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Sex-Specific miRNA Differences in Liquid Biopsies from Subjects with Solid Tumors and Healthy Controls. 实体肿瘤患者和健康对照者液体活检中性别特异性miRNA差异

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2023-01-10 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes7010002

Elena Tomeva, Ulrike D B Krammer, Olivier J Switzeny, Alexander G Haslberger, Berit Hippe

{"title":"Sex-Specific miRNA Differences in Liquid Biopsies from Subjects with Solid Tumors and Healthy Controls.","authors":"Elena Tomeva, Ulrike D B Krammer, Olivier J Switzeny, Alexander G Haslberger, Berit Hippe","doi":"10.3390/epigenomes7010002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes7010002","url":null,"abstract":"Dysregulation of epigenetic mechanisms has been recognized to play a crucial role in cancer development, but these mechanisms vary between sexes. Therefore, we focused on sex-specific differences in the context of cancer-based data from a recent study. A total of 12 cell-free DNA methylation targets in CpG-rich promoter regions and 48 miRNAs were analyzed by qPCR in plasma samples from 8 female and 7 male healthy controls as well as 48 female and 80 male subjects with solid tumors of the bladder, brain, colorectal region (CRC), lung, stomach, pancreas, and liver. Due to the small sample size in some groups and/or the non-balanced distribution of men and women, sex-specific differences were evaluated statistically only in healthy subjects, CRC, stomach or pancreas cancer patients, and all cancer subjects combined (n female/male-8/7, 14/14, 8/15, 6/6, 48/80, respectively). Several miRNAs with opposing expressions between the sexes were observed for healthy subjects (miR-17-5p, miR-26b-5p); CRC patients (miR-186-5p, miR-22-3p, miR-22-5p, miR-25-3p, miR-92a-3p, miR-16-5p); stomach cancer patients (miR-133a-3p, miR-22-5p); and all cancer patients combined (miR-126-3p, miR-21-5p, miR-92a-3p, miR-183-5p). Moreover, sex-specific correlations that were dependent on cancer stage were observed in women (miR-27a-3p) and men (miR-17-5p, miR-20a-5p). Our results indicate the complex and distinct role of epigenetic regulation, particularly miRNAs, depending not only on the health status but also on the sex of the patient. The same miRNAs could have diverse effects in different tissues and opposing effects between the biological sexes, which should be considered in biomarker research.","PeriodicalId":55768,"journal":{"name":"Epigenomes","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9844450/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10547893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 5

Environmental Adaptation of Genetically Uniform Organisms with the Help of Epigenetic Mechanisms-An Insightful Perspective on Ecoepigenetics. 遗传均一生物在表观遗传机制下的环境适应——生态表观遗传学的一个深刻见解。

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2022-12-26 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes7010001

Günter Vogt

{"title":"Environmental Adaptation of Genetically Uniform Organisms with the Help of Epigenetic Mechanisms-An Insightful Perspective on Ecoepigenetics.","authors":"Günter Vogt","doi":"10.3390/epigenomes7010001","DOIUrl":"10.3390/epigenomes7010001","url":null,"abstract":"Organisms adapt to different environments by selection of the most suitable phenotypes from the standing genetic variation or by phenotypic plasticity, the ability of single genotypes to produce different phenotypes in different environments. Because of near genetic identity, asexually reproducing populations are particularly suitable for the investigation of the potential and molecular underpinning of the latter alternative in depth. Recent analyses on the whole-genome scale of differently adapted clonal animals and plants demonstrated that epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation, histone modifications and non-coding RNAs are among the molecular pathways supporting phenotypic plasticity and that epigenetic variation is used to stably adapt to different environments. Case studies revealed habitat-specific epigenetic fingerprints that were maintained over subsequent years pointing at the existence of epigenetic ecotypes. Environmentally induced epimutations and corresponding gene expression changes provide an ideal means for fast and directional adaptation to changing or new conditions, because they can synchronously alter phenotypes in many population members. Because microorganisms inclusive of human pathogens also exploit epigenetically mediated phenotypic variation for environmental adaptation, this phenomenon is considered a universal biological principle. The production of different phenotypes from the same DNA sequence in response to environmental cues by epigenetic mechanisms also provides a mechanistic explanation for the \"general-purpose genotype hypothesis\" and the \"genetic paradox of invasions\".","PeriodicalId":55768,"journal":{"name":"Epigenomes","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9844400/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9184363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Promoter-Adjacent DNA Hypermethylation Can Downmodulate Gene Expression: TBX15 in the Muscle Lineage. 启动子邻近DNA超甲基化可以下调肌肉谱系中TBX15基因的表达。

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2022-12-09 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes6040043

Kenneth C Ehrlich, Michelle Lacey, Carl Baribault, Sagnik Sen, Pierre Olivier Esteve, Sriharsa Pradhan, Melanie Ehrlich

{"title":"Promoter-Adjacent DNA Hypermethylation Can Downmodulate Gene Expression: TBX15 in the Muscle Lineage.","authors":"Kenneth C Ehrlich, Michelle Lacey, Carl Baribault, Sagnik Sen, Pierre Olivier Esteve, Sriharsa Pradhan, Melanie Ehrlich","doi":"10.3390/epigenomes6040043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6040043","url":null,"abstract":"TBX15, which encodes a differentiation-related transcription factor, displays promoter-adjacent DNA hypermethylation in myoblasts and skeletal muscle (psoas) that is absent from non-expressing cells in other lineages. By whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) and enzymatic methyl-seq (EM-seq), these hypermethylated regions were found to border both sides of a constitutively unmethylated promoter. To understand the functionality of this DNA hypermethylation, we cloned the differentially methylated sequences (DMRs) in CpG-free reporter vectors and tested them for promoter or enhancer activity upon transient transfection. These cloned regions exhibited strong promoter activity and, when placed upstream of a weak promoter, strong enhancer activity specifically in myoblast host cells. In vitro CpG methylation targeted to the DMR sequences in the plasmids resulted in 86−100% loss of promoter or enhancer activity, depending on the insert sequence. These results as well as chromatin epigenetic and transcription profiles for this gene in various cell types support the hypothesis that DNA hypermethylation immediately upstream and downstream of the unmethylated promoter region suppresses enhancer/extended promoter activity, thereby downmodulating, but not silencing, expression in myoblasts and certain kinds of skeletal muscle. This promoter-border hypermethylation was not found in cell types with a silent TBX15 gene, and these cells, instead, exhibit repressive chromatin in and around the promoter. TBX18, TBX2, TBX3 and TBX1 display TBX15-like hypermethylated DMRs at their promoter borders and preferential expression in myoblasts. Therefore, promoter-adjacent DNA hypermethylation for downmodulating transcription to prevent overexpression may be used more frequently for transcription regulation than currently appreciated.","PeriodicalId":55768,"journal":{"name":"Epigenomes","volume":"6 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778270/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9082504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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RINGs, DUBs and Abnormal Brain Growth-Histone H2A Ubiquitination in Brain Development and Disease. 环，dub和异常脑生长-组蛋白H2A泛素化在脑发育和疾病。

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2022-12-02 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes6040042

Lucy Anne Doyle, Firuze Unlu Bektas, Eleftheria Chatzantonaki, Charlotte Repton, Alexandra Derrien, Robert Scott Illingworth

{"title":"RINGs, DUBs and Abnormal Brain Growth-Histone H2A Ubiquitination in Brain Development and Disease.","authors":"Lucy Anne Doyle, Firuze Unlu Bektas, Eleftheria Chatzantonaki, Charlotte Repton, Alexandra Derrien, Robert Scott Illingworth","doi":"10.3390/epigenomes6040042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6040042","url":null,"abstract":"During mammalian neurodevelopment, signaling pathways converge upon transcription factors (TFs) to establish appropriate gene expression programmes leading to the production of distinct neural and glial cell types. This process is partially regulated by the dynamic modulation of chromatin states by epigenetic systems, including the polycomb group (PcG) family of co-repressors. PcG proteins form multi-subunit assemblies that sub-divide into distinct, yet functionally related families. Polycomb repressive complexes 1 and 2 (PRC1 and 2) modify the chemical properties of chromatin by covalently modifying histone tails via H2A ubiquitination (H2AK119ub1) and H3 methylation, respectively. In contrast to the PRCs, the Polycomb repressive deubiquitinase (PR-DUB) complex removes H2AK119ub1 from chromatin through the action of the C-terminal hydrolase BAP1. Genetic screening has identified several PcG mutations that are causally associated with a range of congenital neuropathologies associated with both localised and/or systemic growth abnormalities. As PRC1 and PR-DUB hold opposing functions to control H2AK119ub1 levels across the genome, it is plausible that such neurodevelopmental disorders arise through a common mechanism. In this review, we will focus on advancements regarding the composition and opposing molecular functions of mammalian PRC1 and PR-DUB, and explore how their dysfunction contributes to the emergence of neurodevelopmental disorders.","PeriodicalId":55768,"journal":{"name":"Epigenomes","volume":"6 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9778336/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10771806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dynamic 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Change: Implication for Aging of Non-Human Primate Brain. 5-羟甲基胞嘧啶的动态变化:对非人类灵长类大脑衰老的影响。

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2022-11-28 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes6040041

Xiaodong Liu, Xiao-Jiang Li, Li Lin

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Regulation of Polyhomeotic Condensates by Intrinsically Disordered Sequences That Affect Chromatin Binding. 影响染色质结合的内在无序序列对多同质凝聚物的调控。

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2022-11-03 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes6040040

Ibani Kapur, Elodie L Boulier, Nicole J Francis

{"title":"Regulation of Polyhomeotic Condensates by Intrinsically Disordered Sequences That Affect Chromatin Binding.","authors":"Ibani Kapur, Elodie L Boulier, Nicole J Francis","doi":"10.3390/epigenomes6040040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6040040","url":null,"abstract":"The Polycomb group (PcG) complex PRC1 localizes in the nucleus in condensed structures called Polycomb bodies. The PRC1 subunit Polyhomeotic (Ph) contains an oligomerizing sterile alpha motif (SAM) that is implicated in both PcG body formation and chromatin organization in Drosophila and mammalian cells. A truncated version of Ph containing the SAM (mini-Ph) forms phase-separated condensates with DNA or chromatin in vitro, suggesting that PcG bodies may form through SAM-driven phase separation. In cells, Ph forms multiple small condensates, while mini-Ph typically forms a single large nuclear condensate. We therefore hypothesized that sequences outside of mini-Ph, which are predicted to be intrinsically disordered, are required for proper condensate formation. We identified three distinct low-complexity regions in Ph based on sequence composition. We systematically tested the role of each of these sequences in Ph condensates using live imaging of transfected Drosophila S2 cells. Each sequence uniquely affected Ph SAM-dependent condensate size, number, and morphology, but the most dramatic effects occurred when the central, glutamine-rich intrinsically disordered region (IDR) was removed, which resulted in large Ph condensates. Like mini-Ph condensates, condensates lacking the glutamine-rich IDR excluded chromatin. Chromatin fractionation experiments indicated that the removal of the glutamine-rich IDR reduced chromatin binding and that the removal of either of the other IDRs increased chromatin binding. Our data suggest that all three IDRs, and functional interactions among them, regulate Ph condensate size and number. Our results can be explained by a model in which tight chromatin binding by Ph IDRs antagonizes Ph SAM-driven phase separation. Our observations highlight the complexity of regulation of biological condensates housed in single proteins.","PeriodicalId":55768,"journal":{"name":"Epigenomes","volume":"6 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9680516/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10318017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Centromere Chromatin Dynamics at a Glance. 着丝粒染色质动力学概览。

