scholarly journals Small RNA Sequencing Identifies PIWI-Interacting RNAs Deregulated in Glioblastoma—piR-9491 and piR-12488 Reduce Tumor Cell Colonies In Vitro

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bartos ◽  
Frantisek Siegl ◽  
Alena Kopkova ◽  
Lenka Radova ◽  
Jan Oppelt ◽  
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most frequently occurring primary malignant brain tumor of astrocytic origin. To change poor prognosis, it is necessary to deeply understand the molecular mechanisms of gliomagenesis and identify new potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets. PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) help in maintaining genome stability, and their deregulation has already been observed in many tumors. Recent studies suggest that these molecules could also play an important role in the glioma biology. To determine GBM-associated piRNAs, we performed small RNA sequencing analysis in the discovery set of 19 GBM and 11 non-tumor brain samples followed by TaqMan qRT-PCR analyses in the independent set of 77 GBM and 23 non-tumor patients. Obtained data were subsequently bioinformatically analyzed. Small RNA sequencing revealed 58 significantly deregulated piRNA molecules in GBM samples in comparison with non-tumor brain tissues. Deregulation of piR-1849, piR-9491, piR-12487, and piR-12488 was successfully confirmed in the independent groups of patients and controls (all p < 0.0001), and piR-9491 and piR-12488 reduced GBM cells’ ability to form colonies in vitro. In addition, piR-23231 was significantly associated with the overall survival of the GBM patients treated with Stupp regimen (p = 0.007). Our results suggest that piRNAs could be a novel promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in GBM potentially playing important roles in gliomagenesis.

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. S55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiongming Du ◽  
Wen-yan An ◽  
Jun-ling Sun ◽  
Wen-fang Gong ◽  
Shou-pu He ◽  
...  

Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1110
Author(s):  
Aleš Eichmeier ◽  
Eliška Peňázová ◽  
Jana Čechová ◽  
Akila Berraf-Tebbal

Grapevine Pinot gris virus (GPGV) is a putative causal agent of grapevine leaf mottling and deformation disease that has been reported worldwide throughout the grapevine-growing regions. Fifty-four grapevines collected from five Algerian grapevine-growing regions were tested for the presence of GPGV in phloem tissues. Eight of the tested grapevines were infected by GPGV. Viromes of two selected Vitis vinifera cv. Sabel grapevines infected by GPGV and showing virus-like symptoms were analyzed by small RNA sequencing. Phylogenetic analyses of the partial coding sequence (cds) of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) domain showed that all Algerian GPGV isolates were grouped with some already-described asymptomatic isolates. This study provides the first survey of the occurrence of GPGV in Algeria. Moreover, Grapevine fleck virus, Grapevine rupestris stem pitting-associated virus, Grapevine virus B, Grapevine rupestris vein feathering virus, Hop stunt viroid and Grapevine yellow speckle viroid 1 were detected in Algeria for the first time.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Liang ◽  
Kunhua Wei ◽  
Fan Wei ◽  
Shuangshuang Qin ◽  
Chuanhua Deng ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Sophora tonkinensis Gagnep is a traditional Chinese medical plant that is mainly cultivated in southern China. Drought stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that negatively impacts S. tonkinensis growth. However, the molecular mechanisms governing the responses to drought stress in S. tonkinensis at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels are not well understood. Results To identify genes and miRNAs involved in drought stress responses in S. tonkinensis, both mRNA and small RNA sequencing was performed in root samples under control, mild drought, and severe drought conditions. mRNA sequencing revealed 66,476 unigenes, and the differentially expressed unigenes (DEGs) were associated with several key pathways, including phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, sugar metabolism, and quinolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis pathways. A total of 10 and 30 transcription factors (TFs) were identified among the DEGs under mild and severe drought stress, respectively. Moreover, small RNA sequencing revealed a total of 368 miRNAs, including 255 known miRNAs and 113 novel miRNAs. The differentially expressed miRNAs and their target genes were involved in the regulation of plant hormone signal transduction, the spliceosome, and ribosomes. Analysis of the regulatory network involved in the response to drought stress revealed 37 differentially expressed miRNA-mRNA pairs. Conclusion This is the first study to simultaneously profile the expression patterns of mRNAs and miRNAs on a genome-wide scale to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the drought stress responses of S. tonkinensis. Our results suggest that S. tonkinensis implements diverse mechanisms to modulate its responses to drought stress.


2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 527-536
Author(s):  
Ercan Selçuk ÜNLÜ ◽  
Sara BATAW ◽  
Didem ASLAN ŞEN ◽  
Yunus ŞAHİN ◽  
Nusret ZENCİRCİ

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Yang ◽  
Sheng Wang ◽  
Andrew Suen ◽  
Briana K Shimada ◽  
Lin Zou ◽  
...  

