isolation and identification of bovine preadipocytes and screening of microRNAs associated with adipogenesis

Bovine preadipocytes were isolated from subcutaneous fatty tissue and induced differentiation into adipocytes and RNAs were extracted from preadipocytes and adipocytes respectively. Small RNA-seq was performed by Beijing Genomics Institute biotechnology. A total of 250 differential expression miRNAs were screened, while 131 miRNAs were highly expressed in bovine adipocytes and 119 miRNAs were highly expressed in bovine preadipocytes. KEGG pathway analysis presented that 4.76% (p-value<0.001) differently expression genes enriched in lipid metabolism. GO analysis showed the target genes were mainly associated with cell process, cell and binding. Together these results provided important insights into the research of miRNAs for bovine preadipocytes differentiation. Overall design: Examination of different expression patterns between preadipocytes and adipocytes.