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Identification and Expression Profiling of Circulating MicroRNAs in Serum of Cysticercus pisiformis-Infected Rabbits

Cysticercus pisiformis (C. pisiformis), the larval form of Taenia pisiformis, parasitize mainly the liver, omentum and mesentery of rabbits and cause huge economic losses in the rabbit breeding industry. MicroRNA (miRNA), a short non-coding RNA, is widely and stably distributed in the plasma and ser...

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Autores principales: Chen, Guoliang, Wang, Liqun, Liu, Tingli, Li, Yanping, Zhang, Shaohua, Li, Hong, Luo, Xuenong
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8536135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34680985
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12101591
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author Chen, Guoliang
Wang, Liqun
Liu, Tingli
Li, Yanping
Zhang, Shaohua
Li, Hong
Luo, Xuenong
author_facet Chen, Guoliang
Wang, Liqun
Liu, Tingli
Li, Yanping
Zhang, Shaohua
Li, Hong
Luo, Xuenong
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description Cysticercus pisiformis (C. pisiformis), the larval form of Taenia pisiformis, parasitize mainly the liver, omentum and mesentery of rabbits and cause huge economic losses in the rabbit breeding industry. MicroRNA (miRNA), a short non-coding RNA, is widely and stably distributed in the plasma and serum. Numerous data demonstrates that, after parasitic infection, miRNAs become the key regulatory factor for controlling host biological processes. However, the roles of serum miRNAs in C. pisiformis-infected rabbits have not been elucidated. In this study, we compared miRNA expression profiles between the C. pisiformis-infected and healthy rabbit serum using RNA-seq. A total of 192 miRNAs were differentially expressed (fold change ≥ 2 and p < 0.05), including 79 up- and 113 downregulated miRNAs. These data were verified by qRT-PCR (real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction) analysis. Additionally, GO analysis showed that the target genes of these dysregulated miRNAs were most enriched in cellular, single-organism and metabolic processes. KEGG pathway analysis showed that these miRNAs target genes were involved in PI3K-Akt, viral carcinogenesis and B cell receptor signaling pathways. Interestingly, after aligning clean reads to the T. pisiformis genome, four (miR-124-3p_3, miR-124-3p_4, miR-124a and novel-miR1) T. pisiformis-derived miRNAs were found. Of these, novel-miR1was upregulated in different periods after C. pisiformis infection, which was verified qRT-PCR, and pre- novel-miR-1 was amplified from the cysticerci by RT-PCR, implying novel-miR-1 was derived from C. pisiformis and has great potential for the diagnosis of Cysticercosis pisiformis infection. This is the first investigation of miRNA expression profile and function in the serum of rabbits infected by C. pisiformis, providing fundamental data for developing diagnostic targets for Cysticercosis pisiformis.
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spelling pubmed-85361352021-10-23 Identification and Expression Profiling of Circulating MicroRNAs in Serum of Cysticercus pisiformis-Infected Rabbits Chen, Guoliang Wang, Liqun Liu, Tingli Li, Yanping Zhang, Shaohua Li, Hong Luo, Xuenong Genes (Basel) Article Cysticercus pisiformis (C. pisiformis), the larval form of Taenia pisiformis, parasitize mainly the liver, omentum and mesentery of rabbits and cause huge economic losses in the rabbit breeding industry. MicroRNA (miRNA), a short non-coding RNA, is widely and stably distributed in the plasma and serum. Numerous data demonstrates that, after parasitic infection, miRNAs become the key regulatory factor for controlling host biological processes. However, the roles of serum miRNAs in C. pisiformis-infected rabbits have not been elucidated. In this study, we compared miRNA expression profiles between the C. pisiformis-infected and healthy rabbit serum using RNA-seq. A total of 192 miRNAs were differentially expressed (fold change ≥ 2 and p < 0.05), including 79 up- and 113 downregulated miRNAs. These data were verified by qRT-PCR (real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction) analysis. Additionally, GO analysis showed that the target genes of these dysregulated miRNAs were most enriched in cellular, single-organism and metabolic processes. KEGG pathway analysis showed that these miRNAs target genes were involved in PI3K-Akt, viral carcinogenesis and B cell receptor signaling pathways. Interestingly, after aligning clean reads to the T. pisiformis genome, four (miR-124-3p_3, miR-124-3p_4, miR-124a and novel-miR1) T. pisiformis-derived miRNAs were found. Of these, novel-miR1was upregulated in different periods after C. pisiformis infection, which was verified qRT-PCR, and pre- novel-miR-1 was amplified from the cysticerci by RT-PCR, implying novel-miR-1 was derived from C. pisiformis and has great potential for the diagnosis of Cysticercosis pisiformis infection. This is the first investigation of miRNA expression profile and function in the serum of rabbits infected by C. pisiformis, providing fundamental data for developing diagnostic targets for Cysticercosis pisiformis. MDPI 2021-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8536135/ /pubmed/34680985 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12101591 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Chen, Guoliang
Wang, Liqun
Liu, Tingli
Li, Yanping
Zhang, Shaohua
Li, Hong
Luo, Xuenong
Identification and Expression Profiling of Circulating MicroRNAs in Serum of Cysticercus pisiformis-Infected Rabbits
title Identification and Expression Profiling of Circulating MicroRNAs in Serum of Cysticercus pisiformis-Infected Rabbits
title_full Identification and Expression Profiling of Circulating MicroRNAs in Serum of Cysticercus pisiformis-Infected Rabbits
title_fullStr Identification and Expression Profiling of Circulating MicroRNAs in Serum of Cysticercus pisiformis-Infected Rabbits
title_full_unstemmed Identification and Expression Profiling of Circulating MicroRNAs in Serum of Cysticercus pisiformis-Infected Rabbits
title_short Identification and Expression Profiling of Circulating MicroRNAs in Serum of Cysticercus pisiformis-Infected Rabbits
title_sort identification and expression profiling of circulating micrornas in serum of cysticercus pisiformis-infected rabbits
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8536135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34680985
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12101591
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