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. 2017 Oct 5;5:e3881. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3881

Table 4. Analysis of DE miRNAs with known or suspected roles in honey bee reproduction or related process.

miRNA id Correlate Ref. Expression level in this study
Q vs. V C vs. Q R vs. C
Bantam Caste determination; target of hippo and EGFR/MAPK signaling pathways; critical in embryonic development and the control of cell proliferation and survival; up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae compared with 4-day-old worker larvae; related to insulin and Wnt pathway. Ashby et al. (2016), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly Down-regulated but not significantly
Let-7 Caste determination; major target of steroid pathways; miRNA markers associated with the behavioural shift of worker bees from nurses to forages; immune-related; Vg positive correlation; participated in regulation of behavioral maturation in honey bees; associated with reproductive statuses; up-regulated in the inactive ovaries; up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae; related to Wnt pathway; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Ashby et al. (2016), Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014), Nunes et al. (2013), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated No change Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-1 Vg positive correlation; associated with reproductive statuses; up-regulated in the inactive ovaries; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014), Nunes et al. (2013) Down-regulated No change Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-10 Up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae Shi et al. (2015) Up-regulated Down-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-100 20E and JH response miRNA; caste determination; associated with reproductive statuses; up-regulated in the inactive ovaries Ashby et al. (2016), Macedo et al. (2016) Down-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-12 Associated with reproductive statuses; up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae compared with 4-day-old worker larvae; related to insulin and MAPK pathway; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated but not significantly Up-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-125 20E and JH response miRNA; caste determination; up-regulated in the inactive ovaries; up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae compared with 4-day-old worker larvae; related to insulin, MAPK and mTOR pathway Ashby et al. (2016), Macedo et al. (2016), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-133 Associated with the lipid loss in bees; participated in regulation of behavioral maturation in honey bees; up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae; related with MAPK pathway; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Mello et al. (2014), Nunes et al. (2013), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated No change Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-14 Caste determination; negatively related with Ec R expression and activity; up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae compared with 4-day-old worker larvae; related to insulin, MAPK, mTOR and Wnt pathway; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees; up-regulated in the activated ovaries Ashby et al. (2016), Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated No change Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-184 Stable expression in active and inactive ovary; plays key roles in embryogenesis; the determination of the anteroposterior axis; embryo cellularization and stem cell determination; up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae compared with 4-day-old worker larvae; related to insulin pathway; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees; a miRNA in royal jelly and affect caste determination Guo et al. (2013), Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated No change Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-190 Caste determination; immune-related Ashby et al. (2016) Down-regulated No change Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-252a Up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae; up-regulated in the activated ovaries Macedo et al. (2016), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly Up-regulated but not significantly
miR-263a Associated with reproductive statuses; up-regulated in the inactive ovaries; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014) Up-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-275 Vg positive correlation; up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae; related to insulin and MAPK pathway Nunes et al. (2013), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated Up-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-276 Associated with reproductive statuses; up-regulated in the inactive ovaries; down-regulated in Ec knock down bee; up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae compared with 4-day-old worker larvae Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated Up-regulated No change
Ame-mir-279 Caste determination; immune-related; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Ashby et al. (2016) Up-regulated No change Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-2796 Participated in regulation of behavioral maturation in honey bees Nunes et al. (2013) Down-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-279a-3p Up-regulated in the activated ovaries Macedo et al. (2016) Down-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-279b-3p Up-regulated in the activated ovaries Macedo et al. (2016) Up-regulated No change Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-2944-3p Up-regulated in the activated ovaries Macedo et al. (2016) Up-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-305 Down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Mello et al. (2014) Down-regulated but not significantly Up-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-306 Associated with reproductive statuses; up-regulated in the activated ovaries; targets ATPsyn-beta-PA; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014) Up-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-315 Caste determination; modulates tissue patterning and cell differentiation Ashby et al. (2016) Up-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-316 Vg negative correlation; related to Wnt pathway; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Mello et al. (2014), Nunes et al. (2013) Down-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly No change
Ame-mir-317 Associated with reproductive statuses; up-regulated in the activated ovaries; related to insulin pathway; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014) Down-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly No change
Ame-mir-31a Vg negative correlation; associated with reproductive statuses; up-regulated in the inactive ovaries Macedo et al. (2016), Nunes et al. (2013) Down-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-33 Caste determination; immune-related Ashby et al. (2016) Down-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly No change
Ame-mir-3718a Vg negative correlation Nunes et al. (2013) Down-regulated No change Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-375 Up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae; related to MAPK pathway Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated No change Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-6001-3p Up-regulated in 4-day-old queen larvae Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated Not detected Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-71 Participates in specific steps of the insulin/insulin-like signaling pathway Macedo et al. (2016) Down-regulated but not significantly Up-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-8 Caste determination; immune-related; 20E and JH response miRNA; related to Wnt pathway; up-regulated in the activated ovaries Ashby et al. (2016), Macedo et al. (2016), Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated Up-regulated No change
Ame-mir-92a Vg negative correlation; participated in regulation of behavioral maturation in honey bees; associated with reproductive statuses; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014), Nunes et al. (2013) Up-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly No change
Ame-mir-92b Up-regulated in the activated ovaries; related to insulin, MAPK and mTOR pathway; down-regulated in Ec knock down bees Macedo et al. (2016), Mello et al. (2014), Shi et al. (2015) Up-regulated Down-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-993 Related to insulin pathway Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated Up-regulated but not significantly Down-regulated but not significantly
Ame-mir-996 Related to insulin pathway Shi et al. (2015) Down-regulated but not significantly Up-regulated Down-regulated but not significantly