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The role of shrimp micro RNA s in immune response and beyond
Author(s) -
GonzálezDuarte Ramiro J.,
GarcíaCarreño Fernando L.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
reviews in aquaculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.998
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1753-5131
pISSN - 1753-5123
DOI - 10.1111/raq.12311
Subject(s) - shrimp , biology , rna , aquaculture , non coding rna , caenorhabditis elegans , immune system , gene , rna interference , ecology , fishery , genetics , fish <actinopterygii>
Micro RNA s are a class of small non‐coding RNA s that regulate gene expression at post‐transcriptional level. Regulatory RNA s were discovered in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans , since then, their biological functions have been studied on different animals, including marine organisms. Several species of penaeid shrimp are important in ecology and fishing, including aquaculture. Overcrowding in aquaculture calls for infectious diseases, which threaten the development of shrimp aquaculture worldwide. Given that micro RNA s play crucial regulatory roles in a wide variety of biological processes, there is a scientific interest to understand their contribution on shrimp physiology and pathology, specifically during immune and stress response. Increasing evidence has shown that the expression of micro RNA s is affected during virus or bacterial infection and upon stress in shrimp. This information provides valuable insights for a better understanding of shrimp biology by means of micro RNA regulation to bacterial and viral diseases.