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Reinterpreting sheep muscle strand-specific RNA sequencing data showing extensive 3'UTR extensions
Caifang Ren1,2, Kaiping Deng1, Zhibo Wang1
1Institute of Sheep and Goat Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang Street, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China.
Abstract:
The more complex 3' UTR in higher organisms may have the function of increasing post-transcriptional gene regulation. Recent RNA sequencing technologies have provided us with the possibility to capture the complete 3' UTR landscape of different species and cells. However, no systematic analysis of sheep-related 3' UTR has been performed. Here, we conducted a detailed analysis of the 3' UTR with the primary goal of identifying intact 3' UTR landscapes in the sheep muscles of the three developmental stages. Based on strand-specific RNA sequencing (ssRNA-seq) data, we found that thousands of genes in sheep muscle are continuously transcribed after the UTR of the reference genome (Oar_v4.0). More than 66% of the 3' UTR extensions exhibit similar expression trends to their upstream gene exons. These 3' UTR extensions strongly enrich thousands of conserved microRNA binding sites. The 3' UTR extension-associated RNA of PFKM (PuaRNA) was predicted to be derived from the 3' UTR of PFKM. In sheep myocytes, myotubes and various tissues, the expression pattern of PuaRNA is positively correlated with that of PFKM. Taken together, these new 3' UTR annotations greatly extend the range of mammalian post-transcriptional regulatory networks, which have a particular impact on the regulation of sheep muscle development.
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