凡纳滨对虾ANT2 基因的克隆及低温表达谱分析

为研究凡纳滨对虾适应低温的分子机理, 实验对从低温处理凡纳滨对虾抑制性消减文库中筛选出的一个360 bp EST 序列进行了研究。首先, 同源比对显示该EST 片段与其他物种的ANT2 基因高度同源, 命名为凡纳滨对虾ANT2 基因(LVANT2); 其次, 通过构建凡纳滨对虾肝胰腺全长cDNA 文库, PCR 扩增获得LVANT2 基因的全长cDNA1540 bp, 其中包括1011 bp 的完整开放阅读框, 编码336 个氨基酸残基。然后, 对基因进行了不同组织和低温处理的表达谱分析: (1)组织表达谱的结果显示, 该基因在凡纳滨对虾肌肉组织中表达量最高; (2)在不同低温处理下的表达结果显示, 该基因在15℃处理下基因表达量发生显著变化, 13℃开始呈下调表达, 11℃时表达量又升高; 13℃低温处理不同时间发现该基因在12h 内表达量发生显著变化,48h 后表达量最高。LVANT2 基因的低温诱导表达模式说明其可能在凡纳滨对虾低温适应中发挥作用       

凡纳滨对虾MT基因序列及其在卵巢发育和低温胁迫中的表达分析

在低温处理仔虾全长cDNA文库的筛选测序中, 获得凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannmei)金属硫蛋白基因全长cDNA序列, 该序列含有425个碱基, 包含177 bp开放阅读框, 上游98 bp的非编码区及下游150 bp 的非编码区, 编码58个氨基酸, 其中半胱氨酸含量丰富, 富含金属硫蛋白典型的Cys-X(1-3)-Cys 结构。多序列比对表明, 凡纳滨对虾MT蛋白序列与美洲螯龙虾(Homarus americanus)MT蛋白序列具最高同源性72.4%。Real-time PCR结果表明, 凡纳滨对虾MT基因在卵巢组织中呈优势表达, 在不同发育期的卵巢中的表达量都很高, 在低温处理凡纳滨对虾肝胰腺组织中上调表达。实验所得结果为研究凡纳滨对虾金属硫蛋白基因在生殖发育和低温应激中的功能提供了参考。       

低温诱导型凡纳滨对虾DEAD-box RNA解旋酶基因的克隆与表达分析

为研究凡纳滨对虾耐寒性状的分子基础, 克隆鉴定了凡纳滨对虾DEAD-box RNA解旋酶的同源基因。根据差减文库中筛选到的一个低温上调表达的DEAD-box RNA解旋酶基因片段, 通过RACE PCR扩增获得两条高度相似的cDNA全长序列, 两条cDNA均为1430 bp, 包含139 bp 5'UTR、79 bp 3'UTR和1212 bp 开放阅读框, 编码403个氨基酸残基。Blast比对结果显示, 两条cDNA与其他物种的DDX5相似性最高, 推测为凡纳滨对虾DDX5基因的两个变异体, 分别命名为LvDDX5variant A (LvDDX5A)和LvDDX5variant B (LvDDX5B), 在系统进化树中, LvDDX5A和LvDDX5B聚为最近的一支, 并与虾类DDX5、文昌鱼DDX、贝类的DDX5距离较近。Real-time PCR分析结果显示, LvDDX5A和LvDDX5B都呈多组织遍在表达, 在精巢、鳃、肠、肌肉和卵巢中,LvDDX5B表达量高于LvDDX5A, 而在肝胰腺中LvDDX5A表达量高于LvDDX5B。在低温胁迫对虾肝胰腺和心中, LvDDX5A呈上调表达而LvDDX5B表达量无明显变化。进一步对LvDDX5A在不同低温条件胁迫对虾的肝胰腺中表达变化进行了分析。结果显示, LvDDX5A在18℃、15℃、13℃和11℃低温胁迫36h均被诱导表达,并随着15℃和13℃低温胁迫时间的增加呈先上升后下降的表达模式, 在48h达到峰值, LvDDX5A的低温诱导表达模式暗示其可能是在凡纳滨对虾低温适应中发挥作用的剪接体。     

