Expression of microRNAs in rat kidney treated with a carcinogenic dose of Aristolochic Acid
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ABSTRACT: Aristolochic Acid (AA), a natural component of Aristolochia plants found in a variety of herbal remedies and health supplements, is classified as a group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. In order to search for miRNA regulation in AA-induced carcinogenesis, we treated rats with 10 mg/kg AA and vehicle control for 12 weeks and eight kidney samples (4 for the treatment and 4 for the control) were used for examining miRNA by deep sequencing. Profiliing of miRNA in 4 AA-treated rats and 4 control
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in carcinogenesis by regulating the protein translation from their targeted messenger RNAs (mRNA). Aristolochic Acid (AA) is a potent carcinogen that can induce kidney tumors in both human and experimental animals. Although the expression and roles of miRNAs have been extensively studied in cancer tissues or tissues treated by carcinogens, it is still unclear how the three levels of gene expression, including miRNA, mRNA and protein, are regulated and coordinated during the early stage of carcinogenesis. Here, we treated rats with 10 mg/kg AA or vehicle control for 12 weeks and the kidney tissues were quickly isolated and frozen immediately after the treatment. Eight kidney samples (4 for the treatment and 4 for the control) were used for analyzing miRNA and mRNA expressions with deep sequencing, and protein expressions with proteomics. MiRNA expressions were significantly changed by AA treatment. The treated samples were well separated from the control samples in both principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA). Quantitative measurements of six miRNAs using TaqMan real-time PCR were consistent with the deep sequencing results in terms of both direction and magnitude of gene expression change. Sixty-three miRNAs (adjusted p value < 0.05 and fold change > 1.5), 6,794 mRNAs (adjusted p value < 0.05 and fold change > 2.0), and 800 proteins (fold change > 2.0) were significantly altered by AA treatment. By combining the results of a computational target predicting algorithm, and the mRNA and protein expression data, 143 genes were found by the differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs). The DEM-targeted genes are mainly related to cancer, cell growth, which reflects the carcinogenic processes in the AA-treated rat kidneys. Groups of four 6 week-old male Big Blue rats were treated with AA as its sodium salt at 10.0 mg/kg body weight by gavage (4 ml/kg body weight) 5 times a week for 12 weeks. The rats that were treated with 0.9% sodium chloride on the same schedule were used as control. microRNAs were isolated from rat kidneys and subject to next-generation sequencing to determine the expression profile.
Project description:The genetics of messenger RNA expression has been extensively studied in humans and other organisms, but little is known about genetic factors contributing to microRNA (miRNA) expression. We examined natural variation of miRNA expression in adipose tissue in a population of 200 men who have been carefully characterized for metabolic syndrome phenotypes as part of the METSIM study. We genotyped the subjects using high-density SNP microarrays and quantified the mRNA abundance using genome-wide expression arrays and miRNA abundance using next generation sequencing. We reliably quantified 356 miRNA species that were expressed in human adipose tissue, a limited number of which made up most of the expressed miRNAs. We mapped the miRNA abundance as an expression quantitative trait and determined cis regulation of expression for 9 of the miRNAs and of the processing of one miRNA (miR-28). The degree of genetic variation of miRNA expression was substantially less than that of mRNAs. For the majority of the miRNAs, genetic regulation of expression was independent of the host mRNA transcript expression. We also showed that for 108 miRNAs, mapped reads displayed widespread variation from the canonical sequence. We found a total of 24 miRNAs to be significantly associated with metabolic syndrome traits. We suggest a regulatory role for miR-204-5p which was predicted to inhibit ACACB, a key fatty acid oxidation enzyme that has been shown to play a role in regulating body fat and insulin resistance in adipose tissue. miRNA expression profiling of adipose tissue isolated from 200 humans
Project description:The Squalius alburnoides complex (Steindachner) is one of the most intricate hybrid polyploid systems known in vertebrates. In this complex, the constant switch of the genome composition in consecutive generations, very frequently involving a change on the ploidy level, promotes repetitive situations of potential genomic shock. Previously in this complex, it was shown that in response to the increase in the genome dosage, triploid hybrids could regulate gene expression to a diploid state. In this work, we compared the small RNA profiles in the different genomic compositions interacting in the complex. Using high-throughput arrays and sequencing technologies, we were able to verify that diploid and triploid hybrids were closely related: they shared most of their sequences and their miRNA expression profiles were highly correlated. However, an overall view indicates an up-regulation of a substantial number of miRNAs in triploids. Also, the global miRNA expression in triploids was higher than predicted from an additive model. These results point to a participation of miRNAs in the cellular functional stability needed when the ploidy change. 4 samples were analyzed corresponding to 4 genomic constitutions: PAA, PA, AA and PP. For each sample, a library based on 3 individuals of the same genomic constitution was prepared. From each individual, 3 types of tissues were collected for RNA extraction (brain, liver and muscle).
