Cigarette smoke extract alters genome‐wide profiles of circular RNAs and mRNAs in primary human small airway epithelial cells

As a novel kind of non‐coding RNA, circular RNAs (circRNAs) were involved in various biological processes. However, the role of circRNAs in the developmental process of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is still unclear. In the present study, by using a cell model of COPD in primary human small airway epithelial cells (HSAECs) treated with or without cigarette smoke extract (CSE), we uncovered 4,379 previously unknown circRNAs in human cells and 903 smoke‐specific circRNAs, with the help of RNA‐sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. Moreover, 3,872 up‐ and 4,425 down‐regulated mRNAs were also identified under CSE stimulation. Furthermore, a putative circRNA‐microRNA‐mRNA network was constructed for in‐depth mechanism exploration, which indicated that differentially expressed circRNAs could influence expression of some key genes that participate in response to pentose phosphate pathway, ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transporters, glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis pathway and cancer‐related pathways. Our research indicated that cigarette smoke had an influence on the biogenesis of circRNAs and mRNAs. CircRNAs might be involved in the response to CSE in COPD through the circRNA‐mediated ceRNA networks.     

Germ Granules Govern Small RNA Inheritance

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叶面喷施PP_(333)和6-BA对甜荞花芽分化及内源激素的影响

以甜荞品种‘北早生’和‘赤甜荞1号’为材料,利用多效唑(PP_(333))和6-苄基腺嘌呤(6-BA)在不同幼苗时期进行叶片喷施处理,并采用扫描电镜观察花芽分化过程,记录开花时间,调查开花和结实数,通过液质联用方法检测3种内源激素生长素(IAA)、赤霉素(GA_3)、脱落酸(ABA)及人工合成细胞分裂素(6-BA)含量,探究两种植物生长调节剂对甜荞的花芽分化及内源激素含量的影响,为甜荞花期调控提供依据。结果显示:(1)第二片真叶期喷施100mg·L~(-1)PP_(333)和150mg·L~(-1)6-BA能显著提高甜荞结实率和单株产量,两种处理的结实率分别较对照提高49.5%、39.4%,单株产量分别提高41.8%、23.0%。(2)观察甜荞花芽分化过程并将其划分5个时期,分别为生长锥分化前期、生长锥分化期、小花原基分化期、雌雄蕊分化期和雌雄蕊形成期,在第二片真叶期喷施PP_(333)和6-BA均加快了甜荞花芽分化进程,使其开花时间提前。(3)喷施PP_(333)在幼苗期和现蕾期降低了内源IAA、6-BA含量,增加GA_3、ABA含量,而在盛花期增加内源IAA、6-BA含量,降低ABA、GA_3含量;喷施6-BA在幼苗期和现蕾期增加了内源GA_3、IAA含量,在盛花期降低了内源GA_3、IAA含量,3个时期均降低了内源ABA含量,增加了6-BA含量。研究发现,第二片真叶期是调控甜荞小花发育的关键时期,在此时叶面喷施100mg·L~(-1)PP_(333)和150mg·L~(-1)6-BA的调控效果最佳,可加快甜荞花芽分化进程,使开花时间提前,增加单株结实粒数,提高甜荞品种的结实率和单株产量;PP_(333)主要是通过减少甜荞开花数,增强弱势小花活力来提高结实粒数,而6-BA主要是利用增加开花数,提高有效可孕小花数来增加结实粒数。     

