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GENOME RESEARCH
卷 32, 期 7, 页码 1408-1423出版社
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1101/gr.275655.121
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- National Institutes of Health [R35-GM122550]
- Max Planck Society
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [422857230]
- DFG Clinical Research Unit CRU326 [329621271]
- European Union [643062]
- Medical Research Council, UK [MC_UP_1605/10]
- Academy of Medical Sciences
- Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [APR3 \1017]
- Human Frontier Science Program long-term fellowship [LT000017/2019-L]
- Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics
- Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [643062] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
This study describes the demography and genomic distribution of zebrafish transposable elements (TEs) and their expression during embryogenesis. The results reveal a highly dynamic genomic ecosystem comprising nearly 2000 distinct TE families, with longer retroelements being retained in intergenic regions and shorter elements more frequently found near or within genes. The study provides a valuable resource for using zebrafish as a model to study the impact of TEs on vertebrate development.
There is considerable interest in understanding the effect of transposable elements (TEs) on embryonic development. Studies in humans and mice are limited by the difficulty of working with mammalian embryos and by the relative scarcity of active TEs in these organisms. The zebrafish is an outstanding model for the study of vertebrate development, and over half of its genome consists of diverse TEs. However, zebrafish TEs remain poorly characterized. Here we describe the demography and genomic distribution of zebrafish TEs and their expression throughout embryogenesis using bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing data. These results reveal a highly dynamic genomic ecosystem comprising nearly 2000 distinct TE families, which vary in copy number by four orders of magnitude and span a wide range of ages. Longer retroelements tend to be retained in intergenic regions, whereas short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) and DNA transposons are more frequently found nearby or within genes. Locus-specific mapping of TE expression reveals extensive TE transcription during development. Although two-thirds of TE transcripts are likely driven by nearby gene promoters, we still observe stage- and tissue-specific expression patterns in self-regulated TEs. Long terminal repeat (LTR) retroelements are most transcriptionally active immediately following zygotic genome activation, whereas DNA transposons are enriched among transcripts expressed in later stages of development. Single-cell analysis reveals several endogenous retroviruses expressed in specific somatic cell lineages. Overall, our study provides a valuable resource for using zebrafish as a model to study the impact of TEs on vertebrate development.
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