatty acids is mediated, at least in part, by miR-139-5p via downregulation of NPTX1 expression.
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- Kai Zhang
- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210009, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongda Hospital, Institute of Diabetes, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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Li J, Liu M, Li X, Shi H, Sun S. Long noncoding RNA ZFAS1 suppresses chondrocytes apoptosis via miR-302d-3p/SMAD2 in osteoarthritis. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2021; 85:842-850. [PMID: 33686420 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbab008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Osteoarthritis (OA) seriously affects people's quality of life due to joint pain, stiffness, disability, and dyskinesia worldwide. Long noncoding RNA zinc finger antisense 1 (ZFAS1) is downregulated and tightly associated with proliferation, migration, apoptosis, and matrix synthesis of chondrocyte in OA. However, the molecular mechanisms of ZFAS1 in OA remain unknown. The expression correlation between ZFAS1, miR-302d-3p, and SMAD2 in OA tissues was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis. ZFAS1 was a lower expression, and expedited proliferation and repressed apoptosis of chondrocytes. MiR-302d-3p was a direct target of ZFAS1. MiR-302d-3p hindered proliferation and facilitated apoptosis of chondrocytes. MiR-302d-3p partially reversed the effect of ZFAS1 on proliferation and apoptosis of chondrocytes. SMAD2 was positively regulated by the ZFAS1/miR-302d-3p. MiR-302d-3p-mediated proliferation and apoptosis were partly abrogated by targeting SMAD2. ZFAS1 promoted chondrocytes proliferation and repressed apoptosis possibly by regulating miR-302d-3p/SMAD2 axis, providing a potential target for OA treatment.
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- Jian Li
- Department of Joint Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Shandong, China.,Department of Joint Surgery, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Department of Joint Surgery, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Department of Joint Surgery, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Department of Joint Surgery, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Shandong, China
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- Department of Joint Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Shandong, China
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Li D, Ge Y, Zhao Z, Zhu R, Wang X, Bi X. Distinct and Coordinated Regulation of Small Non-coding RNAs by E2f1 and p53 During Drosophila Development and in Response to DNA Damage. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:695311. [PMID: 34368144 PMCID: PMC8339594 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.695311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), including microRNAs (miRNAs) and PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), play a pivotal role in biological processes. A comprehensive quantitative reference of small ncRNAs expression during development and in DNA damage response (DDR) would significantly advance our understanding of their roles. In this study, we systemically analyzed the expression profile of miRNAs and piRNAs in wild-type flies, e2f1 mutant, p53 mutant and e2f1 p53 double mutant during development and after X-ray irradiation. By using small RNA sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, we found that both miRNAs and piRNAs were expressed in a dynamic mode and formed 4 distinct clusters during development. Notably, the expression pattern of miRNAs and piRNAs was changed in e2f1 mutant at multiple developmental stages, while retained in p53 mutant, indicating a critical role of E2f1 played in mediating small ncRNAs expression. Moreover, we identified differentially expressed (DE) small ncRNAs in e2f1 mutant and p53 mutant after X-ray irradiation. Furthermore, we mapped the binding motif of E2f1 and p53 around the small ncRNAs. Our data suggested that E2f1 and p53 work differently yet coordinately to regulate small ncRNAs expression, and E2f1 may play a major role to regulate miRNAs during development and after X-ray irradiation. Collectively, our results provide comprehensive characterization of small ncRNAs, as well as the regulatory roles of E2f1 and p53 in small ncRNAs expression, during development and in DNA damage response, which reveal new insights into the small ncRNAs biology.
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- Dong Li
- School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, China.,College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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The Role of miRNAs, miRNA Clusters, and isomiRs in Development of Cancer Stem Cell Populations in Colorectal Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22031424. [PMID: 33572600 PMCID: PMC7867000 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) have a critical role in regulating stem cells (SCs) during development and altered expression can cause developmental defects and/or disease. Indeed, aberrant miRNA expression leads to wide-spread transcriptional dysregulation which has been linked to many cancers. Mounting evidence also indicates a role for miRNAs in the development of the cancer SC (CSC) phenotype. Our goal herein is to provide a review of: (i) current research on miRNAs and their targets in colorectal cancer (CRC), and (ii) miRNAs that are differentially expressed in colon CSCs. MicroRNAs can work in clusters or alone when targeting different SC genes to influence CSC phenotype. Accordingly, we discuss the specific miRNA cluster classifications and isomiRs that are predicted to target the ALDH1, CD166, BMI1, LRIG1, and LGR5 SC genes. miR-23b and miR-92A are of particular interest because our previously reported studies on miRNA expression in isolated normal versus malignant human colonic SCs showed that miR-23b and miR-92a are regulators of the LGR5 and LRIG1 SC genes, respectively. We also identify additional miRNAs whose expression inversely correlated with mRNA levels of their target genes and associated with CRC patient survival. Altogether, our deliberation on miRNAs, their clusters, and isomiRs in regulation of SC genes could provide insight into how dysregulation of miRNAs leads to the emergence of different CSC populations and SC overpopulation in CRC.
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Cupido-Sánchez MG, Herrera-González NE, Mendoza CCB, Hernández MLM, Ramón-Gallegos E. In silico analysis of the association of hsa-miR-16 expression and cell survival in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells subjected to photodynamic therapy. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2020; 33:102106. [PMID: 33217568 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.102106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most common malignancy effecting women, and the triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) subtype is particularly aggressive. This study aimed to evaluate the differential expression pattern of microRNAs (miRNAs) between untreated MDA-MB-231 cells (TNBC cell model) and those that survived photodynamic therapy (PDT) to gain insights into cell survival mechanisms. METHODS Two PDT cycles were applied to MDA-MB-231 cells, using δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) followed by laser light at 635 nm. RNA was obtained from cells surviving PDT and untreated cells. The miRNAs expression profile was analyzed to detect the differences between the two groups. The potential target network of hsa-miR-16 was examined in silico with the integrative database Ingenuity® Pathway Analysis software. RESULTS After the first and second PDT cycles, 17.8% and 49.6% of the MDA-MB-231 cells were viable. Microarray profiling of miRNAs showed decreased hsa-miR-16 expression (p < 0.05) in MDA-MB-231 cells surviving PDT when compared to the control cells. The predicted downstream targets of hsa-miR-16 were: 1) tumor suppressor protein 53; 2) molecules related to the cell cycle, such as cyclin D1, D3, and E1, and checkpoint kinase 1; 3) cell proliferation molecules, including fibroblast growth factor 1, 2 and 7 and fibroblast growth factor receptor 1; and 4) apoptosis-related molecules, consisting of BCL-2, B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2, caspase 3, and cytochrome c. CONCLUSIONS The differential expression of hsa-miR-16 between untreated MDA-MB-231 cells and those surviving PDT has not been previously reported. There was a lower expression of hsa-miR-16 in treated cells, which probably altered its downstream target network. In silico analysis predicted, a network related to the cell cycle, proliferation and apoptosis. These results are congruent with previous descriptions of hsa-miR-16 as a tumor suppressor and suggest that the treated population has increased their capacity to survive.
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- María Guadalupe Cupido-Sánchez
- Molecular Oncology Lab, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón s/n, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, 11340, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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- Molecular Oncology Lab, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón s/n, Col. Casco de Santo Tomás, 11340, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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- Environmental Cytopathology Lab, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Wilfrido Massieu, Esq. Cda. Manuel Stampa Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, 07736, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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- Environmental Cytopathology Lab, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Wilfrido Massieu, Esq. Cda. Manuel Stampa Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, 07736, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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- Environmental Cytopathology Lab, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. Wilfrido Massieu, Esq. Cda. Manuel Stampa Zacatenco, Gustavo A. Madero, 07736, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Toprak A, Eryilmaz E. Prediction of miRNA-disease associations based on Weighted [Formula: see text]-Nearest known neighbors and network consistency projection. J Bioinform Comput Biol 2020; 19:2050041. [PMID: 33148093 DOI: 10.1142/s0219720020500419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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MicroRNAs (miRNA) are a type of non-coding RNA molecules that are effective on the formation and the progression of many different diseases. Various researches have reported that miRNAs play a major role in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of complex human diseases. In recent years, researchers have made a tremendous effort to find the potential relationships between miRNAs and diseases. Since the experimental techniques used to find that new miRNA-disease relationships are time-consuming and expensive, many computational techniques have been developed. In this study, Weighted [Formula: see text]-Nearest Known Neighbors and Network Consistency Projection techniques were suggested to predict new miRNA-disease relationships using various types of knowledge such as known miRNA-disease relationships, functional similarity of miRNA, and disease semantic similarity. An average AUC of 0.9037 and 0.9168 were calculated in our method by 5-fold and leave-one-out cross validation, respectively. Case studies of breast, lung, and colon neoplasms were applied to prove the performance of our proposed technique, and the results confirmed the predictive reliability of this method. Therefore, reported experimental results have shown that our proposed method can be used as a reliable computational model to reveal potential relationships between miRNAs and diseases.
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- Ahmet Toprak
- Department of Electricity and Energy, Bozkır Vocational School, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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Ju J, Xiao D, Shen N, Zhou T, Che H, Li X, Zhang S, Mokembo JN, Jha NK, Monayo SM, Wang Z, Zhang Y. miR-150 regulates glucose utilization through targeting GLUT4 in insulin-resistant cardiomyocytes. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2020; 52:1111-1119. [PMID: 33085741 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmaa094] [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: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in cardiac function and metabolism. However, whether they regulate insulin resistance (IR) of cardiomyocytes remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to shed light on this issue with a focus on miR-150. We found here that miR-150 level was elevated in myocardium of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rat model and in insulin-resistant cardiomyocytes induced by high glucose (25 mM) and high insulin (1 μM). Deregulation of miR-150 downregulated the protein and mRNA levels of glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) as assessed by western blot, real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), and immunofluorescence assays. Overexpression of miR-150 inhibited glucose utilization in cardiomyocytes as detected by 2-deoxyglucose transport and glucose consumption assays. In contrast, knockdown of miR-150 significantly increased glucose uptake in cardiomyocytes. Moreover, GLUT4 translocation was increased after transfection of miR-150 inhibitor (AMO-150). Collectively, miR-150 reduced glucose utilization by directly decreasing the expression and translocation of GLUT4 in the cardiomyocytes with IR and therefore might be a new therapeutic target for metabolic diseases such as T2DM.
