Yun Bohyun, Kim Younghoon, Park Dong June, Oh Sangnam
Department of Functional Food and Biotechnology, Jeonju University, Jeonju 55069, Korea.
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
J Anim Sci Technol. 2021 May;63(3):593-602. doi: 10.5187/jast.2021.e39. Epub 2021 May 31.
Mammalian milk including microRNAs (miRNAs) as a novel class of noncoding RNAs, that can be transferred to infants and it plays on a critical role in biological functions such as immune regulation and development. However, the origin and functional importance of milk-derived miRNAs are still undetermined. This study applied RNA sequencing to explore the featured profiles of miRNA expression in colostrum and mature milk-originated exosomes from human, bovine, and caprine milk. These dietary exosome-derived miRNAs are highly conserved in human, bovine and caprine milk. Interestingly, abundant miRNAs expressed in human milk are similarly conserved across species. In addition, we confirmed that immune-related miRNAs (miR-30a-5p, miR-22-3p, and miR-26a) are commonly observed in the colostrum and mature milk of cows and caprines as well as humans. Our results provide new insights and resources for investigating the functionality of immune-associated miRNAs and evaluating physiological and biological condition in human, bovine and caprine milk as biomarkers.
哺乳动物乳汁中含有作为一类新型非编码RNA的微小RNA(miRNA),其可传递给婴儿,并在免疫调节和发育等生物学功能中发挥关键作用。然而,乳汁来源的miRNA的起源和功能重要性仍未确定。本研究应用RNA测序来探索人、牛和羊乳中初乳和成熟乳来源的外泌体中miRNA表达的特征图谱。这些饮食来源的外泌体miRNA在人、牛和羊乳中高度保守。有趣的是,人乳中表达的丰富miRNA在物种间同样保守。此外,我们证实免疫相关miRNA(miR-30a-5p、miR-22-3p和miR-26a)在牛、羊以及人类的初乳和成熟乳中普遍存在。我们的结果为研究免疫相关miRNA的功能以及评估人、牛和羊乳中的生理和生物学状况作为生物标志物提供了新的见解和资源。