Identification, bioinformatic analysis and expression profiling of candidate mRNA-like non-coding RNAs in Sus scrofa

Bang Xiao; Xingju Zhang; Yong Li; Zhonglin Tang; Shulin Yang; Yulian Mu; Wentao Cui; Hong Ao; Kui Li

doi:10.1016/S1673-8527(08)60162-9

Volume 36 Issue 12

Dec. 2009

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Identification, bioinformatic analysis and expression profiling of candidate mRNA-like non-coding RNAs in Sus scrofa

doi: 10.1016/S1673-8527(08)60162-9

a
Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education of China, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan 430070, China
b
Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture of China, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: kuili@iascaas.net.cn (Kui Li)
Received Date: 2009-07-13
Accepted Date: 2009-11-07
Rev Recd Date: 2009-11-06

Available Online: 2009-12-21

Publish Date: 2009-12-20

Abstract

Abstract

Messenger RNA-like non-coding RNAs (mlncRNAs) are a newly identified group of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that may be involved in a number of critical cellular events. In this study, 93 candidate porcine mlncRNAs were obtained by computational prediction and screening, among which 72 were mapped to the porcine genome. Further analysis of 8 representative candidates revealed that these mlncRNA candidates are not highly conserved among species. Remarkably, one of the candidates, sTF35495, was found to be precursor of a putative porcine microRNA. By RACE PCR, we determined that the full length of sTF35495 was 3 kb. The protein-coding potential of this RNA was tested in silico with no significant finding. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis of the subgroup of 8 candidates revealed two distinct expression profiles and two molecules were further validated by real-time PCR. The predicted pre-microRNA sequence in this study provides a potentially interesting insight into the in vivo function of porcine mlncRNAs and our findings suggest that they play key biological roles in Sus scrofa.
- putative porcine mlncRNA,
- chromosome localization,
- interspecies conservation,
- pre-microRNA,
- RACE,
- expression profiling,
- qPCR

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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