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睾丸和肝脏组织的 mRNA-Seq 分析揭示了一个与 dzo 杂种雄性不育相关的睾丸特异性基因和可变剪接。

mRNA-Seq of testis and liver tissues reveals a testis-specific gene and alternative splicing associated with hybrid male sterility in dzo.

机构信息

College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Rongchang, 402460 Chongqing, China.

Beef Cattle Engineering and Technology Research Center of Chongqing, Southwest University, Rongchang, 402460 Chongqing, China.

出版信息

J Anim Sci. 2024 Jan 3;102. doi: 10.1093/jas/skae091.

Abstract

Alternative splicing (AS) plays an important role in the co-transcription and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression during mammalian spermatogenesis. The dzo is the male F1 offspring of an interspecific hybrid between a domestic bull (Bos taurus ♂) and a yak (Bos grunniens ♀) which exhibits male sterility. This study aimed to identify the testis-specific genes and AS associated with hybrid male sterility in dzo. The iDEP90 program and rMATS software were used to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEG) and differential alternative splicing genes (DSG) based on RNA-seq data from the liver (n = 9) and testis (n = 6) tissues of domestic cattle, yak, and dzo. Splicing factors (SF) were obtained from the AmiGO2 and the NCBI databases, and Pearson correlation analysis was performed on the differentially expressed SFs and DSGs. We focused on the testis-specific DEGs and DSGs between dzo and cattle and yak. Among the top 3,000 genes with the most significant variations between these 15 samples, a large number of genes showed testis-specific expression involved with spermatogenesis. Cluster analysis showed that the expression levels of these testis-specific genes were dysregulated during mitosis with a burst downregulation during the pachynema spermatocyte stage. The occurrence of AS events in the testis was about 2.5 fold greater than in the liver, with exon skipping being the major AS event (81.89% to 82.73%). A total of 74 DSGs were specifically expressed in the testis and were significantly enriched during meiosis I, synapsis, and in the piRNA biosynthesis pathways. Notably, STAG3 and DDX4 were of the exon skipping type, and DMC1 was a mutually exclusive exon. A total of 36 SFs were significantly different in dzo testis, compared with cattle and yak. DDX4, SUGP1, and EFTUD2 were potential SFs leading to abnormal AS of testis-specific genes in dzo. These results show that AS of testis-specific genes can affect synapsis and the piRNA biosynthetic processes in dzo, which may be important factors associated with hybrid male sterility in dzo.

摘要

可变剪接(AS)在哺乳动物精子发生过程中的共转录和转录后基因表达调控中起着重要作用。犏牛是家牛(Bos taurus♂)和牦牛(Bos grunniens♀)种间杂种的雄性 F1 后代,表现为雄性不育。本研究旨在鉴定与犏牛雄性不育相关的睾丸特异性基因和 AS。基于来自家牛、牦牛和犏牛肝脏(n=9)和睾丸(n=6)组织的 RNA-seq 数据,使用 iDEP90 程序和 rMATS 软件鉴定差异表达基因(DEG)和差异剪接基因(DSG)。从 AmiGO2 和 NCBI 数据库中获取剪接因子(SF),并对差异表达的 SF 和 DSG 进行 Pearson 相关性分析。我们专注于犏牛和牛、牦牛之间的睾丸特异性 DEG 和 DSG。在这 15 个样本中差异最显著的前 3000 个基因中,大量基因显示与精子发生有关的睾丸特异性表达。聚类分析显示,这些睾丸特异性基因在有丝分裂过程中的表达水平失调,在粗线期精母细胞阶段出现爆发性下调。睾丸中 AS 事件的发生频率约为肝脏的 2.5 倍,外显子跳跃是主要的 AS 事件(81.89%至 82.73%)。总共 74 个 DSG 在睾丸中特异性表达,在减数分裂 I、联会和 piRNA 生物合成途径中显著富集。值得注意的是,STAG3 和 DDX4 为外显子跳跃型,DMC1 为互斥外显子。与牛和牦牛相比,犏牛睾丸中的 36 个 SF 存在显著差异。DDX4、SUGP1 和 EFTUD2 可能是导致犏牛睾丸特异性基因异常 AS 的潜在 SF。这些结果表明,睾丸特异性基因的 AS 可能会影响犏牛的联会和 piRNA 生物合成过程,这可能是与犏牛雄性不育相关的重要因素。

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