SRNA sequencing of mature and developing gonads during protandrous changes in the Asian seabass

ABSTRACT: Purpose: sRNA-sequencing of mature and intermediate gonadal tissue in order to identify the differential expression of miRNAs during male to female (i.e. protandrous) sex transition Methods: Total RNA was extracted and sRNA was purified. cDNA libraries were constructed using a high definition adapter protocol (Xu et al. 2015). 50 bp sequencing was performed on Illumina's HiSeq 2500 at the Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK. Sequenced data was trimmed for adapters and filtered to remove very short and low complexity sequences. miRBase animal miRNA precursor sequences were mapped against the Asian seabass genome in order to generate a set of putative miRNA precursors. Putative precursor molecules with aligning mature miRBase miRNA(s) and forming a valid pre-miRNA hairpin structure were annotated as valid precursor miRNAs. Novel precursor and mature miRNAs were annotated using a combination of published algorithms and manual checking to ensure consistency with canonical miRNA biogenesis criteria. The alignment of sequenced reads against a non-redundant miRNA precursor set was used to determine raw read counts of mature miRNAs. Differential expression analysis was performed in order to identify differentially expressed mature miRNAs between conditions. Results: We detect 156, 71, 122, 151, 171 and 155 differentially expressed miRNA for the testis -> T1/T2, T1/T2 -> T3/T4, T3/T4 -> ovary, testis -> T3/T4, T1/T2 -> ovary and the testis->ovary comparisons respectively Conclusions: There is substantial differential expression of miRNAs at every stage of gonadal change in the Asian seabass during the sex transition process

ORGANISM(S): Lates calcarifer

PROVIDER: GSE122720 | GEO | 2022/10/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO