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Bolitoglossa vallecula reference transcriptome

ABSTRACT: The order Caudata of amphibians has been important in the study of tissue regeneration. The most complete genetic available data from salamanders are from Ambystoma mexicanum (Ambystomidae) and Notophthalmus viridescens (Salamandridae). Transcriptome data obtained with Next-generation sequencing technology has become a useful tool to discover new candidate genes in non-model organisms without a genome of reference. This study highlights the need of performing RNA-sequencing in other salamander species to compare and identify important clusters of genes that could be modulating important biological process in amphibians. Here we describe a de novo reference transcriptome and its annotation of a non-model terrestrial salamander, Bolitoglossa vallecula (Caudata: Plethodontidae). For this purpose, we utilized genome protein databases from vertebrates, nucleotide sequences obtained for salamander species, and a de novo reference transcriptomes of Bolitoglossa ramosi to conduct a homology analysis. While the majority of the transcripts recovered homologs with Bolitoglossa ramosi, only a minority of the data (22%; n= 94,739) recovered homologs with other vertebrates. We also compared the transcriptome profile of skin tissue between these Bolitoglossa species. We found a group of antimicrobial peptides, such as cathelicidins, which have been not previously described in salamanders and could be important modulators of different biological process. All animals used in this work were collected under the Contract on Genetic Access for scientific research for non commercial profit (Contrato de acceso a recursos genéticos para la investigación científica sin interés commercial) to Resources number 118–2015.

ORGANISM(S): Bolitoglossa vallecula

PROVIDER: GSE107213 | GEO | 2019/12/07

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:A custom 8x60 k expression microarray for larvae of European fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) was designed based on transcriptome sequencing. It is known the fact, that oligonucleotide probes differ in the binding behavior towards their target sequences. Therefore, we performed a calibration of our microarray where we assessed the binding behavior of the individual probes empirically. This information was used to normalize gene expression data measurements with the same microarray in another experiment. Please refer to the accompanying publication (Czypionka et al. 2015." Ecological transcriptomics – a non-lethal sampling approach for endangered fire salamanders" Methods in Ecology and Evolution) for more information. Labeled cRNA was prepared from Salamander larvae kept at 9°C and 17°C. A cRNA calibration pool was prepared with equimolar amounts of cRNA prepared from (a) a larvae (temperature: 9°C: source: pond KOE), (b) a larvae (temperature: 17°C: source: pond KOE), (c) a larvae (temperature: 9°C: source: stream KoGB (Klufterbach) and (d) a larvae (temperature: 17°C: source: stream KoGB (Klufterbach). See Steinfartz et al. (2007) (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03490.x) for information of the source populations. Increasing amounts of labeled cRNA (75 ng, 150 ng, 300 ng, 600 ng, 1000 ng, 1400 ng, 1800 ng, 2200 ng), corresponding to (1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 1 2/3, 2 1/3, 3 and 3 3/3 times the recommended amount of 600 ng) were hybridized to 8 microarrays (one microarray per dilution). The change in observed signal intensity in relation to the change in amount of labeled cRNA was used to infer the target-binding behavior of the individual probes. This information was extracted, to be used for a normalization procedure in another experiment with the same microarray (see Czypionka et al. 2015." Ecological transcriptomics – a non-lethal sampling approach for endangered fire salamanders" Methods in Ecology and Evolution). The current study provides only raw data for a calibration experiment, to validate the binding behavior of the different probes on a newly designed microarray for a non model organism (European Fire salamander). This calibration is based only on raw data. More information on targeted genes is provided in a different GEO dataset (currently submitted), where biological meaningful analysis are performed with data which are normalized based on this calibration.

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Bolitoglossa vallecula reference transcriptome

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