盐碱戈壁药用植物骆驼刺内生菌的分离、培养与鉴定

骆驼刺(Alhagi sparsifolia Shap.)是新疆民间常用药用植物。为了解骆驼刺内生菌的多样性,获得骆驼刺的内生菌资源,本实验在新疆维吾尔克拉玛依盐碱戈壁(北纬45°16’,东经85°2’)采集骆驼刺。利用常规平板分离方法进行植物内生菌菌株的分离、培养,测定菌株16S r DNA基因序列,并结合系统发育分析进行鉴定。从骆驼刺中共分离到可培养内生菌50株,分属于葡萄球菌属(Staphylococcus)、芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)、芽胞八叠球菌属(Sporosarcina)、微杆菌属(Exiguobacterium)、气球菌属(Aerococcus)、巨型球菌属(Macrococcus)、多米杆菌(Domibacillus)、巴尔加瓦菌属(Bhargavaea)、微球菌属(Micrococcus)、棒杆菌属(Corynebacterium)、考克菌属(Kocuria)、细杆菌属(Microbacterium)、副球菌属(Paracoccus)、马西利亚菌属(Massilia)和耐辐射球菌属(Deinococcus)15个菌属。其中葡萄球菌属占绝对优势,其次为芽胞杆菌属,为环境和植物当中广泛存在的菌属,分离获得的其他细菌与骆驼刺生长环境(盐渍化严重,高辐射)有关,内生菌多样性与骆驼刺在新疆干旱、寒冷、盐碱土壤环境中的适应性机制具有密切的联系。     

基于TCGA和GEO数据库的胃癌lncRNA筛选与ceRNA网络构建

胃癌（gastric cancer,GC）是我国最常见的恶性肿瘤之一,严重危害人类健康。胃癌发病机制复杂,缺乏特异性预后生物标志物。长链非编码RNA（long non?coding RNA,lncRNA）可作为竞争性内源RNA（competing endogenous RNA,ceRNA）,影响microRNA（miRNA）与mRNA的结合,从而影响胃癌的发生、发展。基于TCGA和GEO数据库的转录组数据,筛选GC中差异表达的lncRNAs,并构建基于6条lncRNAs（HAGLROS、TMEM92?AS1、LINC01745、HOXC?AS3、SEMA3B?AS1、FEZF1?AS1）的lncRNA?miRNA?mRNA网络。网络核心基因的KEGG/GO富集和蛋白质互作分析结果显示,lncRNA可能通过miRNA海绵吸附作用,调控胃癌的发生、发展与转移。AC011352.1、AC087636.1、AC093627.1、GAS1RR与胃癌患者的预后相关性具有统计学意义（P<0.05）,并可能成为胃癌患者潜在的预后生物标志物。     

Leishmania amazonensis: Anionic currents expressed in oocytes upon microinjection of mRNA from the parasite

Transport mechanisms involved in pH homeostasis are relevant for the survival of Leishmania parasites. The presence of chloride conductive pathways in Leishmania has been anticipated since anion channel inhibitors limit the proton extrusion mediated by the H+ATPase, which is the major regulator of intracellular pH in amastigotes. In this study, we used Xenopus laevis oocytes as a heterologous expression system in which to study the expression of ion channels upon microinjection of polyA mRNA from Leishmania amazonensis. After injection of polyA mRNA into the oocytes, we measured three different types of currents. We discuss the possible origin of each, and propose that Type 3 currents could be the result of the heterologous expression of proteins from Leishmania since they show different pharmacological and biophysical properties as compared to endogenous oocyte currents.     

Physiological response of riparian plants to watering in hyper-arid areas of Tarim River, China

The physiological responses and adaptive strategies of Populus euphratica Oliv. (arbor species), Tamarix ramosissima Ldb. (bush species), and Apocynum venetum L. (herb species) to variations in water and salinity stress were studied in the hyper-arid environment of the Tarim River in China. The groundwater table, the saline content of the groundwater, as well as the content of free proline, soluble sugars, plant endogenous hormones (abscisic acid (ABA), and cytokinins (CTK)) of the leaves of the three species were monitored and analyzed at the lower reaches of the Tarim River in the study area where five transects were fixed at 100 m intervals along a vertical sampling line before and after water release. Saline stress dramatically increased soluble sugar concentration of the three species. Differences in sugar accumulation were determined among the species at different transects. The free proline concentration of the leaves of T. ramosissima and P. euphratica showed a proportional decrease with various degrees of elevation of the groundwater table after water release. There was a least correlation between the soluble sugars and proline stimulation in T. ramosissima. It was strongly suggested that T. ramosissima developed a different strategy to accumulate organic solutes to adapt to the stress environment. The soluble sugars and proline accumulation responded to the changes of groundwater table independently: the former occurred under salt stress, whereas the latter was more significant under drought stress. The concentration and the increase in concentration of ABA and CTK involved in stress resistance of the three species were also determined. This increase in the hormone concentration in P. euphratica was different from that of the other two species. Expressed as a function of increase of ABA concentration in leaves, A. venetum and T. ramosissima showed a different solute accumulation in response to groundwater table. There was a significant correlation between ABA accumulation and Δ [proline] in A. venetum as well as between ABA accumulation and Δ [sugar] in T. ramosissima. Translated from Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2005, 25(8): 1966–1973 [译自: 生态学报]     

