Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (Jul 2021)

MicroRNA and circRNA Expression Analysis in a Zbtb1 Gene Knockout Monoclonal EL4 Cell Line

  • Jun-Hong Wang,
  • Jun-Hong Wang,
  • Jun-Hong Wang,
  • Chun-Wei Shi,
  • Chun-Wei Shi,
  • Chun-Wei Shi,
  • Yi-Yuan Lu,
  • Yi-Yuan Lu,
  • Yi-Yuan Lu,
  • Yan Zeng,
  • Yan Zeng,
  • Yan Zeng,
  • Ming-Yang Cheng,
  • Ming-Yang Cheng,
  • Ming-Yang Cheng,
  • Ru-Yu Wang,
  • Ru-Yu Wang,
  • Ru-Yu Wang,
  • Yu Sun,
  • Yu Sun,
  • Yu Sun,
  • Yan-Long Jiang,
  • Yan-Long Jiang,
  • Yan-Long Jiang,
  • Wen-Tao Yang,
  • Wen-Tao Yang,
  • Wen-Tao Yang,
  • Dan-Dan Zhao,
  • Dan-Dan Zhao,
  • Dan-Dan Zhao,
  • Hai-Bin Huang,
  • Hai-Bin Huang,
  • Hai-Bin Huang,
  • Li-Ping Ye,
  • Li-Ping Ye,
  • Li-Ping Ye,
  • Xin Cao,
  • Xin Cao,
  • Xin Cao,
  • Gui-Lian Yang,
  • Gui-Lian Yang,
  • Gui-Lian Yang,
  • Chun-Feng Wang,
  • Chun-Feng Wang,
  • Chun-Feng Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.706919
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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Zinc finger and BTB domain containing 1(Zbtb1) is a transcriptional suppressor protein, and a member of the mammalian Zbtb gene family. Previous studies have shown that Zbtb1 is essential for T-cell development. However, the role of Zbtb1 in T-cell lymphoma is undetermined. In this study, an EL4 cell line with Zbtb1 deletion was constructed using the CRISPR-Cas9 technique. The expression profiles of microRNA and circRNA produced by the control and gene deletion groups were determined by RNA-seq. In general, 24 differentially expressed microRNA and 16 differentially expressed circRNA were found between normal group and gene deletion group. Through further analysis of differentially expressed genes, GO term histogram and KEGG scatter plot were drawn, and three pairs of miRNA and circRNA regulatory relationships were found. This study describes the differentially expressed microRNA and circRNA in normal and Zbtb1-deficient EL4 cell lines, thus providing potential targets for drug development and clinical treatment of T-cell lymphoma.

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