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2022-11-03 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes6040039

Shivangi Shukla, Ashutosh Kumar

{"title":"Centromere Chromatin Dynamics at a Glance.","authors":"Shivangi Shukla, Ashutosh Kumar","doi":"10.3390/epigenomes6040039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6040039","url":null,"abstract":"The centromere is a specialized DNA locus that ensures the faithful segregation of chromosomes during cell division. It does so by directing the assembly of an essential proteinaceous structure called the kinetochore. The centromere identity is primarily epigenetically defined by a nucleosome containing an H3 variant called CENP-A as well as by the interplay of several factors such as differential chromatin organization driven by CENP-A and H2A.Z, centromere-associated proteins, and post-translational modifications. At the centromere, CENP-A is not just a driving force for kinetochore assembly but also modifies the structural and dynamic properties of the centromeric chromatin, resulting in a distinctive chromatin organization. An additional level of regulation of the centromeric chromatin conformation is provided by post-translational modifications of the histones in the CENP-A nucleosomes. Further, H2A.Z is present in the regions flanking the centromere for heterochromatinization. In this review, we focus on the above-mentioned factors to describe how they contribute to the organization of the centromeric chromatin: CENP-A at the core centromere, post-translational modifications that decorate CENP-A, and the variant H2A.Z.","PeriodicalId":55768,"journal":{"name":"Epigenomes","volume":"6 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9680212/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10322684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Pan HDACi Valproic Acid and Trichostatin A Show Apparently Contrasting Inflammatory Responses in Cultured J774A.1 Macrophages. 丙戊酸和曲古霉素A在培养的j774a中表现出明显不同的炎症反应1巨噬细胞。

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2022-11-03 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes6040038

Ubah Dominic Babah Ubah, Korawin Triyasakorn, Brandon Roan, Minsyusheen Conlin, James C K Lai, Prabha S Awale

{"title":"Pan HDACi Valproic Acid and Trichostatin A Show Apparently Contrasting Inflammatory Responses in Cultured J774A.1 Macrophages.","authors":"Ubah Dominic Babah Ubah, Korawin Triyasakorn, Brandon Roan, Minsyusheen Conlin, James C K Lai, Prabha S Awale","doi":"10.3390/epigenomes6040038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6040038","url":null,"abstract":"This study was initiated as an attempt to clarify some of the apparent conflicting data regarding the so-called anti-inflammatory versus proinflammatory properties of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis). In cell culture, typically, chronic pretreatment with the HDACi valproic acid (VPA) and trichostatin A (TSA) exhibits an anti-inflammatory effect. However, the effect of acute treatment with VPA and TSA on the levels of inflammatory cytokines in J774A.1 macrophage cell line is unknown. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of acute treatment with VPA and TSA on levels of key inflammatory cytokines in maximally stimulated J774A.1 cells. J774A.1 macrophages were treated with either VPA or TSA for 1 h (acute treatment), followed by maximal stimulation with LPS + IFNγ for 24 h. ELISA was used to measure the levels of proinflammatory cytokines TNFα, NO and IL-1β from the culture medium. Acute treatment with VPA showed a dose-dependent increase in levels of all three cytokines. Similar to VPA, TSA also showed a dose-dependent increase in levels of IL-1β alone. This study sheds new light on the conflicting data in the literature that may partly be explained by acute or short-term exposure versus chronic or long-term exposure to HDACi.","PeriodicalId":55768,"journal":{"name":"Epigenomes","volume":"6 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9680436/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10318023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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PLK-1 Interacting Checkpoint Helicase, PICH, Mediates Cellular Oxidative Stress Response. PLK-1相互作用检查点解旋酶介导细胞氧化应激反应。

