循环miRNAs在COVID-19并发心血管系统疾病中的研究进展

新型冠状病毒感染疫情对全球医疗救治体系提出了前所未有的严峻考验,尽管当前疫情传播得到有效控制,但是新型冠状病毒感染相关并发症以及“长新冠综合征”给健康带来的负面效应仍不容忽视,尤其是心血管循环系统更是严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2易感的靶器官。微小RNA是调节重要生物学进程的内源性小分子单链非编码RNA,已证实微小RNA在心血管疾病的发生发展进程中扮演重要角色,并且循环微小RNA差异表达与新型冠状病毒感染并发心血管系统疾病密切相关,然而循环微小RNA在疾病病理进展中的作用机制尚不明确。因此,本文综述了循环微小RNA在新型冠状病毒感染并发心血管系统疾病中的作用及相关机制,同时对基于循环微小RNA为靶点的诊疗策略进行展望,以期为新型冠状病毒感染并发心血管系统疾病的防治提供新思路。     

昆虫miRNAs功能研究进展

miRNA是一类长度在18～25个碱基的具有调控作用的RNA核酸小分子。在各种生物学过程的调控中均起着举足轻重的作用。近年来,随着miRNA研究技术的飞速发展,昆虫miRNA研究取得了许多重要成果。该文主要综述了miRNA在昆虫免疫、生殖、凋亡及神经发育等生物学过程中功能的研究进展,以期为相关研究提供参考。     

lncRNA在动物脂肪沉积中的研究进展*

长链非编码RNA(long non-coding RNA,lncRNA),是一种长度大于200个核苷酸的调控性非编码RNA,能在转录水平、转录后水平及表观遗传水平等多个层面影响基因的表达。脂肪生成是一个复杂而有序的过程。大量研究表明,lncRNA在脂肪生成过程中扮演着重要角色,它可以影响脂质代谢及成脂分化等多种生物过程,从而间接影响肉品质。这对于提高畜禽肉品质、避免养殖业饲料过多转化成脂肪所导致的浪费以及对预防和治疗与脂肪代谢相关的疾病都具有重要意义。对lncRNA的基本特征、在动物脂肪沉积中的作用进展进行了综述,以期为培育优质畜禽,预防和治疗与脂肪代谢相关的疾病提供理论依据。     

miRNAs在破骨细胞中的研究进展

破骨细胞起源于造血干细胞,是体内一种负责骨吸收的骨特异性多核细胞,在骨代谢平衡的调控中起着重要作用。破骨细胞的分化形成及功能活性异常可引起一系列临床疾病,而其分化形成过程受到多种因子的调控,近年来越来越多研究聚焦于miRNAs对破骨细胞分化形成过程的调控作用。因此,本文主要对影响破骨细胞分化形成的相关miRNAs进行综述,为后续相关研究提供参考。     

基于RNA-seq的无量山乌骨鸡(Gallus gallus)肝脏脂代谢相关miRNAs的筛选

为研究无量山乌骨鸡(Gallus gallus)肝组织脂代谢相关miRNA (microRNA)在不同发育阶段的表达特征,本研究采集出壳当日(D1)和168日龄(D168)母鸡肝组织样品作为试验材料,利用DNBSEQ平台进行测序,采用DEGseq筛选差异表达的miRNA及其靶基因,随机选取9个差异表达miRNA进行RT-qPCR验证,KEGG通路分类筛选出脂代谢相关miRNA并进行聚类分析,预测脂代谢相关miRNA靶基因并进行GO和KEGG通路功能富集,构建脂代谢相关miRNA和靶基因关联网络。分析结果表明,筛选出106个差异表达miRNAs,包括54个上调miRNA和52个下调miRNA;聚类得到41个脂代谢相关的miRNAs;预测到38个靶基因,对靶基因的功能注释确定主要富集于甘油磷脂代谢、脂肪酸代谢和鞘脂代谢等脂质代谢相关通路,novel-gga-miR2311-5p-DGKZ、 novel-gga-miR2047-3p-ACACA、 novel-gga-miR866-3p-DGKH是脂代谢相关候选miRNA-mRNA关系对。研究提示无量山乌骨鸡肝组织miRNA在不同发育阶段的表...     

