Project description:Small RNAs, including microRNAs, play many roles in the regulation of gene expression. We performed small RNA-sequencing on two groups of samples to catalog which microRNAs are expressed during muscle regeneration in response to chemical injury and in heart tissue in response to viral-induced myocarditis.
Project description:Intervention type:DRUG. Intervention1:Huaier, Dose form:GRANULES, Route of administration:ORAL, intended dose regimen:20 to 60/day by either bulk or split for 3 months to extended term if necessary. Control intervention1:None.
Primary outcome(s): For mRNA libraries, focus on mRNA studies. Data analysis includes sequencing data processing and basic sequencing data quality control, prediction of new transcripts, differential expression analysis of genes. Gene Ontology (GO) and the KEGG pathway database are used for annotation and enrichment analysis of up-regulated genes and down-regulated genes.
For small RNA libraries, data analysis includes sequencing data process and sequencing data process QC, small RNA distribution across the genome, rRNA, tRNA, alignment with snRNA and snoRNA, construction of known miRNA expression pattern, prediction New miRNA and Study of their secondary structure Based on the expression pattern of miRNA, we perform not only GO / KEGG annotation and enrichment, but also different expression analysis.. Timepoint:RNA sequencing of 240 blood samples of 80 cases and its analysis, scheduled from June 30, 2022..
Project description:Initially thought to localise at the cytosol and nucleus only, emerging evidence indicates that miRNAs also localise within the mitochondria where they could regulate diverse pathological and physiological processes. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to use small RNA sequencing to profile the entire population of miRNAs in human skeletal muscle of healthy males in isolated mitochondria and whole-tissue in response to acute endurance exercise. Twelve healthy males (age 26 ± 4 years, mean ± SD) cycled for 60 min at 70% VO2peak and muscle biopsies were collected at rest, immediately after and 3 h after exercise. The mitochondria were isolated by immunoprecipitation, further purified, then the resident RNA was sequenced to assess the mitochondrial transcriptome. Small RNA sequencing revealed that mitochondria isolated from male skeletal muscle tissue contain a small and distinct population of miRNAs. Of the approximately 110 mature miRNAs detected in skeletal muscle mitochondria at each time-point, the canonical myo-miRs miR-1, miR-133 and miR-206 families constituted on average 45% of total mitochondria miRNA reads. However, none of the canonical myo-miRs were differentially expressed in mitochondria following endurance exercise. Future research is now required to investigate miRNA-mRNA interactions in the mitochondria of skeletal muscle tissue.
Project description:We report the application of small RNA sequencing for high-throughput profiling of small RNA under 75 bp in vascular smooth muscle cell. By a reading depth of 30M and single stranded sequencing, we generated the small RNA signature on differentiated and de-differentiated vascular smooth muscle cell induced by PDGF-BB and H3K4me2 editing. We found that PDGF-BB and H3K4me2 editing induced de-differentiation modulated miRNA profile significantly, which was demonstrated at least in part responsible for modulated vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype.
Project description:Initially thought to localise at the cytosol and nucleus only, emerging evidence indicates that miRNAs also localise within the mitochondria where they could regulate diverse pathological and physiological processes. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to use small RNA sequencing to profile the entire population of miRNAs in human skeletal muscle of healthy males in isolated mitochondria and whole-tissue in response to acute endurance exercise. Twelve healthy males (age 26 ± 4 years, mean ± SD) cycled for 60 min at 70% VO2peak and muscle biopsies were collected at rest, immediately after and 3 h after exercise. The mitochondria were isolated by immunoprecipitation, further purified, then the resident RNA was sequenced to assess the mitochondrial transcriptome. Small RNA sequencing revealed that mitochondria isolated from male skeletal muscle tissue contain a small and distinct population of miRNAs. Of the approximately 110 mature miRNAs detected in skeletal muscle mitochondria at each time-point, the canonical myo-miRs miR-1, miR-133 and miR-206 families constituted on average 45% of total mitochondria miRNA reads. However, none of the canonical myo-miRs were differentially expressed in mitochondria following endurance exercise. Future research is now required to investigate miRNA-mRNA interactions in the mitochondria of skeletal muscle tissue.
Project description:As a part of study to characterize the effects of fluid flow shear stress to mouse muscle cells, small RNA sequencing was performed with muscle cell-derived extracellular vesicles (Myo-EVs).