Department of Physiology and Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Physiol Genomics. 2010 May;41(3):289-96. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00169.2009. Epub 2010 Feb 9.
The extraocular muscles (EOMs) are a unique group of muscles that are anatomically and physiologically distinct from other muscles. We and others have shown that EOMs have a unique transcriptome and proteome. Here we investigated the expression pattern of microRNAs (miRNAs), as they may play a role in generating the unique EOM allotype. We isolated RNA and screened LC Sciences miRNA microarrays covering the sequences of miRBase 10.0 to define the microRNAome of normal mouse EOM and tibialis anterior (TA) limb muscle. Seventy-four miRNAs were found to be differentially regulated (P value <0.05) of which 31 (14 upregulated, 17 downregulated) were differentially regulated at signal strength >500. Muscle-specific miRNAs miR-206 and miR-499 were upregulated and miR-1, miR-133a, and miR-133b were downregulated in EOM. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis was used to validate the differential expression. Bioinformatic tools were used to identify potential miRNA-mRNA-protein interactions and integrate data with previous transcriptome and proteomic profiling data. Luciferase assays using cotransfection of precursor miRNAs with reporter constructs containing the 3'-untranslated region of predicted target genes were used to validate targeting by identified miRNAs. The definition of the EOM microRNAome complements existing transcriptome and proteome data about the molecular makeup of EOM and provides further insight into regulation of muscle genes. These data will also help to further explain the unique EOM muscle allotype and its differential sensitivity to diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and may assist in development of therapeutic strategies.
眼外肌(EOM)是一组独特的肌肉,在解剖学和生理学上与其他肌肉不同。我们和其他人已经表明,EOM 具有独特的转录组和蛋白质组。在这里,我们研究了 microRNAs(miRNAs)的表达模式,因为它们可能在产生独特的 EOM 同种型方面发挥作用。我们分离了 RNA,并筛选了 LC Sciences miRNA 微阵列,该微阵列涵盖了 miRBase 10.0 的序列,以定义正常小鼠 EOM 和胫骨前肌(TA)肢体肌肉的 microRNAome。发现 74 个 miRNA 存在差异表达(P 值<0.05),其中 31 个(14 个上调,17 个下调)的信号强度>500 时存在差异表达。肌肉特异性 miRNAs miR-206 和 miR-499 在 EOM 中上调,miR-1、miR-133a 和 miR-133b 下调。定量 PCR(qPCR)分析用于验证差异表达。使用生物信息学工具来识别潜在的 miRNA-mRNA-蛋白质相互作用,并将数据与之前的转录组和蛋白质组谱数据进行整合。使用共转染前体 miRNA 和包含预测靶基因 3'-非翻译区的报告构建体的荧光素酶测定法来验证鉴定 miRNA 的靶向作用。EOM microRNAome 的定义补充了关于 EOM 分子组成的现有转录组和蛋白质组数据,并进一步深入了解肌肉基因的调控。这些数据还将有助于进一步解释独特的 EOM 肌肉同种型及其对杜氏肌营养不良症等疾病的不同敏感性,并可能有助于开发治疗策略。
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