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- Jin Ju
- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
- Department of Psychiatry, Qiqihar Medical University, Qiqihar 161006, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
- Department of Pharmacy (Department of Clinical Medicine), ShaoXing Municipal Hospital, Shaoxing 312000, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University (The State-Province Key Laboratories of Biomedicine-Pharmaceutics of China), Harbin 150081, China
- Institute of Metabolic Disease, Heilongjiang Academy of Medical Science, Harbin 150086, China
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Lu M, Qin X, Zhou Y, Li G, Liu Z, Yue H, Geng X. LncRNA HOTAIR suppresses cell apoptosis, autophagy and induces cell proliferation in cholangiocarcinoma by modulating the miR-204-5p/HMGB1 axis. Biomed Pharmacother 2020; 130:110566. [PMID: 32755793 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a malignant tumor in the world. LncRNA HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) was identified as a crucial regulator in various cancers including CCA. This study aimed to unravel the functions of HOTAIR and its biological mechanism in CCA, hinting for the new therapeutic targets in CCA. METHODS The levels of HOTAIR, miR-204-5p and HMGB1 in CCA tissues and cell lines (HuB28 and HuCCT1) were measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Western blot was conducted to detect the protein levels of LC3-I, LC3-II, Beclin-1 and HMGB1. The relationships among HOTAIR, miR-204-5p and HMGB1 were examined by dual-luciferase reporter assay, RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assay and RNA pull down assay. Cell proliferation ability and apoptosis rate were assessed by CCK8 assay and flow cytometry, respectively. in vivo experiment was conducted to examine the bio-functions of HOTAIR in nude mice. RESULTS HOTAIR and HMGB1 were over-expressed, while miR-204-5p was lowly expressed in CCA tissues and cells. The dual-luciferase reporter assay indicated that miR-204-5p was a target of HOTAIR, and HMGB1 was a target of miR-204-5p. The restoration experiments showed that HOTAIR repressed cell apoptosis, autophagy and promoted cell proliferation via miR-204-5p/HMGB1 axis. Additionally, HOTAIR silencing retarded the xenograft tumor growth by up-regulation of miR-204-5p and down-regulation of HMGB1. CONCLUSION These data unraveled that lncRNA HOTAIR regulated HMGB1 to suppress cell apoptosis, autophagy and induce cell proliferation by sponging miR-204-5p in CCA. Thus, this new regulatory pathway may provide new therapeutic targets for CCA.
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- Min Lu
- Department of Cardiology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, School of Clinical Medicine of Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, School of Clinical Medicine of Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, School of Clinical Medicine of Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, School of Clinical Medicine of Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, School of Clinical Medicine of Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, China
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- Center for Clinical Single Cell Biomedicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, School of Clinical Medicine of Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, China
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- Center for Clinical Single Cell Biomedicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, People's Hospital of Henan University, School of Clinical Medicine of Henan University, Zhengzhou 450003, Henan, China
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Miti A, Thamm S, Müller P, Csáki A, Fritzsche W, Zuccheri G. A miRNA biosensor based on localized surface plasmon resonance enhanced by surface-bound hybridization chain reaction. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 167:112465. [PMID: 32798803 PMCID: PMC7395652 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The dysregulation of the concentration of individual circulating microRNAs or small sets of them has been recognized as a marker of disease. For example, an increase of the concentration of circulating miR-17 has been linked to lung cancer and metastatic breast cancer, while its decrease has been found in multiple sclerosis and gastric cancer. Consequently, techniques for the fast, specific and simple quantitation of microRNAs are becoming crucial enablers of early diagnosis and therapeutic follow-up. DNA based biosensors can serve this purpose, overcoming some of the drawbacks of conventional lab-based techniques. Herein, we report a cost-effective, simple and robust biosensor based on localized surface plasmon resonance and hybridization chain reaction. Immobilized gold nanoparticles are used for the detection of miR-17. Specificity of the detection was achieved by the use of hairpin surface-tethered probes and the hybridization chain reaction was used to amplify the detection signal and thus extend the dynamic range of the quantitation. Less than 1 h is needed for the entire procedure that achieved a limit of detection of about 1 pM or 50 amol/measurement, well within the reported useful range for diagnostic applications. We suggest that this technology could be a promising substitute of traditional lab-based techniques for the detection and quantification of miRNAs after these are extracted from diagnostic specimens and their analysis is thus made possible.
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- Andrea Miti
- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology and Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research for Life and Health Sciences, University of Bologna, via San Giacomo 11, Bologna, Italy
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology and Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research for Life and Health Sciences, University of Bologna, via San Giacomo 11, Bologna, Italy; S3 Center, Institute of Nanoscience of the Italian CNR, Italy.
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González-González A, Wayne ML. Immunopathology and immune homeostasis during viral infection in insects. Adv Virus Res 2020; 107:285-314. [PMID: 32711732 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2020.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Organisms clear infections by mounting an immune response that is normally turned off once the pathogens have been cleared. However, sometimes this immune response is not properly or timely arrested, resulting in the host damaging itself. This immune dysregulation may be referred to as immunopathology. While our knowledge of immune and metabolic pathways in insects, particularly in response to viral infections, is growing, little is known about the mechanisms that regulate this immune response and hence little is known about immunopathology in this important and diverse group of organisms. In this chapter we focus both on documenting the molecular mechanisms described involved in restoring immune homeostasis in insects after viral infections and on identifying potential mechanisms for future investigation. We argue that learning about the immunopathological consequences of an improperly regulated immune response in insects will benefit both insect and human health.
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- Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Zhang M, Ma L, Liu Y, He Y, Li G, An X, Cao B. CircRNA-006258 Sponge-Adsorbs miR-574-5p to Regulate Cell Growth and Milk Synthesis via EVI5L in Goat Mammary Epithelial Cells. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11070718. [PMID: 32605180 PMCID: PMC7397305 DOI: 10.3390/genes11070718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The development of the udder and the milk yield are closely related to the number and vitality of mammary epithelial cells. Many previous studies have proved that non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are widely involved in mammary gland development and the physiological activities of lactation. Our laboratory previous sequencing data revealed that miR-574-5p was differentially expressed during the colostrum and peak lactation stages, while the molecular mechanism of the regulatory effect of miR-574-5p on goat mammary epithelial cells (GMECs) is unclear. In this study, the targeting relationship was detected between miR-574-5p or ecotropic viral integration site 5-like (EVI5L) and circRNA-006258. The results declared that miR-574-5p induced the down-regulation of EVI5L expression at both the mRNA and protein levels, while circRNA-006258 relieved the inhibitory effect through adsorbing miR-574-5p. EVI5L blocked the G1 phase and promoted the S phase by activating the Rab23/ITGB1/TIAM1/Rac1-TGF-β/Smad pathway in GMECs. By increasing the protein expression of Bcl2 and reducing the protein expression of Bax, EVI5L promoted cell growth and inhibited apoptosis. The activation of the PI3K/AKT–mTOR signaling pathway promoted the production of triacylglycerol (TAG) and β-casein in GMECs. The circRNA–006258/miR-574-5p/EVI5L axis could regulate the cell growth and milk synthesis of GMECs by sponge-adsorbed miR-574-5p. These results would provide scientific evidence for precision animal breeding in the industry of dairy goats.
