Circular RNA Expression Profiling and Selection of Key Circular RNAs in the Hypothalamus of Heat-Acclimated Rats
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Abstract
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have vital roles in great variety of biological processes. However, expression levels and functions of circRNAs related to heat acclimation (HA) are poorly understood. This study is the first time an in-depth circRNA expression profiling were used to investigate circRNA-miRNA interactions in HA rats in order to further comprehend the mechanisms underlying HA. CircRNA expression profile was performed in rats' hypothalamus of HA and control group with microarray assays and their functions were predicted by using Bioinformatics analysis. Differential circRNAs and their regulated downstream miRNAs and mRNAs were quantitatively validated by means of quantitative polymerase chain reaction in real-time (RT-qPCR). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was then applied to predict the expression of proteins. In total, 53 circRNAs were expressed distinctively between the HA and Control; up- and down-regulation of circRNAs were 28 and 25, respectively, in HA (fold change > 1.5, P Hif-1α, rno_circRNA_014301-vs-rno-miR-3575-vs-Lppr4, and rno_circRNA_010393-vs-rno-miR-20b-3p-vs-Mfap4 in hypoxia response pathways, substance/energy metabolism, and inflammatory response pathways. Our findings implicate that many circRNAs regulate expressions of genes that interact with each other to exert their functions during HA.
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