近年来,基于单分子测序技术的ISO-seq数据以其超长读段长度被越来越多地应用于转录组新型异构体预测研究,但目前大多数研究工作只用到全长读段数据,丢失了非全长读段数据中较多有用信息,因而数据没有得到充分利用。针对这一问题,本文在...近年来,基于单分子测序技术的ISO-seq数据以其超长读段长度被越来越多地应用于转录组新型异构体预测研究,但目前大多数研究工作只用到全长读段数据,丢失了非全长读段数据中较多有用信息,因而数据没有得到充分利用。针对这一问题,本文在保留非全长读段的基础上提出了两个能同时预测异构体结构和计算其表达比例的模型基于狄利克雷采样的异构体探测与预测(Dirichletsampling for isoform detection and prediction,DSIDP)和基于马尔科夫链的异构体探测与预测(Markovchain for isoform detection and predition,MCIDP)。两个模型均从全长读段中建立异构体预测集,并采用全长读段和非全长读段计算异构体表达比例。DSIDP将所有读段比对至异构体预测集,并使用Dirichlet采样解决多源映射问题,MCIDP使用马尔科夫链模拟基因外显子之间的选择性剪切,该模型还能预测出数据中没有全长读段的异构体。本文采用模拟数据和真实数据验证了两个模型的有效性。展开更多
Chinese tongue sole(Cynoglossus semilaevis)is an economically important marine fish species with a ZZ/ZW sex determination mechanism,which can be influenced by temperature.Alternative splicing(AS)is an important mecha...Chinese tongue sole(Cynoglossus semilaevis)is an economically important marine fish species with a ZZ/ZW sex determination mechanism,which can be influenced by temperature.Alternative splicing(AS)is an important mechanism regulating the expression of genes related to sex determination and gonadal differentiation,but has rarely been reported in fish.In this study,to explore the molecular regulatory mechanisms of sex determination and gonadal differentiation,we combined isoform and RNA sequencing(Iso-Seq and RNA-Seq)to perform transcriptome profiling of male and female gonads in C.semilaevis.In total,81883 and 32341 full-length transcripts were obtained in males and females,respectively.A total of 8279 AS genes were identified,including 2639 genes showing differential AS(DAS)between males and females.Many intersecting DAS genes and differentially expressed genes(DEGs)were enriched in the meiotic cell cycle pathway,and genes related to gonadal differentiation,such as esrrb and wt1a,were found to have sex-specific isoforms.Thus,this study revealed AS events in the gonadal transcriptomes of male and female C.semilaevis,described the characteristics of active transcription in the testes,and identified candidate genes for studying the regulatory mechanisms of AS during gonadal differentiation.展开更多
文摘近年来,基于单分子测序技术的ISO-seq数据以其超长读段长度被越来越多地应用于转录组新型异构体预测研究,但目前大多数研究工作只用到全长读段数据,丢失了非全长读段数据中较多有用信息,因而数据没有得到充分利用。针对这一问题,本文在保留非全长读段的基础上提出了两个能同时预测异构体结构和计算其表达比例的模型基于狄利克雷采样的异构体探测与预测(Dirichletsampling for isoform detection and prediction,DSIDP)和基于马尔科夫链的异构体探测与预测(Markovchain for isoform detection and predition,MCIDP)。两个模型均从全长读段中建立异构体预测集,并采用全长读段和非全长读段计算异构体表达比例。DSIDP将所有读段比对至异构体预测集,并使用Dirichlet采样解决多源映射问题,MCIDP使用马尔科夫链模拟基因外显子之间的选择性剪切,该模型还能预测出数据中没有全长读段的异构体。本文采用模拟数据和真实数据验证了两个模型的有效性。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31722058,31802275,and 31472269)National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFD0900301)+6 种基金AoShan Talents Cultivation Program Supported by Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(2017ASTCP-ES06)Taishan Scholar Project Fund of Shandong of China to C.W.S.National Ten-Thousands Talents Special Support Program to C.W.S.Central Public-Interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund,CAFS(2020TD19)Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund,YSFRI,CAFS(20603022021018)China Agriculture Research System(CARS-47-G03)Guangdong South China Sea Key Laboratory of Aquaculture for Aquatic Economic Animals,Guangdong Ocean University(KFKT2019ZD03)。
文摘Chinese tongue sole(Cynoglossus semilaevis)is an economically important marine fish species with a ZZ/ZW sex determination mechanism,which can be influenced by temperature.Alternative splicing(AS)is an important mechanism regulating the expression of genes related to sex determination and gonadal differentiation,but has rarely been reported in fish.In this study,to explore the molecular regulatory mechanisms of sex determination and gonadal differentiation,we combined isoform and RNA sequencing(Iso-Seq and RNA-Seq)to perform transcriptome profiling of male and female gonads in C.semilaevis.In total,81883 and 32341 full-length transcripts were obtained in males and females,respectively.A total of 8279 AS genes were identified,including 2639 genes showing differential AS(DAS)between males and females.Many intersecting DAS genes and differentially expressed genes(DEGs)were enriched in the meiotic cell cycle pathway,and genes related to gonadal differentiation,such as esrrb and wt1a,were found to have sex-specific isoforms.Thus,this study revealed AS events in the gonadal transcriptomes of male and female C.semilaevis,described the characteristics of active transcription in the testes,and identified candidate genes for studying the regulatory mechanisms of AS during gonadal differentiation.
