斑马鱼和鲤miR-1-2/133a-1基因间序列活性和调控研究

STUDY ON THE INTERGENE SEQUENCE ACTIVITY AND REGULATION OF MIR-1-2/133A-1 IN ZEBRAFISH AND CARP

  • 摘要: 分别以斑马鱼(Danio rerio)和鲤(Cyprinus carpio L.)为研究材料, 通过克隆斑马鱼和鲤miR-1-2和133a-1的基因间增强子序列, 利用活体和离体实验探讨其是否具有肌肉特异性; 并通过荧光素酶报告系统等研究转录因子MyoD是否调控该序列。研究结果显示: 在活体实验中, 无论斑马鱼还是鲤, miR-1-2/133a-1基因间序列均有肌肉特异性, 且保留有保守区域(cr, 含有E-box)的序列, 注射72h后GFP表达量明显高于其他突变体。体外细胞实验也显示, 转染含有cr序列的实验组, 分化后的荧光素酶活性明显高于分化前。进一步探讨MyoD对miR-1-2/133a-1基因间序列的调控作用结果显示: 无论是斑马鱼还是鲤, miR-1-2/133a-1基因间序列活性均受MyoD调控。结果为完善鱼类肌肉发育机理, 及未来的鱼类分子育种奠定基础。

     

    Abstract: Cyprinus carpio L., one of the largest farmed freshwater fish species in the world, can be used as an important food source for humans and has important economic value as ornamental animal. But so far, it is unclear for the molecular regulation network of muscle formation that is an important economic trait of Cyprinus carpio L.. In our early analysis of the Cyprinus carpio L. genome and microRNA expression profiles, we found that miR-1 and miR-133 highly express during Cyprinus carpio L. muscle development. Therefore, we cloned the intergenic enhancer sequence of miR-1-2 and 133a-1 from Danio rerio and Cyprinus carpio L. and conducted in vivo and in vitro studies to determine whether it has muscle specificity. We also investigated whether the transcription factor MyoD regulate this sequence by the luciferase reporting system. The results of in vivo experiments indicated that the intergenic sequences of miR-1-2/133a-1 was muscle-specific in both Danio rerio or Cyprinus carpio L. with the conserved region (cr, containing E-box), and its expression indicated by GFP was significantly higher than other mutants after 72h. In vitro cell experiments showed that the luciferase activity after muscle differentiation was significantly induced in the experimental group containing the cr sequence. Further studies showed that the activity of the intergenic sequence of miR-1-2/133a-1 was regulated by MyoD in both Danio rerio and Cyprinus carpio L.. These results lay the foundation for perfecting the muscle development mechanism of fish and the molecular breeding of fish in the future.

     

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