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Ovary-derived circular RNAs profile analysis during the onset of puberty in gilts

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BMC GENOMICS
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07786-w

Keywords

Alternative splicing; CircRNAs; Ovary; Puberty

Funding

  1. China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31902131]
  3. Special Fund for Science and Technology Innovation of Guangdong Province [2018B020203003]
  4. National Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2019A1515010676]
  5. Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou [202002030071]

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The study established the profiles of ovarian circRNAs during pubertal transition in gilts, identifying 972 circRNAs with stage-specific and tissue-specific circRNAs. CircRNAs derived from puberty-related genes were found and alternative splicing events were investigated, showing A3SS events as the most common in alternative splicing. Further exploration of circRNA-miRNA-gene networks and validation of circRNA expressions were conducted. These results provide valuable information for understanding the onset of puberty at the ovarian-circRNAs-level in mammals.
Background In mammals, the ovary is the essential system of female reproduction for the onset of puberty, and the abnormal puberty has negative outcomes on health. CircRNA is a non-coding RNA produced by non-canonical alternative splicing (AS). Several studies have reported that circRNA is involved in the gene regulation and plays an important role in some human diseases. However, the contribution of circRNA has received little known within the onset of puberty in ovary. Results Here, the profiles of ovarian circRNAs across pre-, in- and post-pubertal stages were established by RNA-sEq. In total, 972 circRNAs were identified, including 631 stage-specific circRNAs and 8 tissue-specific circRNAs. The biological functions of parental genes of circRNAs were enriched in steroid biosynthesis, autophagy-animal, MAPK signaling pathway, progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation and ras signaling pathway. Moreover, 5 circRNAs derived from 4 puberty-related genes (ESR1, JAK2, NF1 and ARNT) were found in this study. The A3SS events were the most alternative splicing, but IR events were likely to be arose in post-pubertal ovaries. Besides, the circRNA-miRNA-gene networks were explored for 10 differentially expressed circRNAs. Furthermore, the head-to-tail exon as well as the expressions of 10 circRNAs were validated by the divergent RT-qPCR and sanger sequencing. Conclusions In summary, the profiles of ovarian circRNAs were provided during pubertal transition in gilts, and these results provided useful information for the investigation on the onset of puberty at the ovarian-circRNAs-level in mammals.

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