‘阳光玫瑰’雄性不育株花蕾发育期抗氧化酶活性和内源激素含量的变化北大核心CSCD

以葡萄品种‘阳光玫瑰’及其实生后代雄性不育株‘Y-14’为试材,研究花蕾发育期抗氧化酶活性和内源激素含量的变化,阐明葡萄雄性不育新种质的生理生化特征。结果表明:(1)与‘阳光玫瑰’相比,雄性不育株‘Y-14’花蕾的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性显著降低,而丙二醛(MDA)含量显著增高。(2)‘Y-14’花蕾的生长素(IAA)含量高于‘阳光玫瑰’,而脱落酸(ABA)含量显著低于‘阳光玫瑰’;‘Y-14’花蕾的赤霉素含量(GA_(3))在花蕾发育前期低于‘阳光玫瑰’,而其茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)在后期显著低于‘阳光玫瑰’;‘Y-14’花蕾的反式玉米素核苷(TZR)含量较‘阳光玫瑰’偏低。(3)在单核早期,‘Y-14’花蕾的ABA含量变化平缓,而‘阳光玫瑰’的ABA含量急剧升高,与此同时GA_(3)含量开始高于‘阳光玫瑰’,而MeJA含量则在单核早期低于‘阳光玫瑰’且差异逐渐显著。研究认为,‘阳光玫瑰’实生后代不育株‘Y-14’花蕾发育期SOD、POD、CAT活性和MDA、IAA、ABA、GA_(3)、MeJA含量异常变化可能导致了雄性不育的发生,而且单核早期可能是‘Y-14’雄性不育产生的关键时期。     

猪环状RNA IGF1R促进脂肪细胞分化

环状RNA(circular RNA, circRNA)作为竞争性内源RNA(competitive endogenous RNA, ceRNA)在细胞分化调控中发挥着重要作用。本研究旨在对猪环状RNA IGF1R(circular RNA insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor, circIGF1R)进行鉴定及分析,探明其表达规律,构建猪circIGF1R相关的ceRNA调控网络,并探究其异位表达对小鼠间充质干细胞(C3H10T1/2)成脂分化的调控作用。通过正反向引物PCR、Sanger测序、RNase R酶消化检测和qRT-PCR验证circIGF1R是胰岛素样生长因子1受体(insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor, IGF1R)第二外显子形成的circRNA,它在猪各组织中均有表达,且其表达量在脂肪组织中随日龄增加呈上升趋势;使用miRDB、TargetScan和miRWalk在线软件预测circIGF1R靶基因,运用RNAhybrid软件进行结合位点预测,使用DAVID生物信息功能分析软件对候选靶基因进行GO和KEGG富集分析,运用Cytoscape软件构建ceRNA网络,基于基因表达相关性和预测的靶标关系,绘制了GO和KEGG富集分析及构建了ceRNA网络;双荧光素酶报告基因分析证明circIGF1R及FABP4可与ssc (Sus scrofa chromosome) -miR-133a-5p结合;成功构建circIGF1R过表达载体,在间充质干细胞C3H10T1/2中异位表达,过表达circIGF1R后关键成脂调控因子CEBPα、CEBPβ、FABP4和PPARγ极显著升高(P＜0.01),脂滴数量显著增加。本研究结果证明,circIGF1R在猪脂肪组织中存在,并且可能通过ceRNA机制正调控C3H10T1/2细胞成脂分化,为进一步研究circIGF1R调控猪前体肌内脂肪细胞成脂分化奠定理论基础。