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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 261, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111045
Keywords
Long non-coding RNAs; Vitellogenesis; Proliferation; Fenneropenaeus merguiensis
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- Prince of Songkla University [SCI610562S]
- Thailand Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (TGIST)
- National Science and Technology Development Agency [SCA-CO-2562-9776-TH]
- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology [P1652214]
- Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics Research, Division of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University
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This study identified potential lncRNAs in the ovary of female banana shrimp related to vitellogenesis, providing insights into reproduction in shrimp species.
The long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been known to play important roles in several biological processes as well as in reproduction. This study aimed to identify lncRNA in ovary female banana shrimp, Fenneropenaeus merguiensis, and investigate the potential role of lncPV13 in the vitellogenesis. After the in silico identification of the ovarian transcriptome, a total of 24,733 putative lncRNAs were obtained, and only 147 putative lncRNAs were significantly differentially expressed among the ovarian development stages. To validate the in silico identification of lncRNAs, the 16 lncRNAs with the highest differential expression in the transcriptome analysis were evaluated by RT-qPCR. The 6 lncRNAs showed higher expression levels in the mature stage than in the previtellogenic stage and were found in several tissues such as in eyestalks, brains, thoracic ganglia, gills, and muscle. Furthermore, most candidate lncRNAs were amplifiable in Litopenaeus vannamei's and Penaeus monodon's DNA but not in Macrobrachium rosenbergii's DNA, suggesting some lncRNAs are expressed in a species-specific manner among penaeid shrimp. In this study, the lncPV13 was investigated for its vitellogenin regulating function by RNA interference. The result indicates that the lncPV13 expression was suppressed in the ovary on day 7 after the injection of double-stranded RNA specific to lncPV13 (dslncPV13), while vitellogenin (Vg) expression was significantly decreased. In contrast, the gonad inhibiting hormone (GIH) expression was significantly increased in the lncPV13 knockdown shrimp. However, the oocyte proliferation was not significantly different between control and lncPV13 knockdown shrimp. This suggests that lncPV13 regulate Vg synthesis through GIH inhibition. Finally, our findings provide lncRNA information and potential lncRNAs involved in the vitellogenesis of female banana shrimp.
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