Project description:Porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV; genus Cytomegalovirus, subfamily Betaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae) is an immunosuppressive virus that mainly inhibits the immune function of T lymphocytes and macrophages, which has caused great distress to the farming industry. In this study, we obtained the miRNA expression profiles of PCMV-infected and control porcine macrophages, PCMV-infected and control porcine tissues via high-throughput sequencing. The comprehensive analysis of miRNA profiles showed that 306 miRNA database annotated and 295 novel pig-encoded miRNAs were detected. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis of the target genes of miRNAs in PCMV infected porcine macrophages showed that the differentially expressed miRNAs are mainly involved in immune and metabolic process. This is the first report of the miRNA transcriptome in PCMV infected porcine macrophages and PCMV infected tissues and the analysis of the miRNA regulatory mechanism during PCMV infection. Further research into the regulatory mechanisms of miRNAs during immunosuppressive viral infections will contribute to the treatment and prevention of immunosuppressive viruses.
Project description:Porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV; genus Cytomegalovirus, subfamily Betaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae) is an immunosuppressive virus that mainly inhibits the immune function of T lymphocytes and macrophages, which has caused great distress to the farming industry. In this study, we obtained the miRNA expression profiles of PCMV-infected and control porcine macrophages, PCMV-infected and control porcine tissues via high-throughput sequencing. The comprehensive analysis of miRNA profiles showed that 306 miRNA database annotated and 295 novel pig-encoded miRNAs were detected. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis of the target genes of miRNAs in PCMV infected porcine macrophages showed that the differentially expressed miRNAs are mainly involved in immune and metabolic process. This is the first report of the miRNA transcriptome in PCMV infected porcine macrophages and PCMV infected tissues and the analysis of the miRNA regulatory mechanism during PCMV infection. Further research into the regulatory mechanisms of miRNAs during immunosuppressive viral infections will contribute to the treatment and prevention of immunosuppressive viruses. miRNA expression profiling of PCMV-infected and control porcine macrophages; PCMV-infected and control porcine tissues via high-throughput sequencing.
Project description:Background While more than 700 microRNAs (miRNAs) are known in human, a comparably low number has been identified in swine. Because of the close phylogenetic distance to humans, pigs serve as a suitable model for studying e.g. intestinal development or disease. Recent studies indicate that miRNAs are key regulators of intestinal development and their aberrant expression leads to intestinal malignancy. Results Here, we present the identification of hundreds of apparently novel miRNAs in the porcine intestine. MiRNAs were first identified by means of deep sequencing followed by miRNA precursor prediction using the miRDeep algorithm as well as searching for conserved miRNAs. Second, the porcine miRNAome along the entire intestine (duodenum, proximal and distal jejunum, ileum, ascending and transverse colon) was unraveled using customized miRNA microarrays based on the identified sequences as well as known porcine and human ones. In total, the expression of 332 intestinal miRNAs was discovered, of which 201 represented assumed novel porcine miRNAs. The identified hairpin forming precursors were in part organized in genomic clusters, and most of the precursors were located on chromosomes 3 and 1, respectively. Hierarchical clustering of the expression data revealed subsets of miRNAs that are specific to distinct parts of the intestine pointing to their impact on cellular signaling networks. Conclusions In this study, we have applied a straight forward approach to decipher the porcine intestinal miRNAome for the first time in mammals using a piglet model. The high number of identified novel miRNAs in the porcine intestine points out their crucial role in intestinal function as shown by pathway analysis. On the other hand, the reported miRNAs may share orthologs in other mammals such as human still to be discovered.
Project description:High-density gene expression profile of 14,151+ unique genes for 6 normal porcine neutrophild and 6 porcine neutrophils samples infected by Salmonella using deep sequencing technology.
Project description:ZBTB16, a transcription factor, plays a critical role in the self-renewal and differentiation of mouse primordial germ cells. However, the subcellular localization of ZBTB16 in the porcine testis and its molecular mechanism in regulating the self-renewal of immature porcine germ cells remain unclear. Using immunofluorescence co-staining, we examined the subcellular localization of ZBTB16 and its co-localization with molecular markers for immature porcine germ cells (DBA, ZBTB16, UCHL1) and the proliferation marker Ki67 in the testes of pigs at 7, 30, 70, and 90 days of age. The results showed that ZBTB16-positive cells in the four age groups of pig testes highly overlapped with SALL4/UCHL1-positive cells and partially overlapped with DBA-positive cells, indicating that ZBTB16 is predominantly expressed in immature porcine germ cells, including pig primordial germ cells, spermatogonial stem cells, and undifferentiated spermatogonia. Furthermore, the immunofluorescence co-staining of ZBTB16 and Ki67 revealed that ZBTB16-positive cells in pig testes at different developmental stages exhibited proliferative activity, but with significant fluctuations. RNA-seq analysis identified 5931 differentially expressed genes in ZBTB16-knockdown immature porcine germ cells, while CUT&Tag analysis identified 5409 ZBTB16 target genes, with 2084 of them overlapping with the differentially expressed genes. ZBTB16 preferentially bound to gene promoters. Knockdown of ZBTB16 expression resulted in the suppression of mRNA levels of target genes involved in the self-renewal of immature germ cells. Additionally, we found that ZBTB16 regulates the self-renewal of immature porcine germ cells through the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. These findings reveal the expression pattern of ZBTB16 in the porcine testis and its regulation of target genes and pathways involved in the self-renewal of immature germ cells. This contributes to the understanding of the function and regulatory network of the transcription factor ZBTB16 in porcine germ cell development and spermatogenesis, and holds significant implications for unraveling the molecular mechanisms underlying porcine germ cell development and sperm production.
Project description:Sus scrofa (pig, or swine) is one of the most important economic animals and a close biological model for complex human diseases such as obesity and diabetes. It is therefore utterly important to decode the porcine microRNAome (miRNAome) as in the literature only a small portion of it is known. In this work, a comprehensive search for porcine microRNAs (miRNAs) by Illumina sequencing was performed in ten small RNA libraries prepared from mixtures of assorted tissues, which included those collected from fetuses to adult pigs. The millions of the sequencing reads were analyzed with reference to 77 known porcine miRNA precursors (pre-miRNAs) and 3,443 distinct pre-miRNAs of other mammals listed in miRBase 13.0, and the most updated porcine genome (Sscrofa9, April 2009) and available EST sequences. Additionally, miRNA candidates specific to pig are predicated by genome & EST match and hairpin folding. Our search found 72 out of 78 (~92%) known porcine miRNAs and miRNA*s, and 36 previously unannotated miRNA*s are also indentified. Furthermore, we discovered 397 novel miRNAs by mapping to the sequencing transcripts to other mammalian pre-miRNAs and 493 candidate miRNAs which do not map to other mammalian miRNAomes and could be pig-specific. We constructed sequence- and genome-position clusters for the total of 998 miRNA candidates originating from 862 pre-miRNAs, which represent 777 unique miRNA sequences. Together with the six known porcine miRNAs that not been observed in our study, we report herein the sequence families of 783 unique miRNAs and genomic distribution patterns of 622 pre-miRNAs. We preformed q-PCR experiments for selected 30 miRNAs in 47 tissue-specific samples and found agreement between the sequencing data and the q-PCR data. We envision that our report will serve as a valuable resource for future studies aimed at understanding miRNAome of pig