School of Mathematics and Statistics, Qingdao University, Shandong, 266071, Qingdao, China.
Mar Biotechnol (NY). 2022 Aug;24(4):744-752. doi: 10.1007/s10126-022-10140-0. Epub 2022 Jul 26.
Oysters face a complex and changeable environment in the intertidal zone. Heat stress is the main cause of their mass summer deaths. Several important genes are identified to be associated with heat response for oysters. However, regulation of these heat response genes in oysters remains largely unknown. In this study, 27 RNA-seq datasets are used to give a relatively comprehensive of long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) sets for C. gigas. Then, the differential expressed genes and lncRNAs are identified under heat stress. Among all the heat shock proteins (HSPs) and inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) in the C. gigas genome, 25 heat shock proteins and 14 IAPs are differential expressed. The Gene Ontology analysis reveals that differential expressed genes (DEGs) are enriched in 6, 7, and 7 GO terms in cellular components, molecular function, and biological process, respectively. Within these terms, cellular response to stimulus is the most abundant term. Furthermore, the potential cis target of the differential expressed lncRNAs (DELs) are predicted to investigate their functions. Of the 394 DELs, there are 80 DELs being found to be corresponded to 113 protein-coding genes. Of them, eight HSPs are found to be regulated by their lncRNA regulators under heat stress. This work provides valuable resource of lncRNA and their regulatory roles under heat stress in C. gigas and gives new insights into adaptive evolution in marine mollusks.
牡蛎在潮间带面临复杂多变的环境。热应激是导致它们夏季大量死亡的主要原因。已经确定了几个与牡蛎热反应相关的重要基因。然而,牡蛎中这些热反应基因的调控机制在很大程度上仍不清楚。本研究利用 27 个 RNA-seq 数据集,为 C. gigas 提供了相对全面的长非编码 RNA(lncRNA)数据集。然后,在热应激下鉴定差异表达基因和 lncRNA。在 C. gigas 基因组中的所有热休克蛋白(HSPs)和凋亡抑制蛋白(IAPs)中,有 25 种热休克蛋白和 14 种 IAPs差异表达。GO 分析表明,差异表达基因(DEGs)在细胞成分、分子功能和生物过程中分别富集在 6、7 和 7 个 GO 术语中。在这些术语中,细胞对刺激的反应是最丰富的术语。此外,还预测了差异表达 lncRNA(DELs)的潜在顺式靶基因,以研究它们的功能。在 394 个 DELs 中,有 80 个 DELs 对应 113 个蛋白质编码基因。其中,有 8 个 HSPs 被发现受到其 lncRNA 调控因子在热应激下的调控。这项工作为 C. gigas 在热应激下的 lncRNA 及其调控作用提供了有价值的资源,并为海洋贝类的适应性进化提供了新的见解。