Analysis of microRNA expression in embryonic developmental toxicity induced by MC-RR.

As cynobacterial blooms frequently occur in fresh waters throughout the world, microcystins (MCs) have caused serious damage to both wildlife and human health. MCs are known to have developmental toxicity, however, the possible molecular mechanism is largely unknown. This is the first toxicological...

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Main Authors: Yanyan Zhao, Qian Xiong, Ping Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0022676&type=printable
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author Yanyan Zhao
Qian Xiong
Ping Xie
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Ping Xie
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description As cynobacterial blooms frequently occur in fresh waters throughout the world, microcystins (MCs) have caused serious damage to both wildlife and human health. MCs are known to have developmental toxicity, however, the possible molecular mechanism is largely unknown. This is the first toxicological study to integrate post-transcriptomic, proteomic and bioinformatics analysis to explore molecular mechanisms for developmental toxicity of MCs in zebrafish. After being microinjected directly into embryos, MC-RR dose-dependently decreased survival rates and increased malformation rates of embryos, causing various embryo abnormalities including loss of vascular integrity and hemorrhage. Expressions of 31 microRNAs (miRNAs) and 78 proteins were significantly affected at 72 hours post-fertilisation (hpf). Expressions of miR-430 and miR-125 families were also significantly changed. The altered expressions of miR-31 and miR-126 were likely responsible for the loss of vascular integrity. MC-RR significantly reduced the expressions of a number of proteins involved in energy metabolism, cell division, protein synthesis, cytoskeleton maintenance, response to stress and DNA replication. Bioinformatics analysis shows that several aberrantly expressed miRNAs and proteins (involved in various molecular pathways) were predicted to be potential MC-responsive miRNA-target pairs, and that their aberrant expressions should be the possible molecular mechanisms for the various developmental defects caused by MC-RR.
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spelling doaj.art-647876c5ed9b46f69f9c78c0273e83542025-02-17T05:31:12ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-0167e2267610.1371/journal.pone.0022676Analysis of microRNA expression in embryonic developmental toxicity induced by MC-RR.Yanyan ZhaoQian XiongPing XieAs cynobacterial blooms frequently occur in fresh waters throughout the world, microcystins (MCs) have caused serious damage to both wildlife and human health. MCs are known to have developmental toxicity, however, the possible molecular mechanism is largely unknown. This is the first toxicological study to integrate post-transcriptomic, proteomic and bioinformatics analysis to explore molecular mechanisms for developmental toxicity of MCs in zebrafish. After being microinjected directly into embryos, MC-RR dose-dependently decreased survival rates and increased malformation rates of embryos, causing various embryo abnormalities including loss of vascular integrity and hemorrhage. Expressions of 31 microRNAs (miRNAs) and 78 proteins were significantly affected at 72 hours post-fertilisation (hpf). Expressions of miR-430 and miR-125 families were also significantly changed. The altered expressions of miR-31 and miR-126 were likely responsible for the loss of vascular integrity. MC-RR significantly reduced the expressions of a number of proteins involved in energy metabolism, cell division, protein synthesis, cytoskeleton maintenance, response to stress and DNA replication. Bioinformatics analysis shows that several aberrantly expressed miRNAs and proteins (involved in various molecular pathways) were predicted to be potential MC-responsive miRNA-target pairs, and that their aberrant expressions should be the possible molecular mechanisms for the various developmental defects caused by MC-RR.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0022676&type=printable
spellingShingle Yanyan Zhao
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Ping Xie
Analysis of microRNA expression in embryonic developmental toxicity induced by MC-RR.
PLoS ONE
title Analysis of microRNA expression in embryonic developmental toxicity induced by MC-RR.
title_full Analysis of microRNA expression in embryonic developmental toxicity induced by MC-RR.
title_fullStr Analysis of microRNA expression in embryonic developmental toxicity induced by MC-RR.
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of microRNA expression in embryonic developmental toxicity induced by MC-RR.
title_short Analysis of microRNA expression in embryonic developmental toxicity induced by MC-RR.
title_sort analysis of microrna expression in embryonic developmental toxicity induced by mc rr
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0022676&type=printable
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