scholarly journals Potential role of miR-155-5p in fat deposition and skeletal muscle development of chicken

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sifan Xu ◽  
Yang Chang ◽  
Guanxian Wu ◽  
Wanting Zhang ◽  
Chaolai Man

Abstract miR-155 has multiple functions in many physiological and pathological processes. However, little is known about the expression characteristics of avian miR-155. In the present study, partial pri-miR-155 sequences were cloned from AA+ broiler, Sanhuang broiler and Hy-Line Brown layer, respectively. Stem–loop qRT-PCR was performed to detect the miR-155-5p spatiotemporal expression profiles of each chicken breed, and the target genes of miR-155-5p were predicted in Gene Oncology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways. The results showed that the partial pri-miR-155 sequences of different breeds of chicken were high conserved. The expression patterns of miR-155-5p between broiler and layer were basically similar, and miR-155-5p was expressed highly in immune related tissues (spleen, thymus and bursa). In the same old chicken (14 days old), miR-155-5p expression activity of fat tissue all had higher level in the three chicken breeds, but the expression activities in skeletal muscle of broilers were significantly lower than that of layer (P<0.05). In different development stages of Hy-Line Brown layer, miR-155-5p expression activities in skeletal muscle of 14-day-old and 10-month-old layers were significantly lower than that of 24-month-old layer (P<0.05). Fat related target genes (ACOX1, ACOT7, FADS1, SCD and HSD17B12) and skeletal muscle related target genes (CCNT2, DMD, CFL2, MAPK14, FLNB, ZBTB18 and CDK5) of miR-155-5p were predicted, respectively. The results indicate that miR-155-5p may be an important factor inhibiting the fat deposition and skeletal muscle development in chicken.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sifan Xu ◽  
Yang Chang ◽  
Guanxian Wu ◽  
Wanting Zhang ◽  
Chaolai Man

AbstractmiR-155 is an important microRNA which has multiple functions in many physiological and pathological processes. In this study, partial pri-miR-155 sequences were cloned from AA+ broiler, Sanhuang broiler and Hi-Line Brown layer, respectively. Stem-loop RT-qPCR was performed to detect the miR-155 spatiotemporal expression profiles of each chicken breed. The results showed that the partial pri-miR-155 sequences of different breeds of chicken were high conserved. The expression patterns of miR-155 between broiler and layer were basically similar, and miR-155 is expressed highly in immune related tissues. Interestingly, miR-155 expression activity had higher level in fat tissue of the three chicken breeds (14-day-old), but it decreased significantly in fat of the Hi-Line Brown layer (10-month-old and 24-month-old). In addition, the expression activities of miR-155 in 14-day-old broilers (AA+ broiler and Sanhuang broiler) were significantly lower than that of Hi-Line Brown layer (14-day-old) (P<0.05). Moreover, miR-155 expression activities in skeletal muscle of 14-day-old and 10-month-old Hi-Line Brown layer were also significantly lower than that of 24-month-old layer (P<0.05). The results indicated that miR-155 might be one of the important factors affecting the differences in skeletal muscle development and adipogenesis between different chicken breeds. These data can serve as a foundation for further study the functions and mechanisms of miR-155 in the physiological and pathological contexts.


2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (suppl_2) ◽  
pp. 272-273
Author(s):  
B A Wolfer ◽  
K R Daza ◽  
D Velez-Irizarry ◽  
N E Raney ◽  
V D Rilington ◽  
...  

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1417
Author(s):  
Chuan Li ◽  
Ting Xiong ◽  
Mingfang Zhou ◽  
Lei Wan ◽  
Suwang Xi ◽  
...  

Poultry skeletal muscle provides high quality protein for humans. Study of the genetic mechanisms during duck skeletal muscle development contribute to future duck breeding and meat production. In the current study, three breast muscle samples from Shan Ma ducks at embryonic day 13 (E13) and E19 were collected, respectively. We detected microRNA (miRNA) expression using high throughput sequencing following bioinformatic analysis. qRT-PCR validated the reliability of sequencing results. We also identified target prediction results using the luciferase reporter assay. A total of 812 known miRNAs and 279 novel miRNAs were detected in six samples; as a result, 61 up-regulated and 48 down-regulated differentially expressed miRNAs were identified between E13 and E19 (|log2 fold change| ≥ 1 and p ≤ 0.05). Enrichment analysis showed that target genes of the differentially expressed miRNAs were enriched on many muscle development-related gene ontology (GO) terms and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways, especially mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways. An interaction network was constructed using the target genes of the differentially expressed miRNAs. These results complement the current duck miRNA database and offer several miRNA candidates for future studies of skeletal muscle development in the duck.


PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9957
Author(s):  
Chao Yuan ◽  
Ke Zhang ◽  
Yaojing Yue ◽  
Tingting Guo ◽  
Jianbin Liu ◽  
...  

The sheep is an economically important animal, and there is currently a major focus on improving its meat quality through breeding. There are variations in the growth regulation mechanisms of different sheep breeds, making fundamental research on skeletal muscle growth essential in understanding the regulation of (thus far) unknown genes. Skeletal muscle development is a complex biological process regulated by numerous genes and non-coding RNAs, including microRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). In this study, we used deep sequencing data from sheep longissimus dorsi (LD) muscles sampled at day 60, 90, and 120 of gestation, as well as at day 0 and 360 following birth, to identify and examine the lncRNA and miRNA temporal expression profiles that regulate sheep skeletal myogenesis. We stained LD muscles using histological sections to analyse the area and circumference of muscle fibers from the embryonic to postnatal development stages. Our results showed that embryonic skeletal muscle growth can be characterized by time. We obtained a total of 694 different lncRNAs and compared the differential expression between the E60 vs. E90, E90 vs. E120, E120 vs. D0, and D0 vs. D360 lncRNA and gene samples. Of the total 701 known sheep miRNAs we detected, the following showed a wide range of expression during the embryonic stage: miR-2387, miR-105, miR-767, miR-432, and miR-433. We propose that the detected lncRNA expression was time-specific during the gestational and postnatal stages. GO and KEGG analyses of the genes targeted by different miRNAs and lncRNAs revealed that these significantly enriched processes and pathways were consistent with skeletal muscle development over time across all sampled stages. We found four visual lncRNA–gene regulatory networks that can be used to explore the function of lncRNAs in sheep and may be valuable in helping improve muscle growth. This study also describes the function of several lncRNAs that interact with miRNAs to regulate myogenic differentiation.


2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 734-736
Author(s):  
H. B. He ◽  
S. H. Zhao ◽  
X. Y. Li

Abstract. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short, non-coding regulatory RNAs, which are approximately 22 nucleotides in length. Typically, miRNAs negatively regulate gene expression by binding with the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of its regulatory target mRNAs. MicroRNAs are known to play diverse roles in fundamental biological processes, such as proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis (Bartel 2004, 2009). It has been reported that miR-1, miR-133, miR-181 and miR-206 play important roles in skeletal muscle proliferation and hypertrophy (Callis et al. 2007, McCarthy -Esser 2007). We have detected porcine miRNA expression profiles during different stage of skeletal muscle development and a total of 140 miRNAs were differentially expressed (HUANG et al. 2008). In this study, we mapped five differentially expressed miRNAs (mir-29c, mir-103-1, mir-127, mir-193b and mir-218-1) using the radiation hybrid (IMpRH) panel (YERLE et al. 1998).


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Xiao Zhang ◽  
Hailong Yang ◽  
Xiaoli Xu ◽  
Yuan Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract BackgroundAs a well-known cancer-related miRNA, miR-193b-3p is enriched in skeletal muscle but dysregulated in muscle disease. However, mechanism underpinning has not been addressed so far. MethodsHere, we probed the impact of miR-193b-3p on myogenesis by mainly using goat tissues and skeletal muscle satellite cells (MuSCs), with combined methods including RNA-seq to profile the transcriptome affected by miR-193b-3p, cell-counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) for cell proliferation assay, and RNA-RNA dual-labeled fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for RNA colocalization. ResultsmiR-193b-3p is highly enriched in goat skeletal muscles, and ectopic miR-193b-3p promotes MuSCs proliferation and differentiation. Moreover, insulin-like growth factor-2 mRNA-binding protein 1 (IGF2BP1) is the most activated insulin signaling genes when overexpression miR-193b-3p and the miRNA recognition element (MRE) within IGF1BP1 3ʹ untranslated region (UTR) is indispensable for its activation caused by miR-193b-3p. Consistently, expression patterns and function of IGF2BP1 were similar to those of miR-193b-3p in tissues and MuSCs. While the overexpression of miR-193b-3p failed to induce pax7 expression and myoblast proliferation when IGF2BP1 knockdown. Furthermore, miR-193b-3p destabilized IGF2BP1 mRNA but unexpectedly promoted levels of IGF2BP1 heteronuclear RNA (hnRNA) dramatically. Moreover, miR-193b-3p could enhance fly luciferase activity when inserted upstream of its promoter, and induce neighboring genes of itself. However, miR-193b-3p inversely regulated IGF2BP1 and myoblast proliferation in mouse C2C12 myoblast. These data unveil that goat miR-193b-3p promotes myoblast proliferation via activating IGF2BP1 by binding on its 3ʹ UTR.ConclusionsOur novel findings highlight the positive regulation between miRNA and its target genes in muscle development, which further extends the repertoire of miRNA functions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziying Huang ◽  
Qianqian Li ◽  
Mengxun Li ◽  
Changchun Li

