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基因共表达网络分析揭示马铃薯薯块发育特征及原始抗性

Gene Co-expression Network-based Analysis Provides Insights into Potato Development and Initial Resistance

  • 摘要: 转录组测序(RNA-seq)技术提供的全基因组数据信息已广泛应用于研究多个样本之间的基因表达模式和调控机制。通过构建种间或种内基因共表达网络(GCNs)挖掘的表达相关基因在功能上通常是相似的。对于马铃薯(Solanum tuberosum)而言,目前有大量的公共转录组测序数据,但是缺乏针对这些高通量数据构建的GCN网络,因此也无法探索在不同基因型、不同组织以及不同环境条件下基因的表达模式及规律。本研究选取16个公共转录组测序数据库构建了GCN网络,这些数据库涵盖了来自全球各地的11个马铃薯栽培种。基于两两间基因表达相关性,我们在GCN网络中发现了一些具有特定生物学意义的基因模块。该网络共由14个基因模块组成并富集到植物光合形态建成、薯块休眠解除等多个生理过程,其中一个模块的134个基因在原始栽培种(ssp. Andigena)中特异性高表达,且通过功能富集发现这些基因与马铃薯病害和逆境的抗性相关。该结果揭示了在马铃薯人工驯化期间基因进化压力出现遗传漂移。本研究中基于GCN网络分析揭示了马铃薯种间和种内基因共表达模块的聚类以及不同模块基因间在进化上的分化,为马铃薯基因功能研究提供了新的视角。

     

    Abstract: RNA sequencing(RNA-seq) providing genome-wide expression datasets has been successfully used to study gene expression patterns and regulation mechanism among multiple samples. Expression-related genes mined through the construction of interspecific or intraspecific gene co-expression networks(GCNs) are often functionally similar. For potatoes(Solanum tuberosum), there is a large number of public transcriptome sequencing data, but there is a lack of GCN networks built for these high-throughput data, so it is impossible to explore the gene expression patterns and rules under different genotypes, tissues and environmental conditions. We constructed a potato GCN using 16 published RNA-seq datasets covering 11 cultivars from native habitat worldwide. The correlations of gene expression were assessed pair-wisely and biologically meaningful gene modules which were highly connected in GCN were identified. The network was composed of 14 gene modules, which were enriched in many physiological processes, such as plant photosynthetic morphogenesis and dormant release of potato blocks.Among them, 134 genes of one module were specifically highly expressed in the original cultivar(ssp. Andigena),and these genes were found to be related to potato disease and stress resistance through functional enrichment.These results su-ggested that genetic shift of genetic evolutionary stress occurred during potato domestication. In this study, GCN network analysis revealed the clustering of interspecific and intraspecific gene co-expression modules and the evolutionary differentiation of genes among different modules in potato, which provided a new perspective for the study of potato gene function.

     

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