脂肪组织蛋白质组学研究进展

脂肪组织不仅是机体的能量储存库,而且也是重要的内分泌器官。脂肪组织分泌多种激素和细胞因子,参与调节机体多种生理和病理过程。目前飞速发展的蛋白质组学技术,为深入研究脂肪发育的分子机制及其代谢紊乱发生的遗传机理提供了有力的工具。对蛋白质组学在脂肪组织中的研究进展进行了综述,为脂肪组织的发育调控及代谢疾病的治疗提供了新的思路。     

鼻咽癌与miRNAs

鼻咽癌（nasopharyngeal carcinoma, NPC）是一种多基因遗传性疾病,好发生于我国华南、东南亚及部分非洲地区。近年来随着分子生物学及其技术的迅速发展,人们对鼻咽癌发生、发展及其生物学行为的研究已进入基因水平。microRNA（miRNA）是一类广泛存在于动植物体内的非编码小RNA,主要参与基因转录后水平调控。随着对miRNA研究的深入,发现肿瘤的细胞分化障碍、增殖失控、细胞永生化与miRNA密切相关。人类肿瘤组织与正常细胞组织间的miRNA表达水平和类型存在明显差异,提示miRNA可能是一类新的参与肿瘤发生的重要分子。本文就鼻咽癌与miRNA相关的研究进展作一综述。     

鼻咽癌与miRNAs

鼻咽癌(nasopharyngeal carcinoma,NPC)是一种多基因遗传性疾病,好发生于我国华南、东南亚及部分非洲地区。近年来随着分子生物学及其技术的迅速发展,人们对鼻咽癌发生、发展及其生物学行为的研究已进入基因水平。microRNA(miRNA)是一类广泛存在于动植物体内的非编码小RNA,主要参与基因转录后水平调控。随着对miRNA研究的深入,发现肿瘤的细胞分化障碍、增殖失控、细胞永生化与miRNA密切相关。人类肿瘤组织与正常细胞组织间的miRNA表达水平和类型存在明显差异,提示miRNA可能是一类新的参与肿瘤发生的重要分子。本文就鼻咽癌与miRNA相关的研究进展作一综述。     

姜黄素通过调控miRNAs发挥抗癌作用的研究进展

姜黄素（curcumin）是近年来发现的一种具有多种生物学活性的中药单体,研究表明姜黄素能够杀伤多种肿瘤细胞,显示出良好的防癌和抗癌作用,美国国立卫生（nationalinstituteofhealth,N／H）已将姜黄素列为第三代化学预防药,相关的临床试验已经展开。微小RNA（micmRNA,miRNA）是细胞内高度保守的非编码RNA,参与了包括肿瘤在内的多个病理生理过程。最新研究表明姜黄素通过调控miRNA机制发挥抗癌作用,我们的研究亦证实姜黄素影响肺癌细胞特异性miRNA表达引起肿瘤细胞凋亡和逆转耐药。总结最新研究进展,本文就姜黄素在不同系统肿瘤细胞中通过调控特异性miRNA发挥抗癌作用的机制作一综述。     

运动调控心肌脂代谢的miRNAs途径研究进展

脂代谢是心肌能量代谢网络的重要环节,其稳态的调控是心肌适应不同病理、生理状态的关键.运动是心肌脂代谢稳态的重要调节手段,大量研究发现miRNAs参与其中.该文将综述细胞内与脂代谢相关miRNAs的作用机制,阐释循环miRNAs对一次性运动的反应和对长期规律性运动的适应,以及心肌miRNAs表达对不同运动方式的适应,并探...     

Glycerol-3-phosphate Acyltransferase Isoform-4 (GPAT4) Limits Oxidation of Exogenous Fatty Acids in Brown Adipocytes

Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-4 (GPAT4) null pups grew poorly during the suckling period and, as adults, were protected from high fat diet-induced obesity. To determine why Gpat4^−/− mice failed to gain weight during these two periods of high fat feeding, we examined energy metabolism. Compared with controls, the metabolic rate of Gpat4^−/− mice fed a 45% fat diet was 12% higher. Core body temperature was 1 ºC higher after high fat feeding. Food intake, fat absorption, and activity were similar in both genotypes. Impaired weight gain in Gpat4^−/− mice did not result from increased heat loss, because both cold tolerance and response to a β3-adrenergic agonist were similar in both genotypes. Because GPAT4 comprises 65% of the total GPAT activity in brown adipose tissue (BAT), we characterized BAT function. A 45% fat diet increased the Gpat4^−/− BAT expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPAR) target genes, Cpt1α, Pgc1α, and Ucp1, and BAT mitochondria oxidized oleate and pyruvate at higher rates than controls, suggesting that fatty acid signaling and flux through the TCA cycle were enhanced. To assess the role of GPAT4 directly, neonatal BAT preadipocytes were differentiated to adipocytes. Compared with controls, Gpat4^−/− brown adipocytes incorporated 33% less fatty acid into triacylglycerol and 46% more into the pathway of β-oxidation. The increased oxidation rate was due solely to an increase in the oxidation of exogenous fatty acids. These data suggest that in the absence of cold exposure, GPAT4 limits excessive fatty acid oxidation and the detrimental induction of a hypermetabolic state.     

