The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Enzymology, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, 705 Yatai Road, Jiaxing, 314006, China.
Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 2;10(1):8971. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65708-4.
Biomineralization is a sophisticated biological process precisely regulated by multiple molecules and pathways. Accumulating miRNAs have been identified in invertebrates but their functions in biomineralization are poorly studied. Here, an oyster species-specific miRNA, novel_miR_1 was found to regulate biomineralization in Pinctada fucata. Target prediction showed that novel_miR_1 could target Prisilkin-39 and ACCBP by binding to their coding sequences (CDS). Tissue distribution analysis revealed that the expression level of novel_miR_1 was highest in the mantle, which was a key tissue participating in biomineralization. Gain-of-function assay in vivo showed that biomineralization-related genes including Prisilkin-39 and ACCBP were down-regulated and shell inner surfaces of both prismatic and nacreous layer were disrupted after the over-expression of novel_miR_1, indicating its dual roles in biomineralization. Furthermore, the shell notching results indicated that novel_miR_1 was involved in shell regeneration. Dual-luciferase reporter assay in vitro demonstrated that novel_miR_1 directly suppressed Prisilkin-39 and ACCBP genes by binding to the CDS regions. Taken together, these results suggest that novel_miR_1 is a direct negative regulator to Prisilkin-39 and ACCBP and plays an indispensable and important role in biomineralization in both prismatic and nacreous layer of P. fucata.
生物矿化是一个复杂的生物过程,受到多种分子和途径的精确调控。越来越多的 miRNA 已在无脊椎动物中被鉴定出来,但它们在生物矿化中的功能研究甚少。本研究发现,一种牡蛎物种特异性 miRNA novel_miR_1 可调节菲律宾蛤仔的生物矿化过程。靶基因预测显示,novel_miR_1 可以通过与编码序列(CDS)结合来靶向 Prisilkin-39 和 ACCBP。组织分布分析表明,novel_miR_1 的表达水平在参与生物矿化的关键组织——套膜中最高。体内功能获得实验表明,过表达 novel_miR_1 后,生物矿化相关基因(包括 Prisilkin-39 和 ACCBP)下调,棱柱层和珍珠层的贝壳内表面被破坏,表明其在生物矿化中具有双重作用。此外,贝壳缺口结果表明,novel_miR_1 参与了贝壳再生。体外双荧光素酶报告基因实验表明,novel_miR_1 通过结合 CDS 区域直接抑制 Prisilkin-39 和 ACCBP 基因。综上所述,这些结果表明,novel_miR_1 是 Prisilkin-39 和 ACCBP 的直接负调控因子,在菲律宾蛤仔棱柱层和珍珠层的生物矿化过程中发挥着不可或缺的重要作用。
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