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Dong Y, Wan G, Yan P, Qian C, Li F, Peng G. Long noncoding RNA LINC00324 promotes retinoblastoma progression by acting as a competing endogenous RNA for microRNA-769-5p, thereby increasing STAT3 expression. Aging (Albany NY) 2020; 12:7729-7746. [PMID: 32369777 PMCID: PMC7244063 DOI: 10.18632/aging.103075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Long intergenic non–protein-coding RNA 324 (LINC00324) is abnormally expressed in multiple human cancer types and plays an important role in cancer initiation and progression. This study showed that LINC00324 was expressed at higher levels in retinoblastoma (RB) tumors and cell lines than in control samples. Increased LINC00324 expression closely correlated with the TNM stage, optic nerve invasion, and shorter overall survival among patients with RB. The knockdown of LINC00324 decreased RB cell proliferation, colony formation, migration, and invasion, and promoted apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in vitro as well as hindered tumor growth in vivo. With respect to the mechanism, LINC00324 acted as a competing endogenous RNA for microRNA-769-5p (miR-769-5p) in RB cells. The mRNA of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) was identified as a direct target of miR-769-5p in RB cells. Rescue experiments indicated that restoration of STAT3 expression attenuated the tumor-suppressive actions of miR-769-5p in RB cells. Downregulation of miR-769-5p or restoration of STAT3 almost completely reversed the effects of LINC00324 knockdown on RB cells. Our findings describe a novel RB-related LINC00324–miR-769-5p–STAT3 axis that is implicated in the malignancy of RB in vitro and in vivo. This study may point to innovative therapeutic targets in RB.
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- Yi Dong
- Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Province Eye Hospital, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Province Eye Hospital, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Province Eye Hospital, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Province Eye Hospital, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Province Eye Hospital, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, China
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Wong SQ, Kumar AV, Mills J, Lapierre LR. C. elegans to model autophagy-related human disorders. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2020; 172:325-373. [PMID: 32620247 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2020.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Autophagy is a highly conserved degradation process that clears damaged intracellular macromolecules and organelles in order to maintain cellular health. Dysfunctional autophagy is fundamentally linked to the development of various human disorders and pathologies. The use of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system to study autophagy has improved our understanding of its regulation and function in organismal physiology. Here, we review the genetic, functional, and regulatory conservation of the autophagy pathway in C. elegans and we describe tools to quantify and study the autophagy process in this incredibly useful model organism. We further discuss how these nematodes have been modified to model autophagy-related human diseases and underscore the important insights obtained from such models. Altogether, we highlight the strengths of C. elegans as an exceptional tool to understand the genetic and molecular foundations underlying autophagy-related human diseases.
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- Shi Quan Wong
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.
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Sun X, Shen H, Liu S, Gao J, Zhang S. Long noncoding RNA SNHG14 promotes the aggressiveness of retinoblastoma by sponging microRNA‑124 and thereby upregulating STAT3. Int J Mol Med 2020; 45:1685-1696. [PMID: 32236565 PMCID: PMC7169960 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2020.4547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A long noncoding RNA called small nucleolar RNA host gene 14 (SNHG14) has been validated as a key regulator of cellular processes in multiple types of human cancer. However, to the best of our knowledge, the expression status and specific roles of SNHG14 in retinoblastoma (RB) have not been studied. The aims of the present study were to determine the expression status of SNHG14 in RB, assess the effects of SNHG14 on malignant characteristics of RB cells and investigate the mechanisms of action of SNHG14 in RB. SNHG14 expression levels in RB tissue samples and cell lines were measured by reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‑qPCR). Cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasion in vitro, and tumor growth in vivo were quantitated by the Cell Counting Kit‑8 assay, flow cytometry, migration and invasion assays, and mouse tumor xenograft experiments, respectively. The target microRNA (miRNA) of SNHG14 was predicted by bioinformatics analysis and was subsequently validated by a luciferase reporter assay, RNA immunoprecipitation (RIP) assay, RT‑qPCR, and western blot analysis. SNHG14 was identified to be significantly overexpressed in RB tissues and cell lines. SNHG14 overexpression was markedly associated with the intraocular international retinoblastoma classification stage, optic nerve invasion, and differentiation grade among patients with RB. The patients in the SNHG14 high‑expression group exhibited shorter overall survival compared with the SNHG14 low‑expression group. Functional analysis revealed that SNHG14 silencing inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and increased apoptosis in vitro, and decreased tumor growth in vivo. SNHG14 directly interacted with, and functioned as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) of, miR‑124, consequently upregulating signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3). miR‑124 inhibition and STAT3 expression recovery attenuated the effects of the SNHG14 silencing on RB cells. In conclusion, SNHG14 served as a ceRNA to upregulate STAT3 by sponging miR‑124. Therefore, targeting the SNHG14/miR‑124/STAT3 pathway may be an effective therapeutic strategy against RB.
