miR-23b-3p通过靶向PDE4B基因调控山羊肌内前体脂肪细胞的分化

miR-23b-3p regulates the differentiation of goat intramuscular preadipocytes by targeting the PDE4B gene

摘要:

本研究旨在明确miR-23b-3p对山羊肌内前体脂肪细胞分化的影响，并确定这种作用是通过靶向基因PDE4B来实现的。基于实验室前期转录组测序结果，以筛选得到的山羊肌内脂肪细胞分化前后差异表达的miR-23b-3p为切入点，利用实时荧光定量PCR (real-time quantitative-polymerase chain reaction, qPCR)技术检测miR-23b-3p在山羊肌内前体脂肪细胞分化过程中的表达模式，从形态学水平和分子水平确定miR-23b-3p对脂肪分化及脂肪分化标志基因的影响；利用生物信息学预测以及双荧光素酶报告基因试验确定miR-23b-3p的下游靶基因，明确miR-23b-3p与预测靶标基因的靶向关系。结果表明，过表达miR-23b-3p后山羊肌内脂肪细胞脂滴积聚减少，成脂标志基因AP2、C/EBPα、FASN、LPL表达水平极显著下调(P＜0.01)，C/EBPβ、DGAT2、GLUT4和PPARγ的表达水平显著下调(P＜0.05)。干扰miR-23b-3p表达后，山羊肌内脂肪细胞中脂滴积聚增多，ACC、ATGL、AP2、DGAT2、GLUT4、FASN和SREBP1表达水平极显著上调(P＜0.01)，C/EBPβ、LPL和PPARγ的表达水平显著上调(P＜0.05)。通过生物信息学分析预测，PDE4B可能为miR-23b-3p的靶标基因，且过表达miR-23b-3p后极显著降低PDE4B的mRNA表达水平(P＜0.01)，干扰miR-23b-3p后PDE4B的mRNA水平得到了显著提升(P＜0.05)。双荧光素酶报告基因试验结果表明，miR-23b-3p与PDE4B基因存在靶向关系。miR-23b-3p通过靶向PDE4B基因调控山羊肌内前体脂肪细胞的分化。

Abstract:

This study aimed to explore the effect of miR-23b-3p on the differentiation of goat intramuscular preadipocytes, and to confirm whether miR-23b-3p plays its roles via targeting the PDE4B gene. Based on the pre-transcriptome sequencing data obtained previously, the miR-23b-3p, which was differentially expressed in goat intramuscular adipocytes before and after differentiation, was used as an entry point. real-time quantitative-polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to detect the expression pattern of miR-23b-3p during the differentiation of goat intramuscular preadipocytes. The effects of miR-23b-3p on adipose differentiation and adipose differentiation marker genes were determined at the morphological and molecular levels. The downstream target genes of miR-23b-3p were determined using bioinformatics prediction as well as dual luciferase reporter assay to clarify the targeting relationship between miR-23b-3p and the predicted target genes. The results indicated that overexpression of miR-23b-3p reduced lipid droplet accumulation in goat intramuscular adipocytes, significantly down-regulated the expression levels of adipogenic marker genes AP2, C/EBPα, FASN, and LPL (P＜0.01). In addition, the expressions of C/EBPβ, DGAT2, GLUT4 and PPARγ were significantly downregulated (P＜0.05). After interfering with the expression of miR-23b-3p, lipid droplet accumulation was increased in goat intramuscular adipocytes. The expression levels of ACC, ATGL, AP2, DGAT2, GLUT4, FASN and SREBP1 were extremely significantly up-regulated (P＜0.01), and the expression levels of C/EBPβ, LPL and PPARγ were significantly up-regulated (P＜0.05). It was predicted that PDE4B might be a target gene of miR-23b-3p. The mRNA expression level of PDE4B was significantly decreased after overexpression of miR-23b-3p (P＜0.01), and the interference with miR-23b-3p significantly increased the mRNA level of PDE4B (P＜0.05). The dual luciferase reporter assay indicated that miR-23b-3p had a targeting relationship with PDE4B gene. MiR-23b-3p regulates the differentiation of goat intramuscular preadipocytes by targeting the PDE4B gene.