Project description:In this study, 3,869 donkey skeletal muscle lncRNAs were identified using RNA-Seq along with a stringent screening procedure in the longissimus dorsi (LD) and gluteal (G) muscles. These lncRNAs share many characteristics with other mammalian lncRNAs, such as shorter open reading frames (ORFs) and lower expression levels than mRNAs. Furthermore, in pairwise comparisons between libraries of the same stage for two genetic types of male Dezhou donkey, 73 differentially expressed lncRNAs were common to all muscle tissues.
Project description:We investigated the biological effects of ZEA exposure on donkey granulosa cells by using RNA-seq analysis. ZEA at 10 and 30 μM were administered to granulosa cells within 72 hours of in vitro culture. ZEA at 10 μM significantly altered the tumorigenesis associated genes in donkey granulosa cells. Exposure to 10 and 30 μM ZEA treatment significantly reduced mRNA expression of PTEN, TGFβ, ATM, and CDK2 genes, particularly, the ZEA treatment significantly increased the expression of PI3K and AKT genes. Furthermore, immunofluorescence, RT-qPCR, and Western blot analysis verified the gene expression of ZEA-exposed granulosa cells. Collectively, these results demonstrated the deleterious effect of ZEA exposure on the induction of ovarian cancer related genes via the PTEN/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway in donkey granulosa cells in vitro.
Project description:With the increasing demand for donkey production, there has been a growing focus on the breeding of donkeys. However, our current understanding of the mechanisms underlying spermatogenesis and maturation in donkeys during reproduction remains limited.In this study, we constructed a single-cell RNA dataset to study the single-cell landscape of donkey spermatogenesis and maturation. This method allows us to analyze the cell composition in testicular and epididymal tissue, providing insights into the changes that occur during donkey spermatogenesis and maturation. In addition, different gene expression signatures associated with various spermatogenic cell types were found
Project description:We examined the growth curve, cell cycle, apoptosis and glycolysis of donkey, horse and mule adult fibroblasts (DAFs, HAFs and MAFs), which indicated there are differences in cell proliferation and metabolism. We also derived mule, donkey and horse iPSCs from their respective adult fibroblasts by piggyBac transposition, and we found the induced reprogramming efficiency of mule iPSCs was significantly higher than donkey and horse iPSCs (78.3% vs 58.2% vs 47.9%). miPSCs, diPSCs and hiPSCs all expressed high levels of key endogenous pluripotency genes such as Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog, propagated robustly in single cell passaging and miPSCs were found to proliferated significantly faster than diPSCs and hiPSCs. Furthermore, miPSCs/MAFs clustered closer to diPSCs/DAFs than to hiPSCs/HAFs by RNA-seq. The establishment of miPSCs provide unique experimental materials for further investigation of understanding the “heterosis” and reproductive isolation during speciation.
Project description:The content of intramuscular fat (IMF) is closely related to meat quality traits. In this study, in order to explore the candidate genes related to IMF content, the longissimus dorsi muscle of Guangling donkey was measured for intramuscular fat content. According to its intramuscular fat content, it was divided into two groups, the low fat group (L , N=3) and high-fat group (H, n=3), using RNA-seq to identify differentially expressed genes (DGEs) on the longissimus dorsi muscle tissue of Guangling donkey with high and low intramuscular fat content to reveal the possibility Gene network and metabolic pathways that help increase intramuscular fat content. A total of 167 DEGs (|log2Fold Change|>=1 and FDR<0.05) were detected in the high (H) and low (L) groups of Guangling donkeys, of which 64 were up-regulated genes and 103 were down-regulated genes. The GO enrichment and KEGG pathway analysis showed that these differential genes were enriched in several biological processes and pathways related to adipocyte differentiation, lipid biosynthesis, and neutral lipid metabolism. These results will help to further explore the molecular mechanism of IMF deposition in donkeys and provide a theoretical basis for the molecular breeding of Guangling donkeys.
Project description:<p>Skeletal muscles, accounting for 40% of mammalian body mass, exhibit pronounced heterogeneity due to distinct anatomical locations. Animal husbandry excessively focuses on longissimus dorsi (LDM) development, while neglecting other muscles. In this study, we integrated Bulk RNA Sequencing (bulk RNA-seq) and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometery (LC-MS) analyses of Soleus (SOL), Gastrocnemius (GAS), and Psoas major (PMM) across three key stages in Duroc pigs. As a result, we identified 9 critical genes (S100A1, MBOAT2, CA3, GYG2, ACTN3, ENO3, SLC3A2, SLC16A10, and GAPDH) and 8 metabolites potentially involved in regulating both skeletal muscle development and fiber-type transformation. The heterogeneity between SOL and GAS was low at birth but increased gradually during development. In contrast, PMM exhibited high heterogeneity compared to SOL and GAS from birth. Notably, expression levels of MYH7, MYH1, and MYH4 displayed stage-specific and muscle type-dependent variations. Moreover, we observed a developmental shift from the MAPK signaling pathway (1-21 d) to the regulation of actin cytoskeleton (21-120 d). Pairwise comparisons between SOL, GAS, and PMM revealed signaling pathways enriched in muscle fiber-type switching. Collectively, through the integration of bulk RNA-seq and LC-MS data, this study provides novel molecular breeding strategies for genetic improvement in meat-producing animals.</p>
Project description:Donkey milk (DM) has been considered a valuable alternative to human and bovine coun-terparts as well as to infant formulas. Milk extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been proposed to influence key biological processes. The purpose of this study is to provide a compre-hensive characterization of the protein composition of extracellular vesicles (EVs) by ex-tending quantitative proteomic comparisons to EVs derived from donkey colostrum (DC) and mature donkey milk (MDM). The EVs were isolated from DC and MDM samples, characterized, and subjected to proteomic analysis using the tandem mass tag-based quantitative approach
Project description:The first GSSM of V. vinifera was reconstructed (MODEL2408120001). Tissue-specific models for stem, leaf, and berry of the Cabernet Sauvignon cultivar were generated from the original model, through the integration of RNA-Seq data. These models have been merged into diel multi-tissue models to study the interactions between tissues at light and dark phases.