scholarly journals Expression Profile and Potential Function of Circular RNAs in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Male Patients With Primary Gout

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Dai ◽  
Quan-Bo Zhang ◽  
Yi-Ping Tang ◽  
Yi-Xi He ◽  
Ting Yi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Fold Change ◽  
Differentially Expressed ◽  
Circular Rnas ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Expression Levels ◽  
Primary Gout ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) with a single-stranded covalently closed-loop structure, and their abnormal expression may participate in the pathogenesis of various human diseases. Currently, knowledge of circRNAs in gout is limited. In this case-control study, human circRNA microarrays were used to identify differentially expressed circRNAs in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with primary gout (n = 5) and healthy controls (HC; n = 3). Bioinformatics methods were used to analyze significantly different circRNAs (fold change >1.5, p < 0.05). In addition, four significantly differentially expressed circRNAs were selected for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction to detect expression levels in 90 gout patients and 60 HC. Subsequently, circRNA-miRNA-mRNA network was established to predict the function of circRNAs of interest. Microarray analysis indicated that 238 circRNAs were upregulated and 41 circRNAs were down-regulated in the gout group (fold change >1.5, p < 0.05). Bioinformatics analysis showed that differentially expressed circRNAs were involved in the pathogenesis of gout via various pathways. Moreover, the expression levels of hsa_circRNA_103657 and hsa_circRNA_000241 were significantly higher in the gout group than those in the HC group, and both correlated significantly with lipid metabolism parameters. Furthermore, the area under the curve of hsa_circRNA_103657 was 0.801 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.730–0.871; p < 0.001). Our results provide novel insights into the pathogenesis of primary gout. Differentially expressed circRNAs were identified in the PBMCs of gout patients, and these differential circRNAs may play important roles in the development and progression of gout.

Characteristics of circular RNAs expression of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in humans with Coronary Artery Disease

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Feng Ji ◽  
Jia-Xin Chen ◽  
Shu He ◽  
Ya-Qing Zhou ◽  
Lei Hua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Differentially Expressed ◽  
Circular Rnas ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Artery Disease

Objective: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) function as promising biomarkers and therapeutic targets for coronary artery disease due to their high stability, covalently closed structure and potential gene regulation. We aimed to identify the expression profile and role of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods: We performed RNA sequence analysis of circRNAs in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 5 CAD patients and 5 controls. Bioinformatics analyses was adopted to explore biological functions of differentially expressed circRNAs. The miRanda and TargetScan tools were used to predict the miRNA targeting interactions and to construct a triple network of differentially expressed gene-circRNA-miRNA-mRNA. Results: In total, 13160 downregulated and 12905 upregulated circRNAs were identified in CAD. A gene ontology annotation analysis showed that genes in the network were involved in organelle organization, cell cycle, mitotic cycle and cellular metabolic process. Parental genes of the 10 dysregulated-circRNAs were involved in metabolism and protein modification, and these circRNAs might regulate gene expression associated with CAD via miRNA sponges. Conclusion: As potential ceRNAs, dysregulated circRNAs may be involved in the pathogenesis of CAD, which provides new insights into diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease.

scholarly journals Transcriptomic Profiling of Equine and Viral Genes in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Horses during Equine Herpesvirus 1 Infection

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Lila M. Zarski ◽  
Patty Sue D. Weber ◽  
Yao Lee ◽  
Gisela Soboll Hussey
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Differentially Expressed ◽  
Equine Herpesvirus ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Equine Herpesvirus 1 ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Herpesvirus 1

Equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) affects horses worldwide and causes respiratory disease, abortions, and equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM). Following infection, a cell-associated viremia is established in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). This viremia is essential for transport of EHV-1 to secondary infection sites where subsequent immunopathology results in diseases such as abortion or EHM. Because of the central role of PBMCs in EHV-1 pathogenesis, our goal was to establish a gene expression analysis of host and equine herpesvirus genes during EHV-1 viremia using RNA sequencing. When comparing transcriptomes of PBMCs during peak viremia to those prior to EHV-1 infection, we found 51 differentially expressed equine genes (48 upregulated and 3 downregulated). After gene ontology analysis, processes such as the interferon defense response, response to chemokines, the complement protein activation cascade, cell adhesion, and coagulation were overrepresented during viremia. Additionally, transcripts for EHV-1, EHV-2, and EHV-5 were identified in pre- and post-EHV-1-infection samples. Looking at micro RNAs (miRNAs), 278 known equine miRNAs and 855 potentially novel equine miRNAs were identified in addition to 57 and 41 potentially novel miRNAs that mapped to the EHV-2 and EHV-5 genomes, respectively. Of those, 1 EHV-5 and 4 equine miRNAs were differentially expressed in PBMCs during viremia. In conclusion, this work expands our current knowledge about the role of PBMCs during EHV-1 viremia and will inform the focus on future experiments to identify host and viral factors that contribute to clinical EHM.

scholarly journals LncRNA and mRNA expression profile of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in primary Sjögren’s syndrome patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Peng ◽  
Xuan Luo ◽  
Yingying Chen ◽  
Linyi Peng ◽  
Chuiwen Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Expression Analysis ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Differentially Expressed ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Cell Metastasis ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells

AbstractThe aim of this study was to elucidate the expression profile and the potential role of long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) patients. RNA-seq technology was used to detect the differentially expressed LncRNAs and mRNAs between five age-and sex-matched paired pSS patients and healthy control PBMCs. The selected LncRNAs were detected in the validation study by RT-qPCR in 16 paired pSS patients and healthy controls. The GO, KEGG, co-localization, and co-expression analysis were performed to enrich the potential gene functions and pathways. In this study, 44 out of 1772 LncRNAs and 1034 out of 15,424 mRNAs were expressed differentially in the PBMCs of pSS patients. LINC00426, TPTEP1-202, CYTOR, NRIR, and BISPR were validated as aberrantly expressed, and these LncRNAs strongly correlated with disease activity of pSS. GO and KEGG pathway analysis revealed the significant enrichment of biological processes, cellular components, and molecular function of the up and down-regulated mRNAs, which were mainly concentrated in the immune response and immune system processes. Co-localization and co-expression analysis also revealed that differentially expressed LncRNAs in the PBMCs of pSS were strongly correlated to the mRNA functioning associated with immune response and cell metastasis. Numerous LncRNAs and mRNAs were found differentially expressed in the PBMCs of pSS patients, especially NRIR and BISPR; they interacted with the co-localized and co-expressed mRNAs, which might participate in the pathogenesis of pSS through the NF-κB, JAK-STAT, and other signaling pathways that regulate cell metastasis.

scholarly journals Altered expression of the DISC1 gene in peripheral blood of patients with schizophrenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqian Fu ◽  
Guofu Zhang ◽  
Yansong Liu ◽  
Ling Zhang ◽  
Fuquan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Neuronal Morphology ◽  
Antipsychotic Treatment ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Expression Levels ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Before And After

Abstract Background Schizophrenia is a severe, heritable, and refractory psychiatric disorder. Several studies have shown that the disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) gene is closely associated with schizophrenia by its role in neuronal morphology, synaptic function, brain development, and dopamine homeostasis etc. This study intended to investigate the expression levels of DISC1 gene in schizophrenia patients compared with healthy controls, and the expression variation of DISC1 gene before and after antipsychotic treatment in schizophrenia patients. Methods In this study, we compared DISC1 expression levels in blood of 48 healthy controls, and 32 schizophrenia patients before and after 12 weeks of antipsychotic treatment using real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis. Results The expression levels of DISC1 gene in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of schizophrenia patients before antipsychotic treatment were higher than those in healthy controls (P < 0.01); whereas after antipsychotic treatment, the expression levels of DISC1 gene in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of schizophrenia patients still remained increased (P < 0.01). Conclusions Our study provided further support for the involvement of DISC1 in the development of schizophrenia.

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