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are major post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression, yet their origins and functional evolution in mammals remain little understood due to the lack of appropriate comparative data. Using RNA sequencing, we have generated extensive and comparable miRNA data for five organs in six species that represent all main mammalian lineages and birds (the evolutionary outgroup), with the aim to unravel the evolution of mammalian miRNAs. Our analyses reveal an overall expansion of miRNA repertoires in mammals, with three-fold accelerated birth rates of miRNA families in placentals and marsupials, facilitated by the de novo emergence of miRNAs in host gene introns. Generally, our analyses suggest a high rate of miRNA family turnover in mammals, with many newly emerged miRNA families being lost soon after their formation. Selectively preserved mammalian miRNA families gradually evolved higher expression levels as well as altered mature sequences and target gene repertoires, and were apparently mainly recruited to exert regulatory functions in nervous tissues. However, miRNAs that originated on the X chromosome evolved high expression levels and potentially diverse functions during spermatogenesis, including meiosis, through selectively driven duplication-divergence processes. Overall, our study thus provides detailed insights into the birth and evolution of mammalian miRNA genes and the associated selective forces. 30 main samples from five adult tissues (brain, cerebellum, heart, kidney and testis) collected in six species (human, macaque, mouse, opossum, platypus and chicken) + 5 biological replicates + 3 samples from spermatogenic cells in adult mouse testis (Sertoli cells, spermatocytes and spermatids)
Project description:MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that regulate a variety of biological processes. In the last version of the miRBase database (Release 17), 720 mouse microRNAs are accompanied by only 408 rat microRNAs. Given the importance of rat as a model organism, we used next generation sequencing and microarray technologies to discover novel microRNAs in rat kidneys. Four male, 6-week-old Big Blue rats were treated with 10.0 mg/kg aristolochic acid(AA) 5 times a week for 12 weeks, four untreated rats as control. The animals were sacrificed 1 day after the last treatment and total RNA were isolated. All eight rat samples were used to deep sequencing analyses (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Microarray Core Facility), while 6 samples (3 AA-treated and 3 control) were used to custom vertebrate microRNA microarray analysis (LC Sciences). We used the miRanalyzer standalone version for the prediction of novel microRNAs and microRNA microarray to confirm novel microRNAs.
Project description:As the fetal heart develops, cardiomyocyte proliferation potential decreases while fatty acid oxidative capacity increases, a highly regulated transition known as cardiac maturation. Small noncoding RNAs, such as microRNAs (miRNAs), contribute to the establishment and control of tissue-specific transcriptional programs. However, small RNA expression dynamics and genome wide miRNA regulatory networks controlling maturation of the human fetal heart remain poorly understood. Transcriptome profiling of small RNAs revealed the temporal expression patterns of miRNA, piRNA, circRNA, snoRNA, snRNA and tRNA in the developing human heart between 8 and 19 weeks of gestation. Our analysis revealed that miRNAs were the most dynamically expressed small RNA species throughout mid-gestation. Cross-referencing differentially expressed miRNAs and mRNAs predicted 6,200 mRNA targets, 2134 of which were upregulated and 4066 downregulated as gestation progresses. Moreover, we found that downregulated targets of upregulated miRNAs predominantly control cell cycle progression, while upregulated targets of downregulated miRNAs are linked to energy sensing and oxidative metabolism. Furthermore, integration of miRNA and mRNA profiles with proteomes and reporter metabolites revealed that proteins encoded in mRNA targets, and their associated metabolites, mediate fatty acid oxidation and are enriched as the heart develops.This study revealed the small RNAome of the maturing human fetal heart. Furthermore, our findings suggest that coordinated activation and repression of miRNA expression throughout mid-gestation is essential to establish a dynamic miRNA-mRNA-protein network that decreases cardiomyocyte proliferation potential while increasing the oxidative capacity of the maturing human fetal heart.
Project description:We examine the concordance between miRNA-seq and cDNA-mediated annealing, selection, extension, and ligation (DASL) miRNA assays. We profiled two technically replicated FFPE specimens on both DASL and RNA-seq. This submission represents the RNA-seq component of study. The DASL samples used in the study are GSM876557, GSM876558, GSM876564, and GSM876565.
Project description:The mammalian heart has poor regenerative capacity following injury. In contrast, certain lower vertebrates such as zebrafish retain a robust capacity for regeneration into adult life. Here we use an integrated approach to identify evolutionary conserved regenerative miRNA-dependant regulatory circuits in the heart. We identified novel miRNA-dependant networks involved in critical biological pathways, which are differentially utilized between the infarcted mouse heart and the regenerating zebrafish heart. 2 conditions, 4 biological replicates per condition
Project description:The mammalian heart has poor regenerative capacity following injury. In contrast, certain lower vertebrates such as zebrafish retain a robust capacity for regeneration into adult life. Here we use an integrated approach to identify evolutionary conserved regenerative miRNA-dependant regulatory circuits in the heart. We identified novel miRNA-dependant networks involved in critical biological pathways, which are differentially utilized between the infarcted mouse heart and the regenerating zebrafish heart. 2 conditions, 3 biological replicates per condition
Project description:In this study we performed microarray-based molecular profiling of liver samples from Wistar rats exposed to genotoxic carcinogens (GC), nongenotoxic carcinogens (NGC) or non-hepatocarcinogens (NC) for up to 14 days. In contrast to previous toxicogenomics studies aimed at the inference of molecular signatures for assessing the potential and mode of compound carcinogenicity, we considered multi-level omics data. Besides evaluating the predictive power of signatures observed on individual biological levels, such as mRNA, miRNA and protein expression, we also introduced novel feature representations which capture putative molecular interactions or pathway alterations by integrating expression profiles across platforms interrogating different biological levels. Male Wistar rats were treated by oral gavage with the eight nongenotoxic hepatocarcinogens Phenobarbital sodium (PB), Piperonylbutoxide (PBO), Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Acetamide (AA), Methapyrilene HCl (MPy), Methylcarbamate (Mcarb), Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and Ethionine (ETH), the two genotoxic carcinogens C.I Direct Black (CIDB) and dimethylnitrosamine (DMN), the two non-hepatocarcinogens Cefuroxime (CFX) and Nifedipine (Nif), and the three compounds with undefined carcinogenic class Cyproterone acetate (CPA), Thioacetamid (TAA) and Wy-14643 (Wy). Depending on the administered compound, livers were taken after 3, 7, or 14 days for histopathological evaluation. From the five animals per treatment group three animals were selected based on the histopathological findings and subjected to molecular profiling using Affymetrix RG-230A arrays (mRNA expression), Agilent G4473A arrays (miRNA expression) and Zeptosens ZeptoMARK reverse arrays (protein expression).