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- Xiaowen Sun
- Department of Ophthalmology, People's Hospital of Rizhao, Rizhao, Shandong 276800, P.R. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, People's Hospital of Rizhao, Rizhao, Shandong 276800, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, Binzhou People's Hospital, Binzhou, Shandong 256610, P.R. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Weifang Ophthalmic Hospital, Weifang, Shandong 261041, P.R. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, People's Hospital of Rizhao, Rizhao, Shandong 276800, P.R. China
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Amourda C, Saunders TE. The mirtron miR-1010 functions in concert with its host gene SKIP to balance elevation of nAcRβ2. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1688. [PMID: 32015391 PMCID: PMC6997181 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58655-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mirtrons are non-canonical miRNAs arising by splicing and debranching from short introns. A plethora of introns have been inferred by computational analyses as potential mirtrons. Yet, few have been experimentally validated and their functions, particularly in relation to their host genes, remain poorly understood. Here, we found that Drosophila larvae lacking either the mirtron miR-1010 or its binding site in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β2 (nAcRβ2) 3′UTR fail to grow properly and pupariate. Increase of cortical nAcRβ2 mediated by neural activity elevates the level of intracellular Ca2+, which in turn activates CaMKII and, further downstream, the transcription factor Adf-1. We show that miR-1010 downregulates nAcRβ2. We reveal that Adf-1 initiates the expression of SKIP, the host gene of miR-1010. Preventing synaptic potentials from overshooting their optimal range requires both SKIP to temper synaptic potentials (incoherent feedforward loop) and miR-1010 to reduce nAcRβ2 mRNA levels (negative feedback loop). Our results demonstrate how a mirtron, in coordination with its host gene, contributes to maintaining appropriate receptor levels, which in turn may play a role in maintaining homeostasis.
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- Christopher Amourda
- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. .,MRC London Institute of Medical Science, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK.
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. .,Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. .,Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*Star, Proteos, Singapore.
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Jafarinia M, Alsahebfosoul F, Salehi H, Eskandari N, Ganjalikhani-Hakemi M. Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: A Novel Cell-Free Therapy. Immunol Invest 2020; 49:758-780. [PMID: 32009478 DOI: 10.1080/08820139.2020.1712416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In recent years, mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) have widely been considered as therapeutic tools in basic researches and clinical trials. Accumulating evidence supports the idea that MSCs perform their therapeutic roles in paracrine manner especially through trophic factors and extracellular vesicles (EVs). Compared to cells, EVs have several advantages to be used as therapeutic agents, such as they lack self-replicating capabilities, dangers of ectopic differentiation, and tumor formation, genetic instability, and cellular rejection by the immune system. Since the MSC-derived EVs (MSC-EVs) appear to exert similar therapeutic effects of their parent cells, such as ability to arrive themselves to the site of injury and immunomodulatory properties, MSC-EVs have been widely studied in many animal models, including kidney, liver, cardiovascular, immunological, and neurological diseases. Regarding this, MSC-EVs look to be a novel and interesting approach to be studied in clinical trials of different inflammatory diseases. In this review, we summarize the properties and applications of MSC-EVs in different diseases.
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- Morteza Jafarinia
- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan, Iran
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Guan XL, Zhang BC, Sun L. Japanese flounder pol-miR-3p-2 suppresses Edwardsiella tarda infection by regulation of autophagy via p53. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 103:103531. [PMID: 31668931 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2019.103531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are post-transcriptional regulators that play vital roles in diverse physiological processes including immunity. In this study, we investigated the regulatory mechanism and function of a novel Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) miRNA, pol-miR-3p-2. pol-miR-3p-2 was responsive in expression to the infection of the bacterial pathogen Edwardsiella tarda. pol-miR-3p-2 negatively regulated the expression of p53 through interaction with the 3'UTR of p53. Overexpression of pol-miR-3p-2 promoted autophagy, resulting in augmented production of LC3-II, while knockdown of p53 increased the level of beclin, a key factor of autophagy. In vivo and in vitro studies showed that E. tarda infection induced autophagy in flounder, and pol-miR-3p-2 inhibited the infectivity of E. tarda. Together these results indicate that pol-miR-3p-2 regulates autophagy through the target gene p53, thus revealing a regulatory link between p53 and autophagy in teleost, and that pol-miR-3p-2 plays an important role in the immune defense against E. tarda.
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- Xiao-Lu Guan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Biomedicine and Aarhus Research Center for Innate Immunity, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
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Atherton LJ, Jorquera PA, Bakre AA, Tripp RA. Determining Immune and miRNA Biomarkers Related to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine Types. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2323. [PMID: 31649663 PMCID: PMC6794384 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) causes serious respiratory tract illness and substantial morbidity and some mortality in populations at the extremes of age, i.e., infants, young children, and the elderly. To date, RSV vaccine development has been unsuccessful, a feature linked to the lack of biomarkers available to assess the safety and efficacy of RSV vaccine candidates. We examined microRNAs (miR) as potential biomarkers for different types of RSV vaccine candidates. In this study, mice were vaccinated with a live attenuated RSV candidate that lacks the small hydrophobic (SH) and attachment (G) proteins (CP52), an RSV G protein microparticle (GA2-MP) vaccine, a formalin-inactivated RSV (FI-RSV) vaccine or were mock-treated. Several immunological endpoints and miR expression profiles were determined in mouse serum and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) following vaccine priming, boost, and RSV challenge. We identified miRs that were linked with immunological parameters of disease and protection. We show that miRs are potential biomarkers providing valuable insights for vaccine development.
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- Lydia J Atherton
- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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Sander M, Herranz H. MicroRNAs in Drosophila Cancer Models. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1167:157-173. [PMID: 31520354 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23629-8_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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MiRNAs are post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression which have been implicated in virtually all biological processes. MiRNAs are frequently dysregulated in human cancers. However, the functional consequences of aberrant miRNA levels are not well understood. Drosophila is emerging as an important in vivo tumor model, especially in the identification of novel cancer genes. Here, we review Drosophila studies which functionally dissect the roles of miRNAs in tumorigenesis. Ultimately, these advances help to understand the implications of miRNA dysregulation in human cancers.