Adipose Tissue Lipolysis Promotes Exercise-induced Cardiac Hypertrophy Involving the Lipokine C16:1n7-Palmitoleate

Endurance exercise training induces substantial adaptive cardiac modifications such as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Simultaneously to the development of LVH, adipose tissue (AT) lipolysis becomes elevated upon endurance training to cope with enhanced energy demands. In this study, we investigated the impact of adipose tissue lipolysis on the development of exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Mice deficient for adipose triglyceride lipase (Atgl) in AT (atATGL-KO) were challenged with chronic treadmill running. Exercise-induced AT lipolytic activity was significantly reduced in atATGL-KO mice accompanied by the absence of a plasma fatty acid (FA) increase. These processes were directly associated with a prominent attenuation of myocardial FA uptake in atATGL-KO and a significant reduction of the cardiac hypertrophic response to exercise. FA serum profiling revealed palmitoleic acid (C16:1n7) as a new molecular co-mediator of exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy by inducing nonproliferative cardiomyocyte growth. In parallel, serum FA analysis and echocardiography were performed in 25 endurance athletes. In consonance, the serum C16:1n7 palmitoleate level exhibited a significantly positive correlation with diastolic interventricular septum thickness in those athletes. No correlation existed between linoleic acid (18:2n6) and diastolic interventricular septum thickness. Collectively, our data provide the first evidence that adipose tissue lipolysis directly promotes the development of exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy involving the lipokine C16:1n7 palmitoleate as a molecular co-mediator. The identification of a lipokine involved in physiological cardiac growth may help to develop future lipid-based therapies for pathological LVH or heart failure.     

Simplified Isoelectric Focusing Columns of Small Scales

ABSTRACT

Citrus plants are rich in flavonoids and beneficial for lipid metabolism. However, the mechanism has not been fully elucidated. Both citrus peel flavonoid extracts (CPFE) and a mixture of their primary flavonoid compounds, namely, nobiletin, tangeretin and hesperidin, citrus flavonoid purity mixture (CFPM), were found to have lipid-lowering effects on oleic acid-induced lipid accumulation in HepG2 cells. The carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1α (CPT1α) gene was markedly increased, while the fatty acid synthase (FAS) gene was significantly decreased by both CPFE and CFPM in oleic acid-treated HepG2 cells. Flavonoid compounds from citrus peel suppressed miR-122 and miR-33 expression, which were induced by oleic acid. Changes in miR-122 and miR-33 expression, which subsequently affect the expression of their target mRNAs FAS and CPT1α, are most likely the principal mechanisms leading to decreased lipid accumulation in HepG2 cells. Citrus flavonoids likely regulate lipid metabolism by modulating the expression levels of miR-122 and miR-33.     

Metabolic effects of tumour necrosis factor-α on rat brown adipose tissue

Intravenous administration of a single dose (100 g/kg bw) of recombinant tumour necrosis factor- (TNF, cachectin) to rats increased the rate ofin vitro fatty acid synthesis in interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) from both glucose and alanine, without changes in the oxidation of these substrates to¹⁴CO₂. Lactate production and glycerol release were also unaffected by treatment with the cytokine. Additionally, the presence of TNF in the incubation media did not affect fatty acid synthesis, suggesting an indirect effect of the cytokine. The activities of different enzymes of glucose and alanine metabolism such as hexokinase, phosphofructokinase, pyruvate kinase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and alanine transaminase, did not suffer changes as a consequence of TNF administration. The same applied to the enzymatic activities involved in fatty acid synthesis such as fatty acid synthase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase and ATP-citrate lyase. Conversely, citrate levels in IBAT were increased in animals treated with TNF, suggesting that it could be the cause for the increased fatty acid synthesis in this tissue.