AbstractThe difference between the skeletal muscle growth rates of Western and domestic breeds is remarkable, but the potential regulatory mechanism involved is still unclear. Numerous studies have pointed out that long intergenic noncoding RNA (lincRNA) plays a key role in skeletal muscle development. This study used published Yorkshire (LW) and Tibetan pig (TP) transcriptome data to explore the possible role of lincRNA in the difference in skeletal muscle development between the two breeds. 138 differentially expressed lincRNAs (DELs) were obtained between the two breeds, and their potential target genes (PTGs) were predicted. The results of GO and KEGG analysis revealed that PTGs are involved in multiple biological processes and pathways related to muscle development. The quantitative trait loci (QTLs) of DELs were predicted, and the results showed that most QTLs are related to muscle development. Finally, we constructed a co-expression network between muscle development related PTGs (MDRPTGs) and their corresponding DELs on the basis of their expression levels. The expression of DELs was significantly correlated with the corresponding MDRPTGs. Also, multiple MDRPTGs are involved in the key regulatory pathway of muscle fiber hypertrophy, which is the IGF-1-AKT-mTOR pathway. In summary, multiple lincRNAs that may cause differences in skeletal muscle development between the two breeds were identified, and their possible regulatory roles were explored. The findings of this study may provide a valuable reference for further research on the role of lincRNA in skeletal muscle development.


Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1787
Author(s):  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Can Chen ◽  
Shushu Han ◽  
Lan Chen ◽  
Hao Ding ◽  
...  

Growing evidence has demonstrated the emerging role of long non-coding RNA as competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) in regulating skeletal muscle development. However, the mechanism of ceRNA regulated by lncRNA in pigeon skeletal muscle development remains unclear. To reveal the function and regulatory mechanisms of lncRNA, we first analyzed the expression profiles of lncRNA, microRNA (miRNA), and mRNA during the development of pigeon skeletal muscle using high-throughput sequencing. We then constructed a lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA ceRNA network based on differentially expressed (DE) lncRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs according to the ceRNA hypothesis. Functional enrichment and short time-series expression miner (STEM) analysis were performed to explore the function of the ceRNA network. Hub lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA interactions were identified by connectivity degree and validated using dual-luciferase activity assay. The results showed that a total of 1625 DE lncRNAs, 11,311 DE mRNAs, and 573 DE miRNAs were identified. A ceRNA network containing 9120 lncRNA–miRNA–mRNA interactions was constructed. STEM analysis indicated that the function of the lncRNA-associated ceRNA network might be developmental specific. Functional enrichment analysis identified potential pathways regulating pigeon skeletal muscle development, such as cell cycle and MAPK signaling. Based on the connectivity degree, lncRNAs TCONS_00066712, TCONS_00026594, TCONS_00001557, TCONS_00001553, and TCONS_00003307 were identified as hub genes in the ceRNA network. lncRNA TCONS_00026594 might regulate the FSHD region gene 1 (FRG1)/ SRC proto-oncogene, non-receptor tyrosine kinase (SRC) by sponge adsorption of cli-miR-1a-3p to affect the development of pigeon skeletal muscle. Our findings provide a data basis for in-depth elucidation of the lncRNA-associated ceRNA mechanism underlying pigeon skeletal muscle development.


BMC Genomics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Séverine Lamon ◽  
Evelyn Zacharewicz ◽  
Lauren C. Butchart ◽  
Liliana Orellana ◽  
Jasmine Mikovic ◽  
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