AUTHOR=Wang Jun-Hong , Shi Chun-Wei , Lu Yi-Yuan , Zeng Yan , Cheng Ming-Yang , Wang Ru-Yu , Sun Yu , Jiang Yan-Long , Yang Wen-Tao , Zhao Dan-Dan , Huang Hai-Bin , Ye Li-Ping , Cao Xin , Yang Gui-Lian , Wang Chun-Feng TITLE=MicroRNA and circRNA Expression Analysis in a Zbtb1 Gene Knockout Monoclonal EL4 Cell Line JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology VOLUME=11 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.706919 DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2021.706919 ISSN=2235-2988 ABSTRACT=

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.