Siengdee, Puntita: MiRNAs as regulators of gene expression modulate development and energy metabolism of skeletal muscle. - Bonn, 2015. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-39799,
author = {{Puntita Siengdee}},
title = {MiRNAs as regulators of gene expression modulate development and energy metabolism of skeletal muscle},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2015,
month = jun,

note = {It is important to understand the molecular networks affecting biological properties of muscle in order to improve the efficiency of meat production and meat quality in domestic animals. The discovery of miRNA represents an important breakthrough in biology in recent years. MiRNA function identification has become one of the active research fields in muscle biology addressing muscle development, growth and metabolism. This thesis aims at the identification of miRNAs differentially expressed in skeletal muscle at various developmental stages and in pig breeds differing in muscularity. Moreover, links between miRNAs and mRNAs should be shown in order to address biofunctions affected by miRNAs in muscle. Finally, miRNAs impacted on muscle metabolism should be validated exemplarity by in vitro cell culture experimants.
The first approach demonstrates the comprehensive miRNA expression profiles of longissimus dorsi (LD) during muscle development and growth. A comparative study on two distinct phenotypic pigs were performed using miRNA custom designed arrays. Two different key stages 63 and 91 days post-conception (dpc), and one adult stage (180 days post-natum) were analysed in German Landrace (DL) and Pietrain (Pi) breeds. Several potential candidate miRNAs are significantly up-regulated and associated with muscular developmental stages and breed types. The Affymetrix GeneChip porcine genome microarrays were also used to obtain the differential transcriptional profile of mRNA targets of the same animals. The combination of miRNA–mRNA expression data and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis established complex miRNA–dependent regulatory networks. A number of miRNA–mRNA interactions, that were associated to cellular growth and proliferation and lipid-metabolism functions, revealed insights into their role during skeletal muscle development and growth.
The second approach involves in muscle growth in post mortem pig traits (crossbred [PI×(DL×DE)] population, n = 207). The experiment integrated miRNA and mRNA expression together with network analysis by using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). In this part, we identified the negative miRNA-mRNA co-expression networks which revealed several biological pathways underlying the difference of meat properties and muscle traits (i.e. glucose metabolic process, mitochondrial ribosome and oxidative phosphorylation).
In the last approach, C2C12 in vitro model studies revealed that miRNAs are modulated in cellular ATP production and energy metabolism processes during myogenic differentiation. Correlation analyses were performed between ATP level, miRNA and mRNA microarray expression profiles during C2C12 differentiation. Among 14 significant miRNAs as representing cellular ATP regulators involved in mitochondrial energy metabolism, miR-423-3p is a novel regulator for cellular ATP/ energy metabolism via targeting the group of mitochondrial energy metabolism genes (Cox6a2, Ndufb7, and Ndufs5).
In conclusion, the present study further adds a comprehensive knowledge on the systems perspective of the skeletal muscle miRNAs and their target genes regulation networks that influence on skeletal muscle starting from early muscle development to mature muscle growth.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/6237}
}

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