In recent years, the meat and dairy value of buffaloes has become a major concern in buffalo breeding, and the improvement of buffalo beef quality is key to protecting buffalo germplasm resources and solving the problem of beef supply. MiRNAs play a significant role in regulating muscle development. However, the precise mechanism by which they regulate the development of buffalo skeletal muscles remains largely unexplored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn cis-regulatory elements, enhancers and promoters with complex molecular interactions are used to coordinate gene transcription through physical proximity and chemical modifications. These processes subsequently influence the phenotypic characteristics of an organism. An in-depth exploration of enhancers and promoters can substantially enhance our understanding of gene regulatory networks, shedding new light on mammalian development, evolution and disease pathways.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlia and neurons face different challenges in aging and may engage different mechanisms to maintain their morphology and functionality. Here, we report that adult-onset downregulation of a Drosophila gene CG32529/GLAD led to shortened lifespan and age-dependent brain degeneration. This regulation exhibited cell type and subtype-specificity, involving mainly surface glia (comprising the BBB) and cortex glia (wrapping neuronal soma) in flies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTDP-43 is an important DNA/RNA-binding protein that is associated with age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD); however, its pathomechanism is not fully understood. In a transgenic RNAi screen using Drosophila as a model, we uncovered that knockdown (KD) of Dsor1 (the Drosophila MAPK kinase dMEK) suppressed TDP-43 toxicity without altering TDP-43 phosphorylation or protein levels. Further investigation revealed that the Dsor1 downstream gene rl (dERK) was abnormally upregulated in TDP-43 flies, and neuronal overexpression of dERK induced profound upregulation of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpermatogenesis is a complex process that requires many regulatory mechanisms to form healthy sperm. Numerous studies have also proved that m6A methylation modification and lncRNA are essential for normal spermatogenesis. However, the mutual regulation of m6A methylation and lncRNA in spermatogenesis is still unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate several pathway intermediates and affect the skeletal muscle development in mice, pigs, sheep, and cattle. However, to date, only a small number of miRNAs have been reported in the muscle development of goats. In this report, the transcripts of one- and ten-month-old goats were analyzed by sequencing RNAs and miRNAs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPoultry production was long plagued by coccidiosis, and the development of alternative therapies will make practical sense. In this work, 2 battery experiments were designed. In battery experiment 1, the best effect of 7 anticoccidial herbs (Sophora japonica Linn, Citrus aurantium L, leaf of Acer palmatum, bark of Magnolia officinalis, fruit peel of Punica granatum L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBuffalo holds an excellent potential for beef production, and circRNA plays an important role in regulating myogenesis. However, the regulatory mechanism of circRNAs during buffalo skeletal muscle development has not been fully explored. In this study, circRNA expression profiles during the proliferation and differentiation stages of buffalo myoblasts were analysed by RNA-seq.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBuffalo meat is of good quality because it is lean and tender, and could bring significant cardiovascular benefits. The underlying difference in muscle development and meat quality is a complex and precisely orchestrated process which has been demonstrated to be regulated by long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). However, the regulatory role of lncRNAs in the growth and development of buffalo skeletal muscle is still unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMyogenesis is an essential process that can affect the yield and quality of beef. Transcriptional studies have shown that histone deacetylase 11 (HDAC11) was differentially expressed in muscle tissues of 6 and 18 month old Longlin cattle, but its role in the regulation of myogenesis remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the role of HDAC11 in the proliferation and differentiation of bovine muscle stem cells (MuSCs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF2-Mercaptoethanol (2-ME) is often used as an antioxidant to optimize culture systems for in vitro oocyte maturation in livestock. However, the relationship between 2-ME and autophagy has not yet been elucidated. In this study, we hypothesized that 2-ME can promote porcine oocyte maturation in vitro by maintaining autophagy homeostasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSignificant advances have been made in recent years in identifying the genetic components of Wallerian degeneration, the process that brings the progressive destruction and removal of injured axons. It has now been accepted that Wallerian degeneration is an active and dynamic cellular process that is well regulated at molecular and cellular levels. In this review, we describe our current understanding of Wallerian degeneration, focusing on the molecular players and mechanisms that mediate the injury response, activate the degenerative program, transduce the death signal, execute the destruction order, and finally, clear away the debris.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFessential oil(LCEO) can affect the growth of drug-resistance bacteria. However, research on stress response of drug-resistant under sub-lethal LCEO concentrations had been limited so far. Therefore, transcriptomic analysisof under 1/2 minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC, 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFL. essential oil (LCEO) is a natural essential oil with considerable antimicrobial activity, and it can gradually replace some chemical additives in the food industry. However, the genetic evidences of stress response of bacteria under sub-lethal treatment with LCEO is limited.
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(DC.) Makino is a herbal medicine and it is recorded that its water extract can be used to treat acute diseases caused by bacterial infections. In order to understand the polysaccharide of (DC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, Squalene epoxidase () overexpression vector was transfected into bovine skeletal muscle-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) to study the molecular mechanism of regulating meat quality through myogenesis. We initially profiled the expression of in cattle embryos and adults, in the muscle tissue of four different cattle varieties, and in 11 different tissues/organs of Guangxi cattle variety. Subsequently, we isolated and cultured bovine skeletal muscle-derived MSCs and detected the expression of during cell proliferation and differentiation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFipronil is a broad-spectrum insecticide that has a good control effect on pests of commercial poultry. Although many studies have reported the environmental fate of fipronil, the influence of residual fipronil in poultry waste on biogas production has not been further explored yet. In this article, an experimental comparative study on anaerobic digestion (AD) of chicken manure (CM) and corn straw (CS) with different fipronil concentrations (FCs) was carried at 8% of total solid (TS) and mid-temperature (35 ± 1)°C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe composition of mammalian intestinal microflora is related to many environmental and geographical factors, and it plays an important role in many aspects such as growth and development. Sequencing data of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene from sable (Martes zibellina) samples using next-generation sequencing technology are limited. In our research, 84,116 reads obtained by high-throughput sequencing were analyzed to characterize and compare the intestinal microflora of wild sables and housed sables.
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