Identification of a novel miRNA from the ovine ovary by a combinatorial approach of bioinformatics and experiments

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  • CHANG Weihua
    College of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alar City, Xinjiang 843300, PR China
  • WANG Juanhong
    College of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alar City, Xinjiang 843300, PR China
  • TAO Dayong
    College of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alar City, Xinjiang 843300, PR China
  • ZHANG Yong
    College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070, PR China
  • HE Jianzhong
    College of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alar City, Xinjiang 843300, PR China
  • SHI Changqing
    College of Animal Science, Tarim University, Alar City, Xinjiang 843300, PR China

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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short endogenous, single-stranded, non-coding small RNA molecules, about 19–25 nucleotides in length that regulate gene expression at the translation level and influence many physiological process, such apoptosis, metabolism, signal transduction, and occurrence and development of diseases. In this study, we constructed a library from the ovine luteal phase ovary by using next-generation sequencing technology (Solexa high-throughput sequencing technique) and identified 267 novel miRNAs by bioinformatics. One of the novel miRNAs (ovis_aries_ovary-m0033_3p), which expressed in the sheep ovary and testis, was confirmed by real time PCR and northern blot. Ovis_aries_ovary-m0033_3p was 21 nucleotides in length and located on chromosome 12, and it had 100% similarity to hsa-miR-214-3p, mmu-miR-214-3p, dre-miR-214and ssc-miR-214. Meanwhile, the pre-miRNA was 82 nucleotides in length and had a standard hairpin stem-loop structure. From the consistency of the sequence and structure, we speculated that ovis_aries_ovary-m0033_3p had a function similar to hsa-miR-214-3p, which is involved in the fine regulation of cell survival, embryonic development, breeding activities and resistance to ovarian cancer, so we defined it as oar-miR-214-3p. These experimental results will enrich the miRNA database for ovis aries and provide the basis for researching the regulation mechanism of miRNA in relation to breeding activities of seasonal breeding animals.

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