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Transcriptome Analysis of the Endometrium from Chinese Erhualian sows that differ in Calcium Ion Concentration and Litter Size

ABSTRACT: Embryonic survival rate is an important factor for the fecundity of sows, and it is affected by endometrium secreting histotroph. A higher concentration of calcium ion has been observed in the uterus of the high prolific Erhualian sows (EH) compared with low prolific ones (EL), which suggests EH sows had a greater establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, and thus increase embryonic survival rate during peri-implantation period. In order to understand the mechanisms of endometrium secreting histotroph affecting embryonic survival rate during Erhualian peri-implantation period, the expression patterns of endometrial mRNA in the EH and EL on day 12 of gestation were analyzed using RNA sequencing technology. 164 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified (Padj < 0.05, |log2(FC)| ≥ 1)，including 46 upregulated and 118 downregulated genes in the EH group compared with EL group. Among these DEGs, 17 DEGs have been previously reported as DEGs in other pig breeds for litter size. Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment indicated that a subset of DEGs were involved in the calcium ion binding and cell adhesion. Solute carrier family 8 member A3 (SLC8A3) and solute carrier family 24 member 4 (SLC24A4) were upregulated genes (Padj < 0.05) in EH group and they were considered as key candidate genes expressed in endometrium to affect embryonic survival rate during peri-implantation period. The present results will aid in understanding the variation of litter size in Erhualian breed during peri-implantation period.

ORGANISM(S): Sus scrofa

PROVIDER: GSE122983 | GEO | 2019/05/31

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:BACKGROUND: Litter size in pigs is a major factor affecting the profitability in the pig industry. The peri-implantation window in pigs is characterized by the coordinated interactions between the maternal uterine endometrium and the rapidly elongating conceptuses and represents a period of time during which a large percentage of the developing conceptuses are lost. However, the gene expression and regulatory networks in the endometrium contributing to the establishment of the maternal: placental interface remain poorly understood. RESULTS: We characterized the endometrial gene expression profile during the peri-implantation stage of development by comparing two breeds that demonstrate very different reproductive efficiencies. We employed the porcine Affymetrix GeneChip® to assay the transcriptomic profiles of genes expressed in the uterine endometrium obtained from Meishan and Yorkshire gilts (n = 4 for each breed) on day 12 of gestation (M12 and Y12, respectively). Total of 17,076 probesets were identified as "present" in at least two arrays. A mixed model-based statistical analysis predicted a total of 2,656 (q < 0.1) transcripts as differentially expressed between Meishan and Yorkshire pigs. Eighteen differentially expressed transcripts of interest were validated by quantitative real-time PCR. Gene ontology (GO) annotation revealed that the known functions of the differentially expressed genes were involved in a series of important biological processes relevant to early pregnancy establishment in the pig. CONCLUSIONS: The results identified endometrial gene expression profiles of two breeds differing in litter size and identified candidate genes that are related to known physiological pathways related to reproductive prolificacy. These findings provide a deeper understanding of molecular pathways differing between two breeds at the critical peri-implantation stage of pregnancy, which can be utilized to better understand the events contributing to pregnancy establishment in the pig. Meishan and Yorkshire breeds endometirum were selected and RNA been extracted and hybridized to the Affymetrix microarray. A number of genes have been shown differently expressed on two breeds.

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Transcriptome Analysis of the Endometrium from Chinese Erhualian sows that differ in Calcium Ion Concentration and Litter Size

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