文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Liu, Wang ¹ ; Yin, Denghua ¹ ; Li, Zhanwei ³ ; Zhu, Xiaoyan ⁴ ; Zhang, Sigang ⁴ ; Zhang, Peng ³ ; Lin, Danqing ¹ ; Hua, Zhong ¹ ; Cao, Zhichen ⁵ ; Zhang, Han ⁵ ; Zhang, Jialu ¹ ; Ying, Congping ² ; Xu, Pao ¹ ; Dong, Guixin ⁶ ; Liu, Kai ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Fishery Sci, Freshwater Fisheries Res Ctr, Key Lab Freshwater Fisheries & Germplasm Resources, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Wuxi 214081, Peoples R China

2.Nanjing Agr Univ, Wuxi Fisheries Coll, Wuxi 214081, Peoples R China

3.Zhuhai Chimelong Investment & Dev Co Ltd, Zhuhai 519000, Peoples R China

4.Anqing Aquat Technol Promot Ctr Stn, Dept Ophthalmol, Anqing 246000, Peoples R China

5.Shanghai Ocean Univ, Natl Demonstrat Ctr Expt Fisheries Sci Educ, Shanghai 201306, Peoples R China

6.Guangdong South China Rare Wild Anim Species Conse, Zhuhai 519031, Peoples R China

关键词： Yangtze finless porpoise; blood transcriptome; environment; energy metabolism; auditory

期刊名称：ANIMALS （ 影响因子：3.0； 五年影响因子：3.2 ）

ISSN： 2076-2615

年卷期： 2024 年 14 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Simple Summary The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is an endangered freshwater whale unique to the Yangtze River in China. We compared and analyzed the gene expression of the Yangtze finless porpoise in semi-natural and controlled environments, based on blood transcriptomics methods. The results showed that the acoustic behavior and auditory-related genes of the Yangtze finless porpoise may show responsive changes and differential expression under different environment conditions, and thus the auditory sensitivity may also show corresponding adaptive characteristics. This study provides a new perspective for the further exploration of the responsive changes of the two populations to various environments and provides a theoretical reference for further improvements in conservation practices for the Yangtze finless porpoise.Abstract The Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) living in different environments display significant differences in behavior and physiology. To compare and analyze gene expression differences between an ex situ population and a controlled environment population of the Yangtze finless porpoise, we sequenced the transcriptome of blood tissues living in a semi-natural reserve and an artificial facility, respectively. We identified 6860 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), of which 6603 were up-regulated and 257 were down-regulated in the controlled environment vs ex situ comparison. GO and KEGG enrichment analysis showed that the up-regulated genes in the controlled environment population were significantly associated with glucose metabolism, amino acid metabolism, and the nervous system, while those up-regulated in the ex situ population were significantly associated with energy supply and biosynthesis. Further analysis showed that metabolic and hearing-related genes were significantly affected by changes in the environment, and key metabolic genes such as HK, PFK, IDH, and GLS and key hearing-related genes such as OTOA, OTOF, SLC38A1, and GABBR2 were identified. These results suggest that the controlled environment population may have enhanced glucose metabolic ability via activation of glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, the TCA cycle, and inositol phosphate metabolism, while the ex situ population may meet higher energy requirements via enhancement of the amino acid metabolism of the liver and muscle and oxidative phosphorylation. Additionally, the acoustic behavior and auditory-related genes of Yangtze finless porpoise may show responsive changes and differential expression under different environment conditions, and thus the auditory sensitivity may also show corresponding adaptive characteristics. This study provides a new perspective for further exploration of the responsive changes of the two populations to various environments and provides a theoretical reference for further improvements in conservation practices for the Yangtze finless porpoise.