Identification of a circulating miRNA that is involved in meat yield and connects exosomes and longissimus dorsi muscle in Korean cattle steers

ABSTRACT: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression. The aim of this study was to identify circulating miRNAs that are involved with meat yield and connect exosomes and longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle in Korean cattle steer. Thus, we performed analyses of the carcass characteristics, exosome extraction, bovine miRNA array, mature miRNA qPCR, bioinformatics, and qPCR. Our analysis of the carcass characteristics relative to the yield grade (YG) showed that the yield index (YI) and rib eye area were the highest, whereas the backfat thickness was the lowest for YG A cattle among the three YGs. We performed a miRNA microarray and a Venn diagram analysis to sort the circulating miRNAs that connect exosomes and LD muscle. Mature miRNA qPCR showed that miR-15a (r = 0.84), miR-26b (r = 0.91), and miR-29c (r

ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus

SUBMITTER: Jinjong Bong 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-73389 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress