1Animal
Science College, Tibet Agriculture & Animal Husbandry University,
Linzhi 860000, China
2KBCMA,
CVAS, Narowal campus, University
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore 54000, Pakistan
3Zoology
Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box:
2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
#Shuo
Wang and Zhipeng Cao contributed equally to this work.
*Corresponding author:
984718586@qq.com
Abstract
Yak endometritis seriously affects yaks’ reproductive
performance, causing serious economic problems for the industry. By now, many
studies explored the molecular mechanism of endometritis in dairy cows, but
limited studies have focused on the regulation of microRNA (miRNA) in yak
endometritis. For this reason, the distinguished expressing genes were uncovered
by utilizing high-throughput RNA sequencing and validated through quantitative
real-time PCR. The findings revealed that uterine epithelial tissue sections
from yaks with endometritis had epithelial damage, epithelial bleeding, a high
number of inflammatory cell infiltration, and other pathological changes
compared to the healthy group. In this study, we identified 114 (p<0.05)
and 73 (p<0.01) clearly different RNAs between the healthy group and the
disease group, such as bta-miR-22-3p, bta-miR-96, bta-miR-223, and
bta-miR-21-3p. The enrichment analysis of Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia
of Genes and Genomes revealed that the targeted miRNAs were enriched in
different groups, such as cell surface receptor signaling pathway, calcium ion
transmembrane transport, adrenergic signaling in cardiomyocytes, protein
digestion and absorption, and so on. These results provide a theoretical basis
for a deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of yak endometritis, exploring
new ideas for specific miRNAs as an effective treatment and diagnosis of yak
endometritis, and provides reference significance for the treatment of yak
endometritis in the future.
To Cite This Article:
Wang S, Cao Z, Wu Q,
AI, MHA and Dong H, 2023. A
comparative analysis and verification of differentially expressedmiRNAs could provide new insights for the treatment
of endometritis in yaks. Pak Vet J,
43(3): 486-492. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2023.061