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Lactiplantibacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum 299v (L. plantarum 299v) is one of the most important probiotic strains in animal health, but the molecular mechanisms of how it exerts health benefits remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the changes in miRNA expression profiles in the intestinal tissues of piglets by L. plantarum 299v and to explore its possible molecular regulatory mechanism in intestinal function. Neonatal piglets were orally administered L. plantarum 299v daily from 1 to 20 days old, and high-throughput sequencing was conducted to analyse the changes in miRNA expression in the jejunum and ileum. The results showed that 370 known porcine miRNAs were identified from eight libraries. Five miRNAs (ssc-miR-21-5p, -143-3p, -194b-5p, -192, and -126-3p) were highly expressed in the intestinal tissues. There were 15 differentially expressed miRNAs between the control group and the L. plantarum group, and only miR-450a was expressed differentially in both intestinal tissues. KEGG analysis revealed that the target genes of the 15 differentially expressed miRNAs were involved in 37 significantly enriched pathways (P < 0.01). Then, quantitative polymerase chain reaction confirmed that the miRNA expression was corresponded well with those from the sequencing. Luciferase reporter assays verified that lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-α factor is a target of miR-450a. Our results also showed L. plantarum 299v could influence intestinal function by changing the levels of cytokines via miRNA expression. This is the first study to analyse differential expression miRNA profiles in intestinal tissue after L. plantarum 299v treatment and investigate the molecular regulatory mechanism of functional miRNA.
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This study was funded by the Fundamental and Frontier Research, Project of Chongqing (cstc2018jcyjAX0323), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD0500506), and the Agricultural Development Program of Chongqing (19,506).
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Wang, Q., Sun, Q., Wang, J. et al. Lactobacillus Plantarum 299v Changes miRNA Expression in the Intestines of Piglets and Leads to Downregulation of LITAF by Regulating ssc-miR-450a. Probiotics & Antimicro. Prot. 13, 1093–1105 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-021-09743-1
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