Introduction: Transient myocardial ischemic/reperfusion injury (I/R) leads to cellular RNA release into extracellular (ex) space. Ex-RNAs and certain uridine-rich miRNAs activate innate immune response via TLR7-MyD88 pathway. Systemic administration of RNase reduces myocardial inflammation and infarct size after I/R, suggesting a pivotal role of ex-RNA in I/R injury. However, the nature of plasma RNAs and their biological functions in inflammation are not well understood. Hypothesis: Multiple plasma miRNAs are elevated in response to myocardial I/R injury and some are proinflammatory. Methods: Myocardial I/R injury was created in C57BL/6 mice by thoracotomy and 45 min of left anterior descending (LAD) ligation followed by 4 h of reperfusion. Sham mice underwent same procedure without LAD ligation. Plasma RNA was extracted using Trizol LS with Cel-miR-39 as spiked-in and quantified by RNA Quant-it kits. The plasma RNA was used to create cDNA libraries for small RNA sequencing (Norgen, Canada). Three abundant miRNAs that were differentially expressed between sham and I/R groups were tested for their proinflammatory effect. Results: Myocardial I/R led to a marked increase in plasma troponin (392.1±324.6 vs. 17.9±9.9ng/ml, P<0.05) and RNA levels (163±129 vs. 81±40 ng/ml) as compared with sham mice ( Fig. A ). Plasma RNA-Seq revealed miRNA was the predominate biotype constituting of 85.7% and 79.2% of plasma RNA in sham and I/R mice, respectively ( Fig. B ). We validated three miRNA expressions using qRT-PCR and found miR191-5p, miR125a-5p, and miR125b-5p were substantially increased ( Fig. C ). When incubated with macrophage cultures, miR125a-5p and miR-125b-5p, but not miR-191-5p, induced a dose-dependent response in CXCL-2 and IL-6 productions ( Fig. D ). Conclusions: Myocardial I/R injury results in an increase in multiple miRNAs in plasma. miR125a-5p and miR125b-5p, but not miR-191-5p, are pro-inflammatory in macrophages.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lanlan Chen ◽  
Qiaosheng Guo ◽  
Zaibiao Zhu ◽  
Hefang Wan ◽  
Yuhao Qin ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Monochasma savatieri is a medicinal root hemiparasitic herb that extracts water and nutrients from the host plant via a haustorium. M. savatieri exhibits an enhanced growth after the establishment of parasite-host associations, but little is known about the molecular mechanism responsible. In this study, endogenous hormones, RNA sequencing and small RNA sequencing analysis were performed on M. savatieri before and after establishment of parasite-host associations. Results When grown with the host, decreased contents of jasmonic acid (JA) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and increased abscisic acid (ABA) content were observed in M. savatieri with the established parasitic relationship. When grown with the host, 46,424 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 162 differentially expressed miRNAs (DEmiRs) were identified in the comparison between M. savatieri with the established parasitic relationship and without the established parasitic relationship. Analysis of Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) showed that these DEGs and targets of DEmiRs mostly participated in plant hormone signal transduction, starch and sucrose metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, cell growth and death, and transport and catabolism. Furthermore, correlation analysis of mRNA and miRNA revealed that 10 miRNA-target pairs from novel_mir65, novel_mir40, novel_mir80, miR397-5p_1, novel_mir36, novel_mir25 and novel_mir17 may have important roles in regulating the parasitic development of M. savatieri. Conclusions Our study not only expands the understanding of enhanced growth in M. savatieri after the establishment of parasite-host associations, but also first provides abundant resources for future molecular and genetic studies in M. savatieri.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kemal M. Akat ◽  
Youngmin A. Lee ◽  
Arlene Hurley ◽  
Pavel Morozov ◽  
Klaas E.A. Max ◽  
...  

AbstractExtracellular mRNAs (ex-mRNAs) potentially supersede extracellular miRNAs (ex-miRNAs) and other RNA classes as biomarkers. Here, we present a comprehensive extracellular RNA (exRNA) study in human blood circulation based on conventional small RNA-sequencing (sRNA-seq) and sRNA-seq after T4 polynucleotide kinase (PNK) end-treatment of total exRNA isolated from serum and platelet-poor EDTA, ACD, and heparin plasma. Applying strict criteria for read mapping and annotation, we found that compared to conventional sRNA-seq PNK-treatment increased the detection of informative ex-mRNAs reads up to 50-fold. Based on captured ex-mRNAs from healthy individuals, we concluded that the exRNA pool is dominated by hematopoietic cells and platelets, with additional contribution from the liver. About 60% of the 15- to 42-nt long reads originated from the coding sequences, in a pattern reminiscent of ribosome-profiling studies for high abundance transcripts. Blood sample type had a considerable influence on the exRNA profile. The number of detected distinct ex-mRNA transcripts ranged from on average ~350 to 1100 in the different plasma types. In serum, additional transcripts from neutrophils and hematopoietic cells increased this number to ~2300. For EDTA and ACD, in particular, we found evidence of destabilization of mRNA and non-coding RNA ribonucleoprotein complexes. In a proof-of-concept study, we compared patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to healthy controls. The improved tissue resolution of ex-mRNAs after PNK-treatment enabled us to detect a neutrophil-signature in ACS that escaped detection in an ex-miRNA analysis. Thus, ex-mRNAs provide superior resolution for the study of exRNA changes in vivo and ex vivo. They can be readily studied by sRNA-seq after T4 PNK end-treatment.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sultan Asad ◽  
Ahmed M Mehdi ◽  
Sujit Pujhari ◽  
Claudia Rueckert ◽  
Gregory D Ebel ◽  
...  

