Identification and characterization of the expression profile of microRNAs in Anopheles anthropophagus
Abstract Background Anopheles anthropophagus, one of the most important mosquito-borne disease vectors in Asia, mainly takes blood meals from humans and transmits both malaria and filariae. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs, and play a critical role in many cellular processes, including d...
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| description | Abstract Background Anopheles anthropophagus, one of the most important mosquito-borne disease vectors in Asia, mainly takes blood meals from humans and transmits both malaria and filariae. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs, and play a critical role in many cellular processes, including development, differentiation, apoptosis and innate immunity. Methods We investigated the global miRNA expression profile of male and female adults of A. anthropophagus using illumina Hiseq2000 sequencing combined with Northern blot. Results By using the miRNAs of the closely-related species Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti as reference, we obtained 102 miRNAs candidates out of 12.43 million raw sequencing reads for male and 16.51 million reads for female, with 81 of them found as known miRNAs in An. gambiae and/or Ae. aegypti, and the remaining 21 miRNAs were considered as novel. By analyzing the revised read count of miRNAs in male and female, 29 known miRNAs show sexual difference expression: >2-fold in the read count of the same miRNAs in male and female. Especially for miR-989, which is highly expressed in the female mosquitoes, but shows almost no detected expression in male mosquitoes, indicating that miR-989 may be involved in the physiological activity of female mosquito adults. The expression of four miRNAs in different growth stages of mosquito were further identified by Northern blot. Several miRNAs show the stage-specific expression, of which miR-2943 only expressed in the egg stage, suggesting that miR-2943 may be associated with the development of mosquito eggs. Conclusions The present study represents the first global characterization of An. anthropophagus miRNAs in sexual differences and stage-specific functions. A better understanding of the functions of these miRNAs will offer new insights in mosquito biology and has implications for the effective control of mosquito-borne infectious diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ceafc0fb773d47b9be491179943227ce2023-06-04T11:15:39ZengBMCParasites & Vectors1756-33052014-04-01711810.1186/1756-3305-7-159Identification and characterization of the expression profile of microRNAs in Anopheles anthropophagusWenquan Liu0Huicong Huang1Cuicui Xing2Chunxiang Li3Feng Tan4Shaohui Liang5Department of Parasitology, Wenzhou Medical UniversityDepartment of Parasitology, Wenzhou Medical UniversityDepartment of Parasitology, Wenzhou Medical UniversityDepartment of Parasitology, Wenzhou Medical UniversityDepartment of Parasitology, Wenzhou Medical UniversityDepartment of Parasitology, Wenzhou Medical UniversityAbstract Background Anopheles anthropophagus, one of the most important mosquito-borne disease vectors in Asia, mainly takes blood meals from humans and transmits both malaria and filariae. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs, and play a critical role in many cellular processes, including development, differentiation, apoptosis and innate immunity. Methods We investigated the global miRNA expression profile of male and female adults of A. anthropophagus using illumina Hiseq2000 sequencing combined with Northern blot. Results By using the miRNAs of the closely-related species Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti as reference, we obtained 102 miRNAs candidates out of 12.43 million raw sequencing reads for male and 16.51 million reads for female, with 81 of them found as known miRNAs in An. gambiae and/or Ae. aegypti, and the remaining 21 miRNAs were considered as novel. By analyzing the revised read count of miRNAs in male and female, 29 known miRNAs show sexual difference expression: >2-fold in the read count of the same miRNAs in male and female. Especially for miR-989, which is highly expressed in the female mosquitoes, but shows almost no detected expression in male mosquitoes, indicating that miR-989 may be involved in the physiological activity of female mosquito adults. The expression of four miRNAs in different growth stages of mosquito were further identified by Northern blot. Several miRNAs show the stage-specific expression, of which miR-2943 only expressed in the egg stage, suggesting that miR-2943 may be associated with the development of mosquito eggs. Conclusions The present study represents the first global characterization of An. anthropophagus miRNAs in sexual differences and stage-specific functions. A better understanding of the functions of these miRNAs will offer new insights in mosquito biology and has implications for the effective control of mosquito-borne infectious diseases.https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-159MicroRNAs (miRNAs)Anopheles anthropophagusExpression profileSexual differencesStage-specific |
| spellingShingle | Wenquan Liu Huicong Huang Cuicui Xing Chunxiang Li Feng Tan Shaohui Liang Identification and characterization of the expression profile of microRNAs in Anopheles anthropophagus Parasites & Vectors MicroRNAs (miRNAs) Anopheles anthropophagus Expression profile Sexual differences Stage-specific |
| title | Identification and characterization of the expression profile of microRNAs in Anopheles anthropophagus |
| title_full | Identification and characterization of the expression profile of microRNAs in Anopheles anthropophagus |
| title_fullStr | Identification and characterization of the expression profile of microRNAs in Anopheles anthropophagus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification and characterization of the expression profile of microRNAs in Anopheles anthropophagus |
| title_short | Identification and characterization of the expression profile of microRNAs in Anopheles anthropophagus |
| title_sort | identification and characterization of the expression profile of micrornas in anopheles anthropophagus |
| topic | MicroRNAs (miRNAs) Anopheles anthropophagus Expression profile Sexual differences Stage-specific |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-159 |
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