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- Moritz Sander
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs with a wide distribution in nature among the living things. They play a key role both in normal signaling pathways and in pathological ones. Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is an oncogenic retrovirus of Deltaretrovirus genus causing persistent infection in its natural hosts - cattle, zebu and water buffalo with diverse clinical manifestations through the defeat of B-lymphocytes (B-cells). Ten BLV encoded miRNAs (further miRs-B) transcribed from five different pre-miRNA (further pre-miR-B) genes are abundantly detected in BLV infected B-cells. Here we report about several alleles of each of pre-miRs-B' genes, some of which have a highly significant association with an increase or a decrease of the number of leukocytes (WBCs - white blood cells) in BLV-infected cows.
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- I M Zyrianova
- a Federal State Budget Scientific Institution Center of Experimental Embryology and Reproductive Biotechnologies , Moscow , Russian Federation
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- a Federal State Budget Scientific Institution Center of Experimental Embryology and Reproductive Biotechnologies , Moscow , Russian Federation
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Sun J, Liang W, Yang X, Li Q, Zhang G. Cytoprotective effects of galacto-oligosaccharides on colon epithelial cells via up-regulating miR-19b. Life Sci 2019; 231:116589. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cai B, Wang X, Liu H, Ma S, Zhang K, Zhang Y, Li Q, Wang J, Yao M, Guan F, Yin G. Up-regulated lncRNA5322 elevates MAPK1 to enhance proliferation of hair follicle stem cells as a ceRNA of microRNA-19b-3p. Cell Cycle 2019; 18:1588-1600. [PMID: 31203719 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2019.1624111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs), located in the bulge region of the follicle, maintain hair follicle growth and cycling. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), non-protein coding transcripts, are widely known to play critical roles in differentiation and proliferation of stem cells. Therefore, the current study aimed to explore the regulatory roles of lncRNA5322 in HFSCs proliferation and the underlying regulatory mechanisms. Initially, the expression patterns of lncRNA5322 and microRNA-19b-3p (miR-19b-3p) in HFSCs were detected. Subsequently, gain-and loss-of-functions analyses were conducted to explore the roles of lncRNA5322, miR-19b-3p and mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 (MAPK1) in cell proliferation, colony formation and apoptosis of HFSCs, with the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)1 and CDK2 examined. Also, the interaction relationships among lncRNA5322, miR-19b-3p and MAPK1 were explored. Furthermore, a mouse model was established to detect the roles of lncRNA5322, miR-19b-3p, and MAPK1 in wound contraction and epidermal regeneration. Over-expressed lncRNA5322 was found to promote proliferation, colony formation ability but inhibit apoptosis of HFSCs, in addition to up-regulation of the expression of CDK1 and CDK2. LncRNA5322 was found to act as a ceRNA of miR-19b-3p which directly targeted MAPK1. Furthermore, up-regulation of lncRNA5322 enhanced wound contraction and epidermal regeneration in vivo by increasing the expression of MAPK1 through functioning as a ceRNA of miR-19b-3p. In summary, the results in this study suggested that lncRNA5322 serves as a ceRNA of miR-19b-3p to elevate the expression of MAPK1, ultimately promoting HFSCs proliferation, wound contraction and epidermal regeneration of mouse model.
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- Bingjie Cai
- a The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- a The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- b School of Life Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- b School of Life Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- b School of Life Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- b School of Life Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- b School of Life Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- c College of Basic Medical Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- b School of Life Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- b School of Life Sciences , Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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- a The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University , Zhengzhou , P.R. China
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Wang S, Du S, Lv Y, Zhang F, Wang W. MicroRNA-665 inhibits the oncogenicity of retinoblastoma by directly targeting high-mobility group box 1 and inactivating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Cancer Manag Res 2019; 11:3111-3123. [PMID: 31114354 PMCID: PMC6489654 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s200566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Purpose: Previous studies have revealed that microRNA-665 (miR-665) is dysregulated in a variety of human cancers. However, little is known regarding its expression profiles and functions in retinoblastoma (RB). Therefore, the aims of our study were to evaluate miR-665 expression in RB and determine the precise roles of miR-665 in the progression of RB. Patients and methods: Herein, RT-qPCR was used to determine miR-665 expression levels in RB tissues and cell lines, and a series of functional experiments were performed to explore the influence of miR-665 on RB cell proliferation, colony formation, apoptosis, migration, and invasion as well as tumor growth. The molecular mechanisms underlying the tumor-suppressive action of miR-665 in RB were also explored. Results: We found that miR-665 was markedly reduced in RB tissues and cell lines and that lower miR-665 expression was strongly associated with tumor size, TNM stage, and differentiation in patients with RB. Exogenous expression of miR-665 suppressed cell proliferation, colony formation, migration, and invasion, and induced cell apoptosis in RB cells, while silencing miR-665 expression had the opposite effects. In addition, upregulation of miR-665 decreased the tumor growth of RB cells in vivo. High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) was identified as a direct target of miR-665 in RB cells, and decreasing the expression of HMGB1 simulated the regulatory effects of miR-665 overexpression in RB cells, while knockdown of HMGB1 expression counteracted the miR-665-mediated antitumor effects in RB cells. Moreover, miR-665 was shown to regulate the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway by targeting HMGB1 in vitro and in vivo. Conclusion: Taken together, our in vitro and in vivo results suggest that miR-665 acts as a tumor-suppressive miRNA in RB by directly targeting HMGB1 and inactivating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Hence, this miRNA is a candidate prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in patients with RB.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, People's Republic of China
