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Abstract: Based on bioinformatic analysis, we selected two novel microRNAs (miRNAs), bmo-miR-0001 and bmo-miR-0015, from high-throughput sequencing of the Bombyx mori larval posterior silk gland (PSG). Firstly, we examined the expression of bmo-miR-0001 and bmo-miR 12 different tissues of the 5th instar Day-3 larvae of the silkworm. The results showed that the expression levels of both bmo-miR-0001 and bmo-miR-0015 were obviously higher in the PSG than in other tissues, implying there is a spatio-temporal condition for bmo-miR-0001 and bmo-miR-0015 to regulate the expression of BmFib-L. To test this hypothesis, we constructed pri-bmo-miR-0001 expressing the plasmid pcDNA3.0 and pri-bmo-miR-0015 expressing the plasmid pcDNA3.0 [ie1-egfp-pri-bmo-miR-0015-SV40]. Finally, the BmN cells were harvested and luciferase activity was detected. The results showed that luciferase activity was reduced significantly (P<0.05) in BmN cells co-transfected by pcDNA3.0 [ie1-egfp-pri-bmo-miR-0001-SV40] or pcDNA3.0 with pGL3.0 [A3-luc-Fib-L-3'UTR-SV40], suggesting that both bmo-miR-0001 and bmo-miR-0015 can down-regulate the expression of BmFib-L in vitro.

家蚕miR-0001和miR-0015体外下调BmFib-L基因的表达

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