Transcriptome-wide analysis of microRNAs in Branchiostoma belcheri upon Vibrio parahemolyticus infection
| Autor: | Lianjie Sun, Shengjie Li, Caiyun Lv, Ping Jin, Fei Ma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Immunology ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Chordate Bioinformatics digestive system Deep sequencing Transcriptome 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine microRNA Animals Model organism Lancelets Comparative genomics Genetics Cephalochordate Innate immune system biology ved/biology Gene Expression Profiling High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing Microarray Analysis biology.organism_classification Immunity Innate MicroRNAs 030104 developmental biology Gene Expression Regulation Vibrio Infections 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Vibrio parahaemolyticus Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 74:243-252 |
| ISSN: | 0145-305X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.dci.2017.05.002 |
| Popis: | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small non-coding RNAs that participate in diverse biological processes via regulating expressions of target genes at post-transcriptional level. Amphioxus, as modern survivor of an ancient chordate lineage, is a model organism for comparative genomics study. However, miRNAs involved in regulating immune responses in Branchiostoma belcheri are largely unclear. Here, we systematically investigated the microRNAs (miRNAs) involved in regulating immune responses in the cephalochordate amphioxus (Branchiostoma belcheri) through next-generation deep sequencing of amphioxus samples infected with Vibrio parahemolyticus. We identified 198 novel amphioxus miRNAs, consisting of 12 conserved miRNAs, 33 candidate star miRNAs and 153 potential amphioxus-specific-miRNAs. Using microarray profiling, 14 miRNAs were differentially expressed post infection, suggesting they are immune-related miRNAs. Eight miRNAs (bbe-miR-92a-3p, bbe-miR-92c-3p, bbe-miR-210-5p, bbe-miR-22-3p, bbe-miR-1∼bbe-miR-133 and bbe-miR-217∼bbe-miR-216 clusters) were significantly increased at 12 h post-infection, while bbe-miR-2072-5p was downregulated at 6 h and 12 h. Three miRNAs, bbe-miR-1-3p, bbe-miR-22-3p and bbe-miR-92a-3p, were confirmed to be involved in immune responses to infection by qRT-PCR. Our findings further clarify important regulatory roles of miRNAs in the innate immune response to bacterial infection in amphioxus. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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