Screening and evaluating of long non-coding RNAs in prenatal and postnatal pituitary gland of sheep
| Autor: | Wei Ni, Mengdan Zhang, Xiaoyue Li, Cunyuan Li, Yueren Xu, Hazi Wureli, Kadyken Rizabek, Xiaoxu Hou, Huixiang Li, Dzhunysov Askar, Kulmanova Gulzhan, Makhatov Bolatkhan, Shengwei Hu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Pituitary gland Biology 01 natural sciences DNA sequencing 03 medical and health sciences Genetics medicine Animals RNA Messenger KEGG Gene 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences Sheep RNA Embryonic stem cell Cell biology medicine.anatomical_structure Gene Ontology Gene Expression Regulation Pituitary Gland Female RNA Long Noncoding Function (biology) 010606 plant biology & botany Hormone |
| Zdroj: | Genomics. 112(1) |
| ISSN: | 1089-8646 |
| Popis: | Long non-coding RNAs are transcribed into RNA molecules that are >200 nucleotides in length. However, the expression and function analysis of lncRNAs in the sheep pituitary gland are still lacking. In this study, we identified 1755 lncRNAs (545 annotated lncRNAs and 1210 novel lncRNAs) from RNA-seq data in the pituitary gland of embryonic and adult sheep. A total of 235 lncRNAs were differentially expressed between embryonic and adult group. We verified the presence of some lncRNAs using RT-PCR and DNA sequencing, and identified some differentially expressed lncRNAs using qPCR. We also investigated the role of cis-acting lncRNAs on target genes. GO and KEGG enrichment analysis revealed that the target genes of lncRNAs were involved in the regulation of hormones secretion and some signaling pathways in the sheep pituitary gland. Our study provides comprehensive expression profiles of lncRNAs and valuable resource for understanding their function in the pituitary gland. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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