目的:探究新发现的两个miRNA对家蚕丝素轻链基因BmFib-L的调控作用。创新点:在家蚕后部丝腺中发现两个新的miRNA,并首次证明它们对家蚕丝素蛋白轻链基因BmFib-L有负调控作用。方法:本实验通过生物信息学分析,从家蚕后部丝腺miRNA高通量测序获得的新miRNA中,筛选出两个可能对家蚕丝素蛋白轻链基因BmFib-L有调控作用的miRNA,即bmo-miR-0001和bmo-miR-0015。设计茎环引物,采用反转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)方法对家蚕5龄3 d头部、表皮、脂肪体、马氏管、精巢/卵巢、丝腺(前、中、后)、气管、中肠和血淋巴细胞等12个不同组织的bmo-miR-0001和bmo-miR-00015进行半定量表达分析。并采用双荧光报告基因检测系统进一步在细胞水平上验证bmo-miR-0001和bmo-miR-0015对BmFib-L表达的调控作用。结论:本实验中RT-PCR结果显示,这两个新miRNA在家蚕后部丝腺中表达量最高(图4)。双荧光报告基因检测结果显示,报告基因荧光素酶活性明显低于阳性对照组(图7),转染bmo-miR-0001和bmo-miR-0015表达载体的细胞,报告基因和荧光素酶活性分别只及对照组60%和69%。t检验分析结果显示两个实验组与对照组之间差异都达到显著水平(P〈0.05)。由此可见,bmo-miR-0001和bmo-miR-0015在体外对BmFib-L的表达具有显著的抑制作用。
Based on bioinformatic analysis, we selected two novel micro RNAs(miRNAs), bmo-miR-0001 and bmomiR-0015, from high-throughput sequencing of the Bombyx mori larval posterior silk gland(PSG). Firstly, we examined the expression of bmo-miR-0001 and bmo-miR-0015 in 12 different tissues of the 5th instar Day-3 larvae of the silkworm. The results showed that the expression levels of both bmo-miR-0001 and bmo-miR-0015 were obviously higher in the PSG than in other tissues, implying there is a spatio-temporal condition for bmo-miR-0001 and bmo-miR-0015 to regulate the expression of Bm Fib-L. To test this hypothesis, we constructed pri-bmo-miR-0001 expressing the plasmid pc DNA3.0 [ie1-egfp-pri-bmo-miR-0001-SV40] and pri-bmo-miR-0015 expressing the plasmid pc DNA3.0 [ie1-egfp-pribmo-miR-0015-SV40]. Finally, the Bm N cells were harvested and luciferase activity was detected. The results showed that luciferase activity was reduced significantly(P〈0.05) in Bm N cells co-transfected by pc DNA3.0 [ie1-egfp-pri-bmomiR-0001-SV40] or pc DNA3.0 [ie1-egfp-pri-bmo-miR-0015-SV40] with p GL3.0 [A3-luc-Fib-L-3'UTR-SV40], suggesting that both bmo-miR-0001 and bmo-miR-0015 can down-regulate the expression of Bm Fib-L in vitro.