State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Centre of Soybean Research, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Plant Nutrition of Heilongjiang Province, Institute of Soil Fertilizer and Environment Resources, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China.
Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Oct 19;19(10):3239. doi: 10.3390/ijms19103239.
Our understanding of microRNA (miRNA) regulation of gene expression and protein translation, as a critical area of cellular regulation, has blossomed in the last two decades. Recently, it has become apparent that in plant-insect interactions, both plants and insects use miRNAs to regulate their biological processes, as well as co-opting each others' miRNA systems. In this review article, we discuss the current paradigms of miRNA-mediated cellular regulation and provide examples of plant-insect interactions that utilize this regulation. Lastly, we discuss the potential biotechnological applications of utilizing miRNAs in agriculture.
在过去的二十年中,我们对 microRNA(miRNA)调控基因表达和蛋白质翻译的理解作为细胞调控的一个关键领域蓬勃发展。最近,人们已经清楚地认识到,在植物-昆虫相互作用中,植物和昆虫都利用 miRNA 来调节它们的生物过程,并且共同利用对方的 miRNA 系统。在这篇综述文章中,我们讨论了 miRNA 介导的细胞调控的当前范例,并提供了利用这种调控的植物-昆虫相互作用的例子。最后,我们讨论了在农业中利用 miRNA 的潜在生物技术应用。