• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권9호
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• pp.1327-1339
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• 2022

Objective: Fat deposition in poultry is an important factor in production performance and meat quality research. miRNAs also play important roles in regulating adipocyte differentiation process. This study was to investigate the expression patterns of miRNAs in duck adipocytes after differentiation and explore the role of miR-214 in regulating carnitine palmitoyltransferases 2 (CPT2) gene expression during duck adipocyte differentiation. Methods: Successful systems for the isolation, culture, and induction of duck primary fat cells was developed in the experiment. Using Illumina next-generation sequencing, the miRNAs libraries of duck adipocytes were established. miRanda was used to predict differentially expressed (DE) miRNAs and their target genes. The expression patterns of miR-214 and CPT2 during the differentiation were verified by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and western blot. Luciferase reporter assays were used to explore the specific regions of CPT2 targeted by miR-214. We used a miR-214 over-expression strategy in vitro to further investigate its effect on differentiation process and CPT2 gene transcription. Results: There were 481 miRNAs identified in duck adipocytes, included 57 DE miRNA candidates. And the 1,046 targets genes of DE miRNAs were mainly involved in p53 signaling, FoxO signaling, and fatty acid metabolism pathways. miR-214 and CPT2 showed contrasting expression patterns before and after differentiation, and they were selected for further research. The expression of miR-214 was decreased during the first 3 days of duck adipocytes differentiation, and then increased, while the expression of CPT2 increased both in the transcriptional and protein level. The luciferase assay suggested that miR-214 targets the 3'untranslated region of CPT2. Overexpression of miR-214 not only promoted the formation of lipid droplets but also decreased the protein abundance of CPT2. Conclusion: Current study reports the expression profile of miRNAs in duck adipocytes differentiated for 4 days. And miR-214 has been proved to have the regulator potential for fat deposition in duck.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2024

Background: Lung inflammation occurs in many lung diseases, but has limited effective therapeutics. Ginseng and its derivatives have anti-inflammatory effects, but their unstable physicochemical and metabolic properties hinder their application in the treatment. Panaxadiol (PD) is a stable saponin among ginsenosides. Inhalation administration may solve these issues, and the specific mechanism of action needs to be studied. Methods: A mouse model of lung inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an in vitro macrophage inflammation model, and a coculture model of epithelial cells and macrophages were used to study the effects and mechanisms of inhalation delivery of PD. Pathology and molecular assessments were used to evaluate efficacy. Transcriptome sequencing was used to screen the mechanism and target. Finally, the efficacy and mechanism were verified in a human BALF cell model. Results: Inhaled PD reduced LPS-induced lung inflammation in mice in a dose-dependent manner, including inflammatory cell infiltration, lung tissue pathology, and inflammatory factor expression. Meanwhile, the dose of inhalation was much lower than that of intragastric administration under the same therapeutic effect, which may be related to its higher bioavailability and superior pharmacokinetic parameters. Using transcriptome analysis and verification by a coculture model of macrophage and epithelial cells, we found that PD may act by inhibiting TNFA/TNFAR and IL7/IL7R signaling to reduce macrophage inflammatory factor-induced epithelial apoptosis and promote proliferation. Conclusion: PD inhalation alleviates lung inflammation and pathology by inhibiting TNFA/TNFAR and IL7/IL7R signaling between macrophages and epithelial cells. PD may be a novel drug for the clinical treatment of lung inflammation.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.633-640
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• 2011

배추는 배추속 식물의 A genome을 대표하는 모델로서 다양한 배추과 작물의 유전학 및 유전체학과 육종연구의 기반이 되는 중요한 작물이다. 최근 들어 배추 유전체 해독이 완료됨에 따라 유전체의 기능 연구가 보다 활발히 진행될 것으로 기대된다. 유전체 정보로부터 유전자의 구조를 예측하고, 기능을 분석하여 프로모터를 포함한 유용 유전자를 개발하기 위한 필수 재료로 이용되는 것이 다양한 조직 또는 실험 처리로부터 생성된 발현 유전자 데이터이다. 2011년 7월 현재 공공 데이터베이스에는 39개의 cDNA library로부터 분석된 147,217개의 배추 발현유전자가 보고되어 있다. 그러나 이들 발현 유전자들은 체계적으로 분석되거나 데이터베이스 형태로 정리되어 있지 않기 때문에 연구자들이 유전자 서열로부터 유용한 정보를 추출하여 사용하기 어려운 문제점이 있다. 따라서 해독 완료된 배추 유전체와 함께 발현 유전자 정보를 보다 잘 활용하기 위하여 배추의 조직 특이적 발현유전자 데이터베이스인 BrTED를 개발하였다. 데이터베이스는 EST 서열 처리-정보 검색 단위와 조직특이성 발현 특성 분석 단위로 이루어져 있으며, 각 정보들은 상호 연결되어 유기적인 검색 환경을 제공하게 하였다. BrTED는 23,962개의 단일 조합 유전자서열을 포함하고 있으며, 각 서열들의 유전자 주석과 암호화하고 있는 단백질의 기능을 동시에 제공한다. 또한 각 단일 조합 유전자서열들의 조직별 발현 특이성을 통계 분석을 통해 조사하여 연구자의 검색 기준에 따라 제공한다. BrTED의 실효성을 검증하기 위하여 데이터베이스를 통해 조직 특이적 발현 유전자 29개를 선발하고, 이들의 발현 특성을 RT-PCR로 확인한 결과, 선발한 유전자 모두 목표한 조직에서 특이적이거나 강한 발현을 보였다. BrTED는 조직 특이적 발현유전자를 신속하게 선발할 수 있는 공공 데이터베이스로서 배추의 기능 유전체 연구뿐만 아니라 근연 배추속 작물의 유전학과 유전체학 연구에 유용한 공공 연구 자원으로 이용될 수 있을 것이다.