Project description:De novo assembly of immature gonadal transcriptome was performed to identify genes involved in gonadal development. A total of 81,757 and 43,257 transcripts were obtained from the immature testicular and ovarian transcriptomes, respectively. About 84,367 unigenes were constructed after removing redundancy which were a representation of both the gonadal transcriptomes. About 298 differentially expressed genes were identified. The present study identified certain important genes/factors involved in the gonadal development of C. carpio which may provide insights into the understanding of sex differentiation and gonadal development processes.
Project description:purpose?To elucidate the relationship of utilization different type of diets in fish method?enzyme activity determination and transcriptome sequencing were performed in common carp fed with single animal diet group (group AD), plant diet group (group PD) and mix diets group (group MD). Group MD as control group results? 916 and 1296 differentially expressed genes were identified between group AD vs MD and PD vs MD. Protein digestion and absorption, bile secretion, hematopoietic cell lineage and intestinal immune network for IgA production pathways were significantly differentially expressed between common carp fed with single type of diet and mix diets. Conclusion?common carp fed with mix diets had stronger immunity than common carp fed with single type of diets.
Project description:The purpose of this study was to clarify the possible mechanism of common carp brain injury after exposure to lead through transcriptome analysis. Transcriptome analysis showed that 2141 differentially expressed genes were identified. Among these, 502 genes were up-regulated and 1639 genes were down-regulated. Meanwhile, GO enrichment analysis showed Transport, biological_process, DNA-templated (regulation of transcription) and signal transduction contained the most differential genes in the biological process. Furthermore, KEGG pathway enrichment analysis showed Ion channels, GnRH signaling pathway, cell adhesion molecules, Wnt signaling pathway, and calcium signaling pathway were significantly enriched. In addition, 10 differentially expressed genes were selected for qRT-PCR detection, and the results demonstrated that the selected genes exhibited the same trends with the RNA-Seq results, which indicates the transcriptome sequencing data is reliable. In conclusion, the above results provide a theoretical basis for clarifying the relationship between lead exposure and brain injury in common carp and for further studying of the genes related to lead poisoning.
Project description:Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3), also known as koi herpesvirus (KHV), is the aetiological agent of an emerging and lethal disease in common and koi carp. In this work we studied the immune response of two genetically different lines of common carp (Polish K and Polish R3) infected with CyHV-3 by immersion. The two carp lines presented a 20% difference in survival rate and, furthermore, significant difference in virus loads measured at day 3 post infection (p.i.). Microarray analysis revealed that 581 genes in line K (330 up-regulated, 251 down-regulated) and 107 genes in line R3 (77 up-regulated, 30 down-regulated), were at least 2-fold differentially expressed at day 3 p.i. compared to day 0. Genes which were at least 4-fold differentially expressed in both lines were selected as potential markers of an infection of common carp by CyHV-3. This group includes 17 up-regulated and only 1 down-regulated genes. In addition, microarray analysis revealed no significant differences in gene expression between line K and R3 at day 0. At day 3 p.i. there were, however, 76 genes that were at least 2-fold differentially expressed between the two lines. The kinetics of expression of T cell markers and selected cytokines indicate for higher activation of immune response in more resistant R3 line. Thus, our study revealed that differences in resistance to CyHV-3 between two carp lines can be correlated with differentially expressed immune-related genes.
Project description:Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3), also known as koi herpesvirus (KHV), is the aetiological agent of an emerging and lethal disease in common and koi carp. In this work we studied the immune response of two genetically different lines of common carp (Polish K and Polish R3) infected with CyHV-3 by immersion. The two carp lines presented a 20% difference in survival rate and, furthermore, significant difference in virus loads measured at day 3 post infection (p.i.). Microarray analysis revealed that 581 genes in line K (330 up-regulated, 251 down-regulated) and 107 genes in line R3 (77 up-regulated, 30 down-regulated), were at least 2-fold differentially expressed at day 3 p.i. compared to day 0. Genes which were at least 4-fold differentially expressed in both lines were selected as potential markers of an infection of common carp by CyHV-3. This group includes 17 up-regulated and only 1 down-regulated genes. In addition, microarray analysis revealed no significant differences in gene expression between line K and R3 at day 0. At day 3 p.i. there were, however, 76 genes that were at least 2-fold differentially expressed between the two lines. The kinetics of expression of T cell markers and selected cytokines indicate for higher activation of immune response in more resistant R3 line. Thus, our study revealed that differences in resistance to CyHV-3 between two carp lines can be correlated with differentially expressed immune-related genes. The experiment included four biological replicates with no dye swaps for (i) each strain (K and R3) and (ii) each condition (day 0 and day 3).
Project description:Growth and reproduction are two major physiological processes that are closely related in vertebrates, and IGFs are key factors that regulate the growth and reproduction axis. As a novel IGF system member, igf3 plays an important role in gonadal development of teleost fish. Although studies have reported the abnormal expression of igf3 in fish gonad, whether the igf3 regulates the expression of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in gonad remains unknown. In this study, a igf3 knockdown common carp (Cyprinus carpio) model was established by RNA interference. Than RNA sequencing of transcriptome in C. carpio after igf3 knockdown was performed. A total of 327,169,410 and 306,305,018 clean reads were identified from control and igf3-dsRNA group, respectively. After a stringent filtering, RNA-seq yielded 14199 lncRNA and 106932 mRNA transcripts with 124 and 353 differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs. Gene Ontology analysis revealed that the target genes of differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs mainly regulated male genitalia development, female gonad development, cellular response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone, insulin-like growth factor-activated receptor activity and insulin-like growth factor binding. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis showed that the target genes of differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs mainly involved in pathways associated with insulin signaling pathway, GnRH signaling pathway, Wnt signaling pathway, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway and TGF-beta signaling pathway. The lncRNA-mRNA co-expression network highlight the inter-regulation of the differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs in gonad. Our results provide essential data regarding differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs after igf3 knockdown, which may be useful to elucidate the role of igf3 in the gonadal development of C. carpio.