昆虫学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 65 ›› Issue (10): 1256-1265.doi: 10.16380/j.kcxb.2022.10.002

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ame-miR-79负调控意大利蜜蜂工蜂幼虫肠道中靶基因CYP450和FG的表达

张凯遥1,#, 刘佳美1,#, 张文德1, 胡颖1, 康育欣1, 王紫馨1, 王思懿1钱加珺1, 赵萧1, 张佳欣1, 陈大福1,2, 郭睿1,2,*, 付中民1,2,*   

  1. (1. 福建农林大学动物科学学院(蜂学学院), 福州 350002; 2. 福建农林大学蜂疗研究所, 福州 350002)
  • 出版日期:2022-10-20 发布日期:2022-11-27

ame-miR-79 negatively regulates the expression of target genes CYP450 and FG in the larval guts of Apis mellifera ligustica workers

ZHANG Kai-Yao1,#, LIU Jia-Mei1,#, ZHANG Wen-De1, HU Ying1, KANG Yu-Xin1, WANG Zi-Xin1, WANG Si-Yi1, QIAN Jia-Jun1, ZHAO Xiao1, ZHANG Jia-Xin1, CHEN Da-Fu1,2, GUO Rui1,2,*, FU Zhong-Min1,2,*   

  1. (1. College of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; 2. Apitherapy Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China)
  • Online:2022-10-20 Published:2022-11-27

摘要: 【目的】本研究旨在通过饲喂ame-miR-79的模拟物(mimic)和抑制物(inhibitor)对意大利蜜蜂Apis mellifera ligustica工蜂幼虫肠道内的ame-miR-79分别进行过表达和敲减,探究ame-miR-79对幼虫肠道内靶基因表达的调控作用。【方法】通过分子克隆与Sanger测序验证意大利蜜蜂工蜂幼虫肠道内ame-miR-79的序列真实性。通过饲喂mimic-miR-79和inhibitor-miR-79对意大利蜜蜂工蜂4-6日龄幼虫肠道内的ame-miR-79分别进行过表达和敲减。采用相关生物信息学软件进行ame-miR-79的靶基因预测与分析。通过RT-qPCR检测ame-miR-79的过表达和敲减效果及过表达和敲减ame-miR-79后靶基因的相对表达量。【结果】ame-miR-79在意大利蜜蜂工蜂幼虫肠道内真实存在。与无义模拟物(nonsense mimic, mimic-NC)组相比,mimic-miR-79组的4-6日龄幼虫肠道内ame-miR-79的表达量皆极显著上调;与无义抑制物(nonsense inhibitor, inhibitor-NC)组相比,inhibitor-miR-79组的4和5日龄幼虫肠道内ame-miR-79的表达量显著下调,6日龄幼虫肠道内ame-miR-79的表达量极显著下调。ame-miR-79共靶向303个基因,涉及27个GO条目和179条KEGG通路。相较于mimic-NC组,靶基因细胞色素P450基因CYP450在mimic-miR-79组的4和5日龄幼虫肠道内均极显著下调表达,而在6日龄幼虫肠道内上调表达;靶基因fringe糖基化转移酶(fringe glycosyltransferase, FG)基因在4日龄幼虫肠道内下调表达,在5日龄幼虫肠道内显著下调表达,而在6日龄幼虫肠道内上调表达。相较于inhibitor-NC组,CYP450在inhibitor-miR-79组的4日龄幼虫肠道内极显著上调表达,在6日龄幼虫肠道内上调表达,而在5日龄幼虫肠道内下调表达;FG的表达水平在4日龄幼虫肠道内显著上调,在5和6日龄幼虫肠道内极显著上调。【结论】ame-miR-79在意大利蜜蜂工蜂幼虫肠道内真实存在;通过饲喂模拟物和抑制物能分别实现意大利蜜蜂工蜂幼虫肠道内ame-miR-79的有效过表达和敲减;ame-miR-79负调控意大利蜜蜂工蜂幼虫肠道内CYP450和FG的表达。

关键词:  意大利蜜蜂, miRNA, ame-miR-79, 幼虫, 肠道, 发育, 靶基因

Abstract: 【Aim】 The objective of this study is to further investigate the role of ame-miR-79 in regulating the expression of target genes in the larval guts of Apis mellifera ligustica workers by performing overexpression and knockdown of ame-miR-79 in the larval guts by feeding with mimic and inhibitor of ame-miR-79, respectively. 【Methods】 Molecular cloning and Sanger sequencing were conducted to confirm the sequence authenticity of ame-miR-79 in the larval guts of A. m. ligustica workers. Overexpression and knockdown of ame-miR-79 in the 4-6-day-old larval guts of A. m. ligustica workers were performed through feeding with mimic-miR-79 and inhibitor-miR-79, respectively. Prediction and analysis of target genes of ame-miR-79 were carried out with related bioinformatic software. The overexpression and knockdown effects of ame-miR-79 and the relative expression levels of target genes after overexpression and knockdown of ame-miR-79 were examined by RT-qPCR. 【Results】 ame-miR-79 truly exists in the larval gut of A. m. ligustica workers. Compared with the nonsense mimic (mimic-NC) group, the mimic-miR-79 group showed extremely significantly up-regulated expression of ame-miR-79 in the 4-6-day-old larval guts. In comparison with the nonsense inhibitor (inhibitor-NC) group, the inhibitor-miR-79 group showed significantly down-regulated expression of ame-miR-79 in the 4- and 5-day-old larval guts and extremely significantly down-regulated expression of ame-miR-79 in the 6-day-old larval gut. ame-miR-79 can target 303 genes, which are associated with 27 GO terms and 179 KEGG pathways. In comparison with the mimic-NC group, the mimic-miR-79 group showed extremely significantly down-regulated expression of the cytochrome P450 gene CYP450 in the 4- and 5-day-old larval guts and up-regulated expression of CYP450 in the 6-day-old larval gut, while showed downregulated expression of fringe glycosyltransferase (FG) gene in the 4-day-old larval gut, significantly down-regulated expression of FG in the 5-day-old larval gut, and up-regulated expression of FG in the 6-day-old larval gut. Compared with the inhibitor-NC group, the inhibitor-miR-79 group exhibited extremely significantly up-regulated expression of CYP450 in the 4-day-old larval gut, up-regulated expression of CYP450 in the 6-day-old larval gut, and downregulated expression of CYP450 in the 5-day-old larval gut, while significantly up-regulated expression of FG in the 4-day-old larval gut and extremely significantly up-regulated expression of FG in the 5- and 6-day-old larval guts. 【Conclusion】 ame-miR-79 truly exists in the larval guts of A. m. ligustica workers. Effective overexpression and knockdown of ame-miR-79 in the larval guts of A. m. ligustica workers can be achieved via feeding with mimic and inhibitor, respectively. ame-miR-79 negatively regulates the expression of CYP450 and FG in the larval guts of A. m. ligustica workers.

Key words: Apis mellifera ligustica, miRNA, ame-miR-79, larva, gut, development, target gene