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes6040036

Anindita Dutta, Apurba Das, Deepa Bisht, Vijendra Arya, Rohini Muthuswami

{"title":"PLK-1 Interacting Checkpoint Helicase, PICH, Mediates Cellular Oxidative Stress Response.","authors":"Anindita Dutta, Apurba Das, Deepa Bisht, Vijendra Arya, Rohini Muthuswami","doi":"10.3390/epigenomes6040036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6040036","url":null,"abstract":"Cells respond to oxidative stress by elevating the levels of antioxidants, signaling, and transcriptional regulation, often implemented by chromatin remodeling proteins. The study presented here shows that the expression of PICH, a Rad54-like helicase belonging to the ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling protein family, is upregulated during oxidative stress in HeLa cells. We also show that PICH regulates the expression of Nrf2, a transcription factor regulating antioxidant response in both the absence and presence of oxidative stress. The overexpression of PICH in PICH-depleted cells restored Nrf2 as well as antioxidant gene expression. In turn, Nrf2 regulated the expression of PICH in the presence of oxidative stress. ChIP experiments showed that PICH is present on the Nrf2 as well as antioxidant gene promoters, suggesting that the protein might be regulating the expression of these genes directly by binding to the DNA sequences. In addition, Nrf2 and histone acetylation (H3K27ac) also played a role in activating transcription in the presence of oxidative stress. Both Nrf2 and H3K27ac were found to be present on PICH and antioxidant promoters. Their occupancy was dependent on the PICH expression as fold enrichment was found to be decreased in PICH-depleted cells. PICH ablation led to the reduced expression of Nrf2 and impaired antioxidant response, leading to increased ROS content and thus showing PICH is essential for the cell to respond to oxidative stress.","PeriodicalId":55768,"journal":{"name":"Epigenomes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9590091/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40678098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Scatter Irradiation of Rat Brain Triggers Sex- and Brain Region-Specific Changes in the Expression of Non-Coding RNA Fragments. 大鼠脑散射辐射触发非编码RNA片段表达的性别和脑区域特异性变化。

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Epigenomes Pub Date : 2022-10-12 DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes6040035

Anna Fiselier, Boseon Byeon, Yaroslav Ilnytskyy, Olga Kovalchuk, Igor Kovalchuk

{"title":"Scatter Irradiation of Rat Brain Triggers Sex- and Brain Region-Specific Changes in the Expression of Non-Coding RNA Fragments.","authors":"Anna Fiselier, Boseon Byeon, Yaroslav Ilnytskyy, Olga Kovalchuk, Igor Kovalchuk","doi":"10.3390/epigenomes6040035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/epigenomes6040035","url":null,"abstract":"Non-coding RNA fragments (ncRFs) are small RNA fragments processed from non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). ncRFs have various functions and are commonly tissue-specific, and their processing is altered by exposure to stress. Information about ncRFs in the brain is scarce. Recently, we reported the brain region-specific and sex-specific expression of ncRNAs and their processing into ncRFs. Here, we analyzed the expression of ncRFs in the frontal cortex (FC), hippocampus (HIP), and cerebellum (CER) of male and female rats exposed to scatter radiation. We found multiple brain region- and sex-specific changes in response to scatter radiation. Specifically, we observed decreased miRNA expression and the increased expression of ra-ncRNA reads in HIP and CER, as well as an increased number of mtR-NA-associated reads in HIP. We also observed the appearance of sense-intronic ncRNAs-in females, in HIP and FC, and in males, in CER. In this work, we also show that tRNA-GlyGCC and tRNA-GlyCCC are most frequently processed to tRFs, in CER in females, as compared to males. An analysis of the targeted pathways revealed that tRFs and snoRFs in scatter radiation samples mapped to genes in several pathways associated with various neuronal functions. While in HIP and CER these pathways were underrepresented, in FC, they were overrepresented. Such changes may play an important role in pathologies that develop in response to scatter radiation, the effect known as \"radio-brain\", and may in part explain the sex-specific differences observed in animals and humans exposed to radiation and scatter radiation.","PeriodicalId":55768,"journal":{"name":"Epigenomes","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9624364/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40678097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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