• 응용통계연구
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.437-448
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• 2016

서로 상관있는 유전자들의 발현조절이 질병이나 종양의 발생에 영향을 미치기 때문에 단일유전자 분석 대신 공통의 생물학적 요소를 지닌 유전자 집단 분석이 각광을 받게 되었고 생물학적으로 좀더 설명하기 쉬운 결과를 얻게 되었다. 표현형에 따라 유의한 차이를 보이는 유전자 집단을 찾는 여러 방법들이 있지만, 대부분의 방법들이 집단에 속한 유전자들의 표현형에 따른 발현의 차이를 탐색하거나 유전자들 사이의 공발현 구조가 다른지 탐색하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 특이발현과 특이공발현의 차이를 모두 고려하는 탐색방법을 제시하였고 p53이란 유전자 자료와 모의자료를 이용하여 제시한 방법의 성능을 알아 보았다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.1739-1748
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• 2021

Objective: In recent years, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified in many species, and some of them have been shown to play important roles in muscle development and myogenesis. However, the differences in lncRNAs between Kazakh cattle and Xinjiang brown cattle remain undefined; therefore, we aimed to confirm whether lncRNAs are differentially expressed in the longissimus dorsi between these two types of cattle and whether differentially expressed lncRNAs regulate muscle differentiation. Methods: We used RNA-seq technology to identify lncRNAs in longissimus muscles from these cattle. The expression of lncRNAs were analyzed using StringTie (1.3.1) in terms of the fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads values of the encoding genes. The differential expression of the transcripts in the two samples were analyzed using the DESeq R software package. The resulting false discovery rate was controlled by the Benjamini and Hochberg's approach. KOBAS software was utilized to measure the expression of different genes in Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes pathways. We randomly selected eight lncRNA genes and validated them by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Results: We found that 182 lncRNA transcripts, including 102 upregulated and 80 downregulated transcripts, were differentially expressed between Kazakh cattle and Xinjiang brown cattle. The results of RT-qPCR were consistent with the sequencing results. Enrichment analysis and functional annotation of the target genes revealed that the differentially expressed lncRNAs were associated with the mitogen-activated protein kinase, Ras, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3k)/Akt signaling pathways. We also constructed a lncRNA/mRNA coexpression network for the PI3k/Akt signaling pathway. Conclusion: Our study provides insights into cattle muscle-associated lncRNAs and will contribute to a more thorough understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying muscle growth and development in cattle.