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Gan L, Lv L, Liao S. Long non‑coding RNA H19 regulates cell growth and metastasis via the miR‑22‑3p/Snail1 axis in gastric cancer. Int J Oncol 2019; 54:2157-2168. [PMID: 31081061 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2019.4773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Gastric cancer (GC) is the fifth most prevalent type of malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer‑related mortality worldwide, with the prognosis of patients with late‑stage GC remaining at poor levels. Long non‑coding RNA (lncRNA) H19 (H19) is involved in the growth and metastasis of tumors, and it is upregulated under hypoxic conditions and in certain types of cancer; however, the underlying mechanisms of action of this lncRNA as regards the initiation and development of GC remain unknown. Thus, in the present study, we aimed to determine the role of lncRNA H19 in GC and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. H19 was found to be upregulated in GC tissues and cells compared with the para‑cancerous tissues, and an elevated expression of H19 was associated with lymph node metastasis and TNM stage. Furthermore, the downregulation of H19 suppressed the proliferation, invasion, migration and epithelial‑mesenchymal transition of GC cells in vitro and suppressed tumor growth in vivo. H19 was also found to be able to bind with miR‑22‑3p, and H19‑induced cell growth and metastasis were shown to be reversed by the upregulation of miR‑22‑3p; the miR‑22‑3p level was found to inversely correlate with H19 expression in GC tissues. Furthermore, the overexpression of miR‑22‑3p notably suppressed the proliferation, migration and invasion of GC cells, and these effects were enhanced by the downregulation of Snail1. In addition, cell growth and metastasis induced by miR‑22‑3p downregulation were partially reversed by the knockdown of Snail1. Furthermore, a negative correlation was observed between the mRNA expression levels of miR‑22‑3p and Snail1 in GC tissues. On the whole, the findings of the present study revealed that H19 was upregulated in GC tissues, which promoted tumor growth and metastasis via the miR‑22‑3p/Snail1 signaling pathway. In summary, these findings provide novel insight into the potential regulatory roles of H19 in GC, and suggest that the H19/miR‑22‑3p/Snail1 axis may prove to be a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of patients with GC.
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- Li Gan
- Department of Anatomy, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan 637000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, P.R. China
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Hughes SC, Simmonds AJ. Drosophila mRNA Localization During Later Development: Past, Present, and Future. Front Genet 2019; 10:135. [PMID: 30899273 PMCID: PMC6416162 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Multiple mechanisms tightly regulate mRNAs during their transcription, translation, and degradation. Of these, the physical localization of mRNAs to specific cytoplasmic regions is relatively easy to detect; however, linking localization to functional regulatory roles has been more difficult to establish. Historically, Drosophila melanogaster is a highly effective model to identify localized mRNAs and has helped identify roles for this process by regulating various cell activities. The majority of the well-characterized functional roles for localizing mRNAs to sub-regions of the cytoplasm have come from the Drosophila oocyte and early syncytial embryo. At present, relatively few functional roles have been established for mRNA localization within the relatively smaller, differentiated somatic cell lineages characteristic of later development, beginning with the cellular blastoderm, and the multiple cell lineages that make up the gastrulating embryo, larva, and adult. This review is divided into three parts—the first outlines past evidence for cytoplasmic mRNA localization affecting aspects of cellular activity post-blastoderm development in Drosophila. The majority of these known examples come from highly polarized cell lineages such as differentiating neurons. The second part considers the present state of affairs where we now know that many, if not most mRNAs are localized to discrete cytoplasmic regions in one or more somatic cell lineages of cellularized embryos, larvae or adults. Assuming that the phenomenon of cytoplasmic mRNA localization represents an underlying functional activity, and correlation with the encoded proteins suggests that mRNA localization is involved in far more than neuronal differentiation. Thus, it seems highly likely that past-identified examples represent only a small fraction of localization-based mRNA regulation in somatic cells. The last part highlights recent technological advances that now provide an opportunity for probing the role of mRNA localization in Drosophila, moving beyond cataloging the diversity of localized mRNAs to a similar understanding of how localization affects mRNA activity.
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- Sarah C Hughes
- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.,Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Mao XB, Cheng YH, Xu YY. miR-204-5p promotes diabetic retinopathy development via downregulation of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3. Exp Ther Med 2019; 17:2945-2952. [PMID: 30936964 PMCID: PMC6434256 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2019.7327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a chronic and progressive complication of diabetes mellitus. DR impairs sight due to neuronal and vascular dysfunction in the retina. It is critical to investigate the pathogenesis of DR to develop effective treatment. In the present study, a streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat model was constructed and the expression of microRNA (miR)-204-5p and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were determined. Immunohistochemistry, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and western blotting were employed to detect the effects of miR-204-5p on the expression of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3B). RT-qPCR analysis demonstrated that miR-204-5p and VEGF were significantly upregulated in the retina tissue of diabetic rats compared with the control group (P<0.01). Immunohistochemistry and western blotting revealed that the protein expression levels of LC3B-II and the ratio of LC3B-II/LC3B-I were significantly suppressed in the diabetes group compared with the control (P<0.01). In retinal tissues, anti-miR-204-5p treatment significantly enhanced the protein expression levels of LC3B-II and the ratio of LC3B-II/LC3B-I and these levels were significantly reduced in response to miR-204-5p mimic treatment compared with the negative miR control (P<0.01). In rat retinal endothelial cells isolated from diabetic rats, anti-miR-204-5p treatment increased the number of autophagic vacuoles, and significantly promoted LC3B-II expression and the LC3B-II/LC3B-I ratio compared with the negative control (P<0.01). The results of the present study revealed that miR-204-5p downregulated the expression of LC3B-II to inhibit autophagy in DR. Therefore, miR-204-5p may be considered as a novel effective therapeutic target during the development of DR.
