Comparative characterization of microRNAs in Schistosoma japonicum schistosomula from Wistar rats and BALB/c mice

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第一作者： Han, Hongxiao

作者： Han, Hongxiao;Hong, Yang;Fu, Zhiqiang;Lu, Ke;Li, Hao;Zhu, Chuangang;Lin, Jiaojiao;Peng, Jinbiao;Lin, Jiaojiao;Han, Hongxiao;Zhao, Qiuhua

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关键词： MicroRNA(miRNA);Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum);Wistar rats

期刊名称：PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH （ 影响因子：2.289； 五年影响因子：2.403 ）

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摘要： More than 40 kinds of mammals in China are known to be naturally infected with Schistosoma japonicum (S. japonicum) (Peng et al. Parasitol Res 106:967-76, 2010). Compared with permissive BALB/c mice, rats are less susceptible to S. japonicum infection and are considered to provide an unsuitable microenvironment for parasite growth and development. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), via the regulation of gene expression at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels, may be responsible for developmental differences between schistosomula in these two rodent hosts. Solexa deep-sequencing technology was used to identify differentially expressed miRNAs from schistosomula isolated from Wistar rats and BALB/c mice 10 days post-infection. The deep-sequencing analysis revealed that nearly 40 % of raw reads (10.37 and 10.84 million reads in schistosomula isolated from Wistar rats and BALB/c mice, respectively) can be mapped to selected mirs in miRBase or in species-specific genomes. Further analysis revealed that several miRNAs were differentially expressed in schistosomula isolated from these two rodents; 18 were downregulated (by < 2-fold) and 23 were up-regulated (> 2-fold) (expression levels in rats compare with those in mice). Additionally, three novel miRNAs were primarily predicted and identified. Among the 41 differentially expressed miRNAs, 4 miRNAs had been identified with specific functions in schistosome development or host-parasite interaction, such as sexual maturation (sja-miR-1, sja-miR-7-5p), embryo development (sja-miR-36-3p) in schistosome, and pathogenesis of schistosomiasis (sja-bantam). Then, the target genes were mapped, filtered, and correlated with a set of genes that were differentially expressed genes in schistosomula isolated from mice and rats, which we identified in a S. japonicum oligonucleotide microarray analysis in a previous study. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis of the predicted target genes of 13 differentially expressed miRNAs revealed that they were involved in some important biological pathways, such as metabolic processes, the regulation of protein catabolic processes, catalytic activity, oxidoreductase activity, and hydrolase activity. The study presented here includes the first identification of differentially expressed miRNAs between schistosomula in mice or rats. Therefore, we hypothesized that the differentially expressed miRNAs may affect the development, growth, and maturation of the schistosome in its life cycle. Our analysis suggested that some differentially expressed miRNAs may impact the survival and development of the parasite within a host. This study increases our understanding of schistosome development and host-parasite interactions.

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