RNA-Seq Analysis of the Growth Hormone Transgenic Female Triploid Atlantic Salmon ( Salmo salar ) Hepatic Transcriptome Reveals Broad Temperature-Mediated Effects on Metabolism and Other Biological Processes.

Autor: Ignatz EH; Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, NL, Canada., Hori TS; Atlantic Aqua Farms Ltd., Charlottetown, PE, Canada., Kumar S; Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, NL, Canada., Benfey TJ; Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada., Braden LM; AquaBounty Canada, Inc., Souris, PE, Canada.; Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada., Runighan CD; AquaBounty Canada, Inc., Souris, PE, Canada., Westcott JD; Fisheries and Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, NL, Canada., Rise ML; Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, NL, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Frontiers in genetics [Front Genet] 2022 May 23; Vol. 13, pp. 852165. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 23 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.852165
Abstrakt: This study examined the impact of rearing temperature (10.5, 13.5 or 16.5°C) on the hepatic transcriptome of AquAdvantage Salmon (growth hormone transgenic female triploid Atlantic salmon) at an average weight of 800 g. Six stranded PE libraries were Illumina-sequenced from each temperature group, resulting in an average of over 100 M raw reads per individual fish. RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) results showed the greatest difference in the number of differentially expressed transcripts (1750 DETs), as revealed by both DESeq2 and edgeR ( q < 0.05; fold-change > |1.5|), was between the 10.5 and 16.5°C temperature groups. In contrast, 172 and 52 DETs were found in the 10.5 vs. 13.5°C and the 13.5 vs. 16.5°C comparisons, respectively. Considering the DETs between the 10.5 and 16.5°C groups, 282 enriched gene ontology (GO) terms were identified ( q < 0.05), including "response to stress", "immune system process", "lipid metabolic process", "oxidation-reduction process", and "cholesterol metabolic process", suggesting elevated temperature elicited broad effects on multiple biological systems. Pathway analysis using ClueGO showed additional impacts on amino acid and lipid metabolism. There was a significant positive correlation between RNA-seq and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) results for 8 of 9 metabolic-related transcripts tested. RT-qPCR results also correlated to changes in fillet tissue composition previously reported in these salmon (e.g., methionine and lysine concentrations positively correlated with hsp90ab1 transcript expression), suggesting that rearing temperature played a significant role in mediating metabolic/biosynthetic pathways of AquAdvantage Salmon. Many transcripts related to lipid/fatty acid metabolism (e.g., elovl2 , fabpi , hacd2 , mgll , s27a2 , thrsp ) were downregulated at 16.5°C compared to both other temperature groups. Additionally, enrichment of stress-, apoptosis- and catabolism-relevant GO terms at 16.5°C suggests that this temperature may not be ideal for commercial production when using freshwater recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). This study relates phenotypic responses to transcript-specific findings and therefore aids in the determination of an optimal rearing temperature for AquAdvantage Salmon. With approval to grow and sell AquAdvantage Salmon in the United States and Canada, the novel insights provided by this research can help industry expansion by promoting optimal physiological performance and health.
Competing Interests: Authors EHI, LMB and CDR were all employed by AquaBounty Canada (ABC) during the time of the experimentation. EHI performed all data analysis under the direct supervision of JDW and MLR when he was no longer employed by ABC. ABC had no role in the decision to publish this manuscript. Atlantic Aqua Farms was also devoid of influence on this article. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
(Copyright © 2022 Ignatz, Hori, Kumar, Benfey, Braden, Runighan, Westcott and Rise.)
Databáze: MEDLINE