The dynamics of mitochondrial-linked gene expression among tissues and life stages in two contrasting strains of laying hens.

Autor: Dreyling C; Department of Livestock Population Genomics, Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany., Hasselmann M; Department of Livestock Population Genomics, Institute of Animal Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2022 Jan 13; Vol. 17 (1), pp. e0262613. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 13 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262613
Abstrakt: The cellular energy metabolism is one of the most conserved processes, as it is present in all living organisms. Mitochondria are providing the eukaryotic cell with energy and thus their genome and gene expression has been of broad interest for a long time. Mitochondrial gene expression changes under different conditions and is regulated by genes encoded in the nucleus of the cell. In this context, little is known about non-model organisms and we provide the first large-scaled gene expression analysis of mitochondrial-linked genes in laying hens. We analysed 28 mitochondrial and nuclear genes in 100 individuals in the context of five life-stages and strain differences among five tissues. Our study showed that mitochondrial gene expression increases during the productive life span, and reacts tissue and strain specific. In addition, the strains react different to potential increased oxidative stress, resulting from the increase in mitochondrial gene expression. The results suggest that the cellular energy metabolism as part of a complex regulatory system is strongly affected by the productive life span in laying hens and thus partly comparable to model organisms. This study provides a starting point for further analyses in this field on non-model organisms, especially in laying-hens.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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