Differential expression of miRNAs in the body wall of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus under heat stress

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第一作者： Chang, Mengyang

作者： Chang, Mengyang;Li, Bin;Liao, Meijie;Rong, Xiaojun;Wang, Yingeng;Wang, Jinjin;Yu, Yongxiang;Zhang, Zheng;Wang, Chunyuan;Chang, Mengyang;Li, Bin;Liao, Meijie;Rong, Xiaojun;Wang, Yingeng;Wang, Jinjin;Yu, Yongxiang;Zhang, Zheng;Wang, Chunyuan

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关键词： Apostichopus japonicus; microRNA; heat stress; stress response; miRNA-mRNA network

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY （ 影响因子：4.755； 五年影响因子：5.316 ）

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年卷期： 2022 年 13 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： MicroRNAs, as one of the post-transcriptional regulation of genes, play an important role in the development process, cell differentiation and immune defense. The sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus is an important cold-water species, known for its excellent nutritional and economic value, which usually encounters heat stress that affects its growth and leads to significant economic losses. However, there are few studies about the effect of miRNAs on heat stress in sea cucumbers. In this study, high-throughput sequencing was used to analyze miRNA expression in the body wall of sea cucumber between the control group (CS) and the heat stress group (HS). A total of 403 known miRNAs and 75 novel miRNAs were identified, of which 13 miRNAs were identified as significantly differentially expressed miRNAs (DEMs) in response to heat stress. A total of 16,563 target genes of DEMs were predicted, and 101 inversely correlated target genes that were potentially regulated by miRNAs in response to heat stress of sea cucumbers were obtained. Based on these results, miRNA-mRNA regulatory networks were constructed. The expression results of high-throughput sequencing were validated in nine DEMs and four differentially expressed genes (DEGs) by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Moreover, pathway enrichment of target genes suggested that several important regulatory pathways may play an important role in the heat stress process of sea cucumber, including ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, notch single pathway and endocytosis. These results will provide basic data for future studies in miRNA regulation and molecular adaptive mechanisms of sea cucumbers under heat stress.

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