Background: microRNAs (miRNAs) represent a group of small non-coding RNAs that are crucial gene regulators of important biological functions including development and pathogen defense in most living organisms. Presently, there is a lack of availability of information regarding the miRNAs in the mosquito Culex tarsalis, which is one of the most important vectors of West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States. We used small RNA sequencing data and in vitro and in vivo experiments to identify and validate the presence of a repertoire of miRNAs in Cx. tarsalis mosquitoes. Results: Using bioinformatic approaches we analyzed small RNA sequencing data from the Cx. tarsalis CT embryonic cell line to discover 86 miRNAs. Consistent with other mosquitoes such as Aedes albopictus and Cx. quinquefasciatus, mi-184 was found to be the most abundant miRNA in Cx tarsalis. We also identified an additional 20 novel miRNAs from the recently sequenced Cx. tarsalis genome, for a total of 106 miRNAs identified in this study. The presence of selected miRNAs was biologically validated in both cell line and adult Cx. tarsalis mosquitoes using RT-qPCR and sequencing. Conclusions: Cx. tarsalis is an important vector of many medically important pathogens including WNV and Western Equine encephalitis. Here we report a detailed insight into the miRNA population in Cx. tarsalis mosquitoes. These results will open new avenues of research deciphering the role of miRNAs in different Cx. tarsalis biological events such as development, metabolism, immunity and pathogen infection.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 3513
Author(s):  
Hui Li ◽  
Zhen Gao ◽  
Muhammad Salman Zahid ◽  
Dongmei Li ◽  
Hafiz Umer Javed ◽  
...  

Root restriction cultivation (RRC) can influence plant root architecture, but its root phenotypic changes and molecular mechanisms are still unknown. In this study, phenotype observations of grapevine root under RRC and control cultivation (nRC) at 12 time points were conducted, and the root phenotype showed an increase of adventitious and lateral root numbers and root tip degeneration after RRC cultivation from 70 days after planting (DAP). The 70 and 125 DAP sampling of two different cultivations, named nR70, RR70, nR125, and RR125, were selected for small RNA sequencing. A total of 153 known miRNAs and 119 predicted novel miRNAs were obtained. Furthermore, BLAST was used to predict the novel miRNAs with miRBase databases using the default parameters; 96 of the 119 predicted novel miRNAs were similar to other species, and the remaining 23 grapevine-specific novel miRNAs were obtained. There were 26, 33, 26, and 32 miRNAs that were differentially expressed in different comparison groups (RR70 vs. nR70, RR125 vs. nR125, nR125 vs. nR70 and RR125 vs. RR70). Target genes prediction of differentially expressed miRNAs was annotated on a variety of biological processes, and 24 participated in root development. Moreover, multiple miRNAs were found to jointly regulate lateral root development under root restriction conditions. The miRNA expression pattern comparison between RRC and nRC may provide a framework for the future analysis of miRNAs associated with root development in grapevine.


Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1166
Author(s):  
Ioannis Kanakis ◽  
Moussira Alameddine ◽  
Leighton Folkes ◽  
Simon Moxon ◽  
Ioanna Myrtziou ◽  
...  

Maternal diet during gestation and lactation affects the development of skeletal muscles in offspring and determines muscle health in later life. In this paper, we describe the association between maternal low protein diet-induced changes in offspring skeletal muscle and the differential expression (DE) of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs). We used a mouse model of maternal protein restriction, where dams were fed either a normal (N, 20%) or a low protein (L, 8%) diet during gestation and newborns were cross-fostered to N or L lactating dams, resulting in the generation of NN, NL and LN offspring groups. Total body and tibialis anterior (TA) weights were decreased in weanling NL male offspring but were not different in the LN group, as compared to NN. However, histological evaluation of TA muscle revealed reduced muscle fibre size in both groups at weaning. Small RNA-sequencing demonstrated DE of multiple miRs, snoRNAs and snRNAs. Bioinformatic analyses of miRs-15a, -34a, -122 and -199a, in combination with known myomiRs, confirmed their implication in key muscle-specific biological processes. This is the first comprehensive report for the DE of sncRNAs in nutrition-associated programming of skeletal muscle development, highlighting the need for further research to unravel the detailed molecular mechanisms.


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