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ArticleScientific reports2021

Novel circRNA discovery in sheep shows evidence of high backsplice junction conservation.

Endika Varela-Martínez, Giulia I Corsi, Christian Anthon, Jan Gorodkin, Begoña M Jugo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Endika Varela-MartínezDepartment of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bº Sarriena, 48940, Leioa, Spain.
Giulia I CorsiDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Center for Non-Coding RNA in Technology and Health, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 57, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Christian AnthonDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Center for Non-Coding RNA in Technology and Health, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 57, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Jan GorodkinDepartment of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Center for Non-Coding RNA in Technology and Health, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 57, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark. gorodkin@rth.dk.
Begoña M JugoDepartment of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bº Sarriena, 48940, Leioa, Spain. begonamarina.jugo@ehu.eus.
University of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of the Basque Country · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are covalently closed circular non-coding RNAs. Due to their structure, circRNAs are more stable and have longer half-lives than linear RNAs making them good candidates for disease biomarkers. Despite the scientific relevance of these molecules, the study of circRNAs in non-model organisms is still in its infancy. Here, we analyse total RNA-seq data to identify circRNAs in sheep from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and parietal lobe cortex. Out of 2510 and 3403 circRNAs detected in parietal lobe cortex and in PBMCs, a total of 1379 novel circRNAs were discovered. Remarkably, around 63% of all detected circRNAs were found to be completely homologous to a circRNA annotated in human. Functional enrichment analysis was conducted for both tissues based on GO terms and KEGG pathways. The enriched terms suggest an important role of circRNAs from encephalon in synaptic functions and the involvement of circRNAs from PBMCs in basic immune system functions. In addition to this, we investigated the role of circRNAs in repetitive vaccination experiments via differential expression analysis and did not detect any significant relationship. At last, our results support both the miRNA sponge and the miRNA shuttle functions of CDR1-AS in sheep brain. To our knowledge, this is the first study on circRNA annotation in sheep PBMCs or parietal lobe cortex samples.

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AnimalsConserved SequenceGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic Association StudiesHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingLeukocytes, MononuclearMicroRNAsParietal LobeRNA, CircularRNA, MessengerRNA Splice SitesRNA SplicingSheepVaccinationMicroRNAsRNA, CircularRNA, MessengerRNA Splice SitesVaccines

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PMID33432020
PMCPMC7801505
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