Temporal microRNA expression profile of pig peripheral blood during postnatal development

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第一作者： Zhong, Zhijun

作者： Zhong, Zhijun;Gu, Yiren;He, Zhiping;Tao, Xuan;Yang, Xuemei;Liang, Yan;Zeng, Kai;Ying, Sancheng;Yang, Yuekui;Lei, Yunfeng;Wang, Yan;Gong, Jianjun;Chen, Xiaohui;Lv, Xuebin;Zhu, Xingxing;Tang, Qianzi;Shen, Linyuan;Tan, Ya;Zhou, Rui;Zhu, Li;Hong, Liang;Tan, Ya

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关键词： Swine; whole blood; immunity; miRNA

期刊名称：ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY （ 影响因子：2.282； 五年影响因子：1.702 ）

ISSN： 1049-5398

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摘要： Gene expression profiles of blood can reflect the physiopathologic status of the immune system. The dynamic microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles of peripheral blood from pigs at different developmental stages, and how differential expression of miRNAs might relate to immune system development, are unknown. In this study, peripheral blood samples taken at five developmental stages were used to construct 15 miRNA libraries (three biological replicates/stage): 0 days (newborn), 30 days (weaning), 60 days (weaned), and 180 and 360 days (puberty). We identified 295 known mature miRNAs. Hierarchical clustering of the miRNA expression profile showed significant differences between individuals at the neonatal and postnatal stages. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that miRNAs differentially expressed between pairwise comparisons of the developmental stages were over-represented in immune-related pathways such as toll-like receptor signaling. The time-course of expression of the over-representated miRNAs exhibited a pattern of steady decline over time, for both the complete miRNA compendium and immune-related miRNAs. We identified six marker miRNAs that were highly negatively correlated with chronologic age and enriched for genes involved in immune-related pathways. This study of a peripheral blood miRNA transcriptome offers insight into immune system development in swine and provides a resource for pig genome annotation.

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