综合性甲基组和转录组分析揭示了江颜色常见鱼颜色色素的表观遗传调节
Wenqi Zhao1, Xiaowen Chen1, Ayesha Arif1
1Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources Certificated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Fisheries Science Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquaculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China.
International journal of molecular sciences
|October 29, 2025
概括
对江彩色常见鱼的表观遗传学分析揭示了影响色素的DNA甲基化模式. 促进物甲基化与基因表达相反相关,识别了鱼颜色多样性的关键调节者.
科学领域:
- * 基因组学和表观遗传学
- * 水产养殖和鱼类生物学
- * 分子生物学 * 分子生物学
背景情况:
- * 乌江色常见鱼呈现多样化的色素,但基本的表观遗传机制在很大程度上是未知的.
- * 了解颜色变化的遗传和表观遗传基础对于选择性繁殖和水产养殖至关重要.
研究的目的:
- *研究不同江色普通鱼品种的全基因组DNA甲基化和转录组概况.
- * 确定与色素差异相关的表观遗传调节者,特别是黑斑鱼.
- * 探索DNA甲基化,基因表达和代谢途径之间的相互作用,以确定鱼的色彩.
主要方法:
- *整合了从背部皮肤样本获得的全基因组DNA甲基化 (MBD-seq) 和RNA测序 (RNA-seq) 数据.
- * 黑斑和非黑斑品种之间的甲基化水平和基因表达的比较分析.
- * 关键基因表达模式的定量实时PCR (RT-qPCR) 验证.
主要成果:
- *黑斑鱼呈现出更高的全球DNA甲基化 (约. 6%) 与没有黑斑的品种相比.
- *差异性DNA甲基化主要存在于内基和基因间区域.
- *观察到促进物甲基化和基因表达之间存在显著的逆相关性,确定了96个与色素相关的基因,包括像ASIP和frmA这样的表观遗传沉默调节者.
- * 路径分析突出显示了黑色生成,氨酸,脂质和脂肪酸代谢在颜色决定中的参与.
结论:
- *促进者DNA甲基化在调节基因表达和影响江色彩常见鱼的颜色多样性方面发挥着关键作用.
- *像ASIP和frmA这样的关键基因的表观遗传沉默有助于黑斑表型.
- *这些发现提供了关于表观遗传控制色彩及其与鱼类新陈代谢调节的联系的见解.
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