凡纳滨对虾β-actin基因的克隆与表达

目的:克隆凡纳滨对虾肌动蛋白基因并在原核表达系统中表达.方法:根据GenBank上凡纳滨对虾β-actin基因序列设计引物,采用RT-PCR方法,从凡纳滨对虾肌肉组织中克隆出β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA部分序列,克隆序列连接到pBAD/gⅢA质粒,转化人大肠杆菌TOP10,筛选阳性克隆,进行温度诱导表达重组蛋白.结果:克隆序列长度为1300bp,测序结果与Gene-Bank序列同源性达99.91%;获得重组体诱导表达产物经SDS-PAGE分析,在约48kD处有表达的蛋白带,表达产物经Western Blotting鉴定为阳性.结论:获得β-actin基因在大肠杆菌中稳定表达产物.     

凡纳滨对虾TCP-1-Beta基因的克隆及其与耐寒性状的相关性

为研究凡纳滨对虾耐寒性状的分子机理,研究克隆了凡纳滨对虾耐寒相关基因TCP-1-Beta并对其与耐寒性状的关系进行了研究.根据电子克隆所得序列设计引物,采用RT-PCR方法克隆得到长1691 bp的凡纳滨对虾TCP-1-Beta基因序列,其中包括1608 bp的完整开放阅读框,编码535个氨基酸残基.然后,运用荧光定量PCR对TCP-1-Beta基因进行时空表达谱的分析:组织表达谱的结果显示,该基因在凡纳滨对虾肝胰腺组织中表达量最高;不同低温处理下的表达结果显示,在28℃和15℃处理下基因表达量无显著变化,13℃开始呈上调表达,11℃时表达量升高;13℃低温处理发现该基因在24h内表达量无显著变化,但36h后表达量显著升高.采用PCR-RFLP方法对216尾凡纳滨对虾TCP-1-Beta基因进行了SNP多态性检测,并将其与耐寒性状进行了关联分析.在该基因编码区第420碱基上发现G/A突变,方差分析结果表明该位点的不同基因型与耐寒力指标CDH值相关(P＜0.05),其中GG基因型的耐寒能力比AA基因型强.     

禾花鲤与建鲤肌间骨miRNAs测序与分析比较

为了研究禾花鲤(Rice flower carp)肌间骨柔软的分子调控机制,采集禾花鲤和建鲤(Jian carp)的肌间骨进行micro RNAs (miRNAs)的高通量测序,并进行了生物信息学分析。从禾花鲤肌间骨的小RNA文库测序获得18 32 nt的高质量miRNA序列25474895条、鉴定出成熟miRNAs 595种,而从建鲤文库获得miRNA序列24625715条、成熟miRNAs 570种。表达差异分析结果显示,与建鲤相比,禾花鲤肌间骨中84个miRNAs呈上调表达、267个呈下调表达。禾花鲤下调表达的miRNAs中有7条为已报道的促进人类成骨的miRNAs,上调表达的miRNAs中有6条为已报道的抑制人类成骨的miRNAs。因此推测禾花鲤可能是通过下调表达促进成骨的miRNAs及上调表达抑制成骨的miRNAs来抑制成骨过程,从而维持其肌间骨细小及柔软的特性。研究为国内首次开展禾花鲤肌间骨发育的分子调控机制研究,为水产动物肌间骨发育的研究奠定了基础。     

凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)盐度调控相关基因CLCA1的克隆及表达分析

钙激活氯离子通道调节剂(calcium-activated chloride channel regulator,CLCA)为一类金属蛋白酶依赖家族,在哺乳动物上皮组织杯状细胞的粘液产生和粘液平衡中起重要作用.为了探究CLCA1基因在凡纳滨对虾渗透压中的作用机制,本研究采用RACE技术在凡纳滨对虾中克隆出了CLCA1基因,该基因总长度为3129 bp,5'端非编码区长度为175 bp,3'端非编码区长度为107 bp,开放阅读框ORF长度为2847 bp,共编码984个氨基酸,有1个跨膜区域,膜外有VMA结构域.与其他物种氨基酸序列比对结果显示,凡纳滨对虾CLCA1氨基酸与其他物种相似性都较低,相似度最高的为刀额新对虾(Procambarus clarkii) CLCA2氨基酸序列,为47.83％.RT-qPCR结果显示,CLCA1基因在凡纳滨对虾各组织中均有表达,其中肠道、肝胰腺和鳃中的表达量较高;对不同盐度下凡纳滨对虾4个组织中CLCA1基因的定量结果显示,随着盐度的下降,CLCA1基因的表达量在4个组织中呈下调趋势,表明CLCA1基因与凡纳滨对虾的渗透压调节相关.本研究初步阐明了CLCA1基因的理化性质,对CLCA1基因在凡纳滨对虾体内各组织和不同盐度下各组织的表达定量可为CLCA1基因在今后甲壳动物的渗透压调节及免疫调节的研究提供基础支持.     

