Muscle Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Potential Candidate Genes and Pathways Affecting Intramuscular Fat Content in Pigs

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第一作者： Zhao, Xueyan

作者： Zhao, Xueyan;Hu, Hongmei;Lin, Haichao;Wang, Cheng;Wang, Yanping;Wang, Jiying

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关键词： pork quality; IMF content; RNA sequencing; differentially expressed genes; WGCNA

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN GENETICS （ 影响因子：4.599； 五年影响因子：4.888 ）

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年卷期： 2020 年 11 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Intramuscular fat (IMF) content plays an essential role in meat quality. For identifying potential candidate genes and pathways regulating IMF content, the IMF content and thelongissimus dorsitranscriptomes of 28 purebred Duroc pigs were measured. As a result, the transcriptome analysis of four high- and four low-IMF individuals revealed a total of 309 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) using edgeR and DESeq2 (p< 0.05, |log(2)(fold change)| >= 1). Functional enrichment analysis of the DEGs revealed 19 hub genes significantly enriched in the Gene Ontology (GO) terms and pathways (q< 0.05) related to lipid metabolism and fat cell differentiation. The weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA) of the 28 pigs identified the most relevant module with 43 hub genes. The combined results of DEGs, WGCNA, and protein-protein interactions revealedADIPOQ,PPARG,LIPE,CIDEC,PLIN1,CIDEA, andFABP4to be potential candidate genes affecting IMF. Furthermore, the regulation of lipolysis in adipocytes and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) signaling pathway were significantly enriched for both the DEGs and genes in the most relevant module. Some DEGs and pathways detected in our study play essential roles and are potential candidate genes and pathways that affect IMF content in pigs. This study provides crucial information for understanding the molecular mechanism of IMF content and would be helpful in improving pork quality.

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