Comparative gonad transcriptome analysis in cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
Shen, Xueyan, Yáñez, José M., Gomes, Giana, Poon, Zhi Weng Josiah, Foster, Derick, Alarcon, Jorge, and Domingos, Jose A. (2023) Comparative gonad transcriptome analysis in cobia (Rachycentron canadum). Frontiers in Genetics, 14. 1128943.
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Abstract
Background: Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is a species of fish with high commercial potential particularly due to fast growth rates. The evidence of sexual size dimorphism favoring females indicate potential benefits in having a monosex culture. However, the involvement of genetic factors responsible for sexual development and gonadal maintenance that produces phenotypic sex in cobia is largely unknown.
Methods: In the present study, we performed transcriptome sequencing of cobia to identify sex-biased significantly differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in testes and ovaries. The reliability of the gonad transcriptome data was validated by qPCR analysis of eight selected significantly differential expressed sex-related candidate genes.
Results: This comparative gonad transcriptomic analysis revealed that 7,120 and 4,628 DEGs are up-regulated in testes or ovaries, respectively. Further functional annotation analyses identified 76 important candidate genes involved in sex determination cascades or sex differentiation, including 42 known testis-biased DEGs (dmrt1, amh and sox9 etc.), and 34 known ovary-biased DEGs (foxl2, sox3 and cyp19a etc.). Moreover, eleven significantly enriched pathways functionally related to sex determination and sex differentiation were identified, including Wnt signaling pathway, oocyte meiosis, the TGF-beta signaling pathway and MAPK signaling pathway.
Conclusion: This work represents the first comparative gonad transcriptome study in cobia. The putative sex-associated DEGs and pathways provide an important molecular basis for further investigation of cobia’s sex determination, gonadal development as well as potential control breeding of monosex female populations for a possible aquaculture setting.
| Item ID: | 79058 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1664-8021 |
| Keywords: | cobia, gonad transcriptome, Rachycentron canadum, reproductive related pathways, sex-biased genes, sexual size dimorphism |
| Copyright Information: | © 2023 Shen, Yáñez, Bastos Gomes, Poon, Foster, Alarcon and Domingos. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2023 21:56 |
| FoR Codes: | 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3005 Fisheries sciences > 300501 Aquaculture @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 10 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 1002 Fisheries - aquaculture > 100202 Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna) @ 100% |
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