凡纳滨对虾DNaseⅠ基因的克隆及原核表达

利用RT-PCR和RACE技术,从凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)肝胰腺中克隆了DNaseⅠ基因的全长cDNA序列。该序列全长1614bp,包含1209bp的开放阅读框,编码一个含403个氨基酸的蛋白;5′非翻译区为116bp,3′非翻译区为289bp。实时定量PCR分析结果表明,DNaseⅠ基因在肝胰腺的表达量是其他器官表达量的16～162倍,表明凡纳滨对虾DNaseⅠ基因属于胰腺型表达。本研究还利用酶切重组构建原核表达载体,并在大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)中成功表达出了有活性的重组DNaseⅠ蛋白。     

玉米microRNAs及其靶基因的生物信息学预测

microRNAs (miRNAs) 是一类非编码的小分子RNA, 通过碱基互补调控靶基因的表达。鉴定和发现新的miRNAs及其靶基因, 对揭示miRNAs在基因表达调控中的作用至关重要。玉米全基因组测序工作开展较晚, 已经鉴定登记的miRNAs很少, 对靶基因的调控作用尚待解明。文章根据miRNA进化上的保守性, 以已知的植物miRNAs为探针, 与相关数据库中玉米表达序列标签(EST)和基因组序列(GSS)中的非编码序列比对, 共发现11个新的miRNA前体。虽然在序列长度和二级结构方面各有变化, 但这11个前体均可折叠形成miRNA家族的标准二级结构。通过靶基因预测, 找到其中7条miRNAs的26个靶基因, 分别编码与新陈代谢、信号转导、转录调节、跨膜运输、生物和非生物胁迫及叶绿体组装等相关的蛋白。这些miRNAs及其靶基因的鉴定, 补充了miRNA数据库的不足。     

溶藻弧菌诱导凡纳滨对虾消减文库的构建及其表达序列标签分析

利用抑制消减杂交技术构建了溶藻弧菌(Vibrio alginolyticus)诱导的凡纳滨对虾(Litopenaeus vannamei)血淋巴细胞cDNA文库。用DNAMAN5.2.2软件对560条高质量的ESTs进行聚类,共获得239个Unigenes。与GenBank进行BLASTx和BLASTn同源比较,其中66.9%为已知功能基因,33.1%为未知功能基因,GO分类将其分为7类,包括能量和基础代谢类相关的基因为第一大类占36%,免疫相关基因占15%,其他基因占8%,信号转导类占3%,抗氧化酶和凋亡相关蛋白均为2%,核蛋白类占1%。实验结果表明凡纳滨对虾在溶藻弧菌诱导下可产生一系列特异基因的表达,通过对文库的分析显示,基于PCR方法建立的SSH文库为取得大量免疫相关基因的ESTs序列提供了可能。       

固始鸡1日龄和36周龄下丘脑高丰度差异性MiRNA的鉴定及功能预测分析

为鉴定鸡下丘脑发育相关特异性表达miRNA,基于固始鸡1日龄和36周龄下丘脑小RNA的Solexa测序数据,共鉴定到266种2个发育阶段共表达的miRNA,其中157种miRNA的表达水平被显著下调,22种被显著上调.聚类分析显示,鸡下丘脑高丰度差异性miRNA主要集中于let-7、mir-181、mir-30、mir-99、mir-1和mir-17等基因家族.另外,预测了10种高丰度差异性miRNA的靶基因,并进行了相应的GO分析和KEGG通路分析.结果显示,预测靶基因在发育过程、代谢过程、细胞过程和生物学过程调节等4个生物学过程以及细胞周期、粘着斑、TGF-beta信号通路和MAPK信号通路等通路中显著富集.研究结果为进一步揭示miRNA调控鸡下丘脑发育的分子机制提供了有益线索.     

