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Differential isoform expression and alternative splicing in sex determination in mice.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Alternative splicing (AS) may play an important role in gonadal sex determination (GSD) in mammals. The present study was designed to identify differentially expressed isoforms and AS modifications accompanying GSD in mice. RESULTS:Using deep RNA-sequencing, we performed a transcriptional analysis of XX and XY gonads during sex determination on embryonic days 11 (E11) and 12 (E12). Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEG) identified hundreds of genes related to GSD and early sex differentiation that may represent good candidates for sex reversal. Expression at time point E11 in males was significantly enriched in RNA splicing and mRNA processing Gene Ontology terms. Differentially expressed isoform analysis identified hundreds of specific isoforms related to GSD, many of which showed no differences in the DEG analysis. Hundreds of AS events were identified as modified at E11 and E12. Female E11 gonads featured sex-biased upregulation of intron retention (in genes related to regulation of transcription, protein phosphorylation, protein transport and mRNA splicing) and exon skipping (in genes related to chromatin repression) suggesting AS as a post-transcription mechanism that controls sex determination of the bipotential fetal gonad. CONCLUSION:Our data suggests an important role of splicing regulatory mechanisms for sex determination in mice.

SUBMITTER: Planells B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6419433 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differential isoform expression and alternative splicing in sex determination in mice.

Planells Benjamín B Gómez-Redondo Isabel I Pericuesta Eva E Lonergan Patrick P Gutiérrez-Adán Alfonso A

BMC genomics 20190312 1

<h4>Background</h4>Alternative splicing (AS) may play an important role in gonadal sex determination (GSD) in mammals. The present study was designed to identify differentially expressed isoforms and AS modifications accompanying GSD in mice.<h4>Results</h4>Using deep RNA-sequencing, we performed a transcriptional analysis of XX and XY gonads during sex determination on embryonic days 11 (E11) and 12 (E12). Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEG) identified hundreds of genes related to ...[more]

PMID: 30871468

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Differential isoform expression and alternative splicing in sex determination in mice.

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Differential isoform expression and alternative splicing in sex determination in mice.

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