Project description:Integrated analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics in Blunt Snout Bream. With the improvement of living standards, people’s demand for food nutrient is getting higher and higher. Fish is one kind of protein-rich food and is increasingly favored by consumers. It has been well recognized that flesh composition of fish is closely related to its maturation and growth stages, but few researches have explored these differences. Besides, hormone residues in fish after artificial inducing reproduction also attract consumers’ concern. In this study, we try to address these concerns by using a combination of transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis to identify the key pathways, genes, and metabolites regulation which may affect flesh nutrition of one typical aquaculture species in China, blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala).
Project description:The endocrine changes and gene regulation patterns responding to sexual maturation and spawning have not been clarified in fish species. To identify the potential metabolites and genes regulating the ovarian development and spawning, we employed the approach integrating the metabolic and RNA-seq techniques to investigate the metabolites and candidate genes participating in the sexual maturation and spawning of female blunt snout bream Megalobrama amblycephala. This data descriptor provides metabolic and transcriptomic information for the blood tissue at different developmental stages of female M. amblycephala. With UPLC-MS/MS method, a total of 763 and 173 differential ions were detected from the pairwise comparisons of the four groups in positive and negative mode, respectively. Meanwhile, 191.65 Mb raw reads were generated using illumina Hiseq platform with 50 bp single-end strategy. We then analysed the differential metabolites and differentially expressed genes and their functions among the four groups. This data descriptor will contribute to understanding the dynamics of metabolites and gene regulation in ovarian development and spawning and reuse to support physiological and genetic researches in aquaculture.