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- Xin-Bang Mao
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, P.R. China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310016, P.R. China
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Duarte Junior FF, Bueno PSA, Pedersen SL, Rando FDS, Pattaro Júnior JR, Caligari D, Ramos AC, Polizelli LG, Lima AFDS, de Lima Neto QA, Krude T, Seixas FAV, Fernandez MA. Identification and characterization of stem-bulge RNAs in Drosophila melanogaster. RNA Biol 2019; 16:330-339. [PMID: 30666901 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2019.1572439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Non-coding Y RNAs and stem-bulge RNAs are homologous small RNAs in vertebrates and nematodes, respectively. They share a conserved function in the replication of chromosomal DNA in these two groups of organisms. However, functional homologues have not been found in insects, despite their common early evolutionary history. Here, we describe the identification and functional characterization of two sbRNAs in Drosophila melanogaster, termed Dm1 and Dm2. The genes coding for these two RNAs were identified by a computational search in the genome of D. melanogaster for conserved sequence motifs present in nematode sbRNAs. The predicted secondary structures of Dm1 and Dm2 partially resemble nematode sbRNAs and show stability in molecular dynamics simulations. Both RNAs are phylogenetically closer related to nematode sbRNAs than to vertebrate Y RNAs. Dm1, but not Dm2 sbRNA is abundantly expressed in D. melanogaster S2 cells and adult flies. Only Dm1, but not Dm2 sbRNA can functionally replace Y RNAs in a human cell-free DNA replication initiation system. Therefore, Dm1 is the first functional sbRNA described in insects, allowing future investigations into the physiological roles of sbRNAs in the genetically tractable model organism D. melanogaster.
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- b Departamento de Tecnologia , Universidade Estadual de Maringá, campus Umuarama , Umuarama , Paraná , Brazil
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- c Department of Zoology , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
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- d Center for Molecular, Structural and Functional Biology - CBM/COMCAP , Universidade Estadual de Maringá , Maringá , Paraná , Brazil
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- b Departamento de Tecnologia , Universidade Estadual de Maringá, campus Umuarama , Umuarama , Paraná , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular , Universidade Estadual de Maringá , Maringá , Paraná , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular , Universidade Estadual de Maringá , Maringá , Paraná , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular , Universidade Estadual de Maringá , Maringá , Paraná , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular , Universidade Estadual de Maringá , Maringá , Paraná , Brazil
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- c Department of Zoology , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK
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- a Departamento de Biotecnologia, Genética e Biologia Celular , Universidade Estadual de Maringá , Maringá , Paraná , Brazil
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Merlin S, Follenzi A. Transcriptional Targeting and MicroRNA Regulation of Lentiviral Vectors. MOLECULAR THERAPY-METHODS & CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT 2019; 12:223-232. [PMID: 30775404 PMCID: PMC6365353 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2018.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Gene expression regulation is the result of complex interactions between transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls, resulting in cell-type-specific gene expression patterns that are determined by the developmental and differentiation stage of pathophysiological conditions. Understanding the complexity of gene expression regulatory networks is fundamental to gene therapy, an approach which has the potential to treat and cure inherited disorders by delivering the correct gene to patient specific cells or tissues by means of both viral and non-viral vectors. Besides the issues of biosafety, in recent years efforts have focused on achieving a robust and sustained transgene expression, which attains a phenotypic correction in several diseases, while avoiding transgene-related adverse effects, such as overexpression-associated cytotoxicity and/or immune responses to the transgene. In this sense, the use of cell-type-specific promoters and microRNA target sequences (miRTs) in gene transfer expression cassettes have allowed for a restricted expression after gene transfer in several studies. This review will focus on the use of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation to achieve a highly specific and safe transgene expression, as well as their application in ex vivo and in vivo gene therapeutic approaches.
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- Simone Merlin
- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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ERK and miRNA-1 target Cx43 expression and phosphorylation to modulate the vascular protective effect of angiotensin II. Life Sci 2019; 216:59-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2018.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bouyanfif A, Jayarathne S, Koboziev I, Moustaid-Moussa N. The Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model Organism to Study Metabolic Effects of ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Obesity. Adv Nutr 2019; 10:165-178. [PMID: 30689684 PMCID: PMC6370270 DOI: 10.1093/advances/nmy059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Obesity is a complex disease that is influenced by several factors, such as diet, physical activity, developmental stage, age, genes, and their interactions with the environment. Obesity develops as a result of expansion of fat mass when the intake of energy, stored as triglycerides, exceeds its expenditure. Approximately 40% of the US population suffers from obesity, which represents a worldwide public health problem associated with chronic low-grade adipose tissue and systemic inflammation (sterile inflammation), in part due to adipose tissue expansion. In patients with obesity, energy homeostasis is further impaired by inflammation, oxidative stress, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome. These pathologic conditions increase the risk of developing other chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and certain forms of cancer. It is well documented that several bioactive compounds such as omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs) are able to reduce adipose and systemic inflammation and blood triglycerides and, in some cases, improve glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in vertebrate animal models of obesity. A promising model organism that is gaining tremendous interest for studies of lipid and energy metabolism is the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. This roundworm stores fats as droplets within its hypodermal and intestinal cells. The nematode's transparent skin enables fat droplet visualization and quantification with the use of dyes that have affinity to lipids. This article provides a review of major research over the past several years on the use of C. elegans to study the effects of ω-3 PUFAs on lipid metabolism and energy homeostasis relative to metabolic diseases.
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- Amal Bouyanfif
- Departments of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX,Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
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- Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX,Obesity Research Cluster, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
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- Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX,Obesity Research Cluster, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
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- Departments of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX,Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX,Obesity Research Cluster, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX,Address correspondence to NM-M (e-mail: )
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