ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (8): 1317-1324.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2015.08.006

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Computational and Experimental Identification of Novel MicroRNAs in Bovine by Bioinformatics

CUI Xiao-gang,YANG Shao-hua,XIE Yan,ZHANG Sheng-li,ZHANG Qin,SUN Dong-xiao*   

  1. (National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding,Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics,Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture,College of Animal Science and Technology,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China)
  • Received:2014-04-30 Online:2015-08-23 Published:2015-08-23

Abstract:

This study aimed to predict novel miRNAs of bovine by comparative genomics and bioinformatics analysis.According to the conservation of miRNAs sequence,we compared the known miRNAs in human,mouse,sheep,pig and dog with the bovine genome sequence (UMD3.1) in NCBI to predict novel miRNAs,some of which were validated by qRT-PCR.A total of 44 novel miRNAs of bovine were obtained.Four of these were randomly selected to be validated.It was found that the 4 predicted miRNAs were expressed in mammary gland,cardiac muscle,uterus and liver of lactating Chinese Holstein cows.The methodology provides an alternative approach to predict the novel miRNAs and provide a groundwork for gene expression and trait formation mechanisms in dairy cattle.

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