PSXII-28 miRNA2382-5p regulates production of triglyceride in mammary epithelial cells via targeting NDRG2 of dairy cattle. (30th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xia, Lixin; Fang, Xibi; Zhao, Zhihui; Yang, Runjun
• Is Part Of: Journal of animal science. Volume 98(2020)Supplement 4
• Page Start: 248
• Page End: 248
• Publication Date: 2020-11-30
• Subjects: Dairy cattle -- Milk fat percentage -- Mammary epithelial cells -- microRNA -- NDRG2; Livestock -- Periodicals; Livestock; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 636.005
• DOI: 10.1093/jas/skaa278.449
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8812

Abstract

Abstract: Introduction: Based on the conjoint analysis of RNA-seq and Solexa sequencing of BMECs from dairy cattle with high and low milk fat percentages, miRNA2382-5p was screened as a differentially expressed miRNA, and NDRG2 might be the target gene of miRNA2382-5p. Materials and Methods: The experimental BMECs were previously constructed in our laboratory. The triglyceride Kit was used to separate the cells and detect the content of triglyceride. The target relationship of miRNA2382-5p and NDRG2 was validated by luciferase reporter assay, qRT-PCR and western blot. The data were analyzed by GraphPad 6.0. Results: The detection of triglyceride content in BMECs showed that the triglyceride in BMECs transfected with miRNA2382-5p mimics significantly decreased compared with BMECs transfected with control, and the triglyceride in BMECs transfected with miRNA2382-5p inhibitor significantly increased. The luciferase reporter assays revealed that the luciferase activity of BMECs transfected with pmiR-NDRG2-WT was decreased compared with BMECs transfected with pmiRR-NDRG2-mut and pmiR-REPORT. The qRT-PCR and western blot result showed that the expression of NDRG2 in BMECs transfected with miRNA2382-5p mimics was significantly decreased, and the expression of NDRG2 in BMECs transfected with the miRNA2382-5p inhibitor was significantly increased compared with BMECs transfected with control. Moreover, compared with control group, the triglyceride in BMECs transfected with pBI-CMV3-NDRG2 was significantly increased, and the pGPU6/GFP/Neo-NDRG2 group was significantly decreased. Discussion and Conclusions: Comparative proteomics analysis of longissimus muscle from different breeds of cattle showed that NDRG2 was positively correlated with intramuscular fat deposition. In our study, we screened NDRG2 as a DEG in both the RNA-seq and conjoint analyses and confirmed that NDRG2 is a target gene of miRNA2382-5p. MiRNA2382-5p can inhibit the production of triglyceride, and the overexpression of NDRG2 can promote the production of triglyceride. Therefore, we believe that miRNA2382-5p can affect triglyceride production by negatively regulating the expression of NDRG2.