Altered plasma exosome miRNAs and novel potential biomarkers in pediatric fulminant myocarditis

Previous studies have indicated that exosome-mediated intercellular microRNAs (miRNA) can influence fulminant myocarditis (FM) pathogenesis between immune and cardiac cells. This study explored plasma exosome miRNA profile in pediatric FM using a small RNA microarray. As per our analysis, we observed the differential expression of 266 miRNAs, including 197 upregulated and 69 downregulated candidate genes. Differentially expressed mRNAs in pediatric FM patients' peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were intersected with miRNA target genes predicting tools to screen for FM-specific target genes. The hub genes and their biological and mechanistic pathways related to inflammation and/or the immune system were identified. CeRNA networks of lncRNAs, circRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs between cardiomyocytes and PBMCs were finally established. Furthermore, we verified that hsa-miR-146a-5p, hsa-miR-23a-3p, and hsa-miR-27a-3p had higher expression levels in exosomes of pediatric FM patients by qRT-PCR, and hsa-miR-146a-5p shown high sensitivities and specificities for FM diagnosis. Overall, the results demonstrate that the exosome miRNAs play a regulatory role between immune and cardiac cells and provide research targets.     

MiRNAs with Apoptosis Regulating Potential Are Differentially Expressed in Chronic Exercise-Induced Physiologically Hypertrophied Hearts

Physiological cardiac hypertrophy is an adaptive mechanism, induced during chronic exercise. As it is reversible and not associated with cardiomyocyte death, it is considered as a natural tactic to prevent cardiac dysfunction and failure. Though, different studies revealed the importance of microRNAs (miRNAs) in pathological hypertrophy, their role during physiological hypertrophy is largely unexplored. Hence, this study is aimed at revealing the global expression profile of miRNAs during physiological cardiac hypertrophy. Chronic swimming protocol continuously for eight weeks resulted in induction of physiological hypertrophy in rats and histopathology revealed the absence of tissue damage, apoptosis or fibrosis. Subsequently, the total RNA was isolated and small RNA sequencing was executed. Analysis of small RNA reads revealed the differential expression of a large set of miRNAs during physiological hypertrophy. The expression profile of the significantly differentially expressed miRNAs was validated by qPCR. In silico prediction of target genes by miRanda, miRdB and TargetScan and subsequent qPCR analysis unraveled that miRNAs including miR-99b, miR-100, miR-19b, miR-10, miR-208a, miR-133, miR-191a, miR-22, miR-30e and miR-181a are targeting the genes that primarily regulate cell proliferation and cell death. Gene ontology and pathway mapping showed that the differentially expressed miRNAs and their target genes were mapped to apoptosis and cell death pathways principally via PI3K/Akt/mTOR and MAPK signaling. In summary, our data indicates that regulation of these miRNAs with apoptosis regulating potential can be one of the major key factors in determining pathological or physiological hypertrophy by controlling fibrosis, apoptosis and cell death mechanisms.     

High-Throughput MicroRNA and mRNA Sequencing Reveals that MicroRNAs May Be Involved in Pectinesterase-Mediated Cold Resistance in Potato

Since potato cultivars are sensitive to low temperature, cold injury severely affects the geographical distribution and yield of potato. Although some miRNAs have been identified in response to cold stress in plants, there is no report about the role of miRNAs in the response to cold stress in potato. Here, via high throughput sequencing, we described the profiling of cold stress response to miRNA and mRNA in potato. Two small RNA and six mRNA libraries were constructed and sequenced. 296 known and 211 novel miRNAs were identified, in which 34 miRNAs in Cold Group (CG) had the higher expression quantity than which in Normal Group (NG) and 32 in CG had lower expression quantity than which in NG. 3068 differentially expressed genes were detected between NG and CG, in which 1400 genes were up-regulated and 1668 genes were down-regulated. The metabolism pathway of starch and sucrose (ko00500) is the common KEGG pathway in differentially expressed miRNA and mRNA. In this pathway, StuPME21575 and StuPME42971 are pectinesterase which mainly catalyzes the pectin-forming pectate, which are controlled by stu-miR6023 and stu-novel-miR42365. As the potato suffering cold stress, these two miRNAs expression levels became higher, but their target genes expression levels were just opposite and this result is the same with qRT-PCR.