敲除trim47基因斑马鱼脑和脾的比较转录组学分析

COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS OF BRAIN AND SPLEEN IN TRIM47 KNOCKOUT ZEBRAFISH (DANIO RERIO)

  • 摘要: 用CRISPR/Cas9技术敲除斑马鱼(Danio Rerio)的trim47, 收集TRIM47–/–(trim47基因敲除)和WT(野生型)斑马鱼的大脑和脾脏进行RNA-seq分析, 以鉴定差异表达基因(DEGs)。总共确定了271个DEGs, 经过简要分析, 将这些DEGs注释为KEGG途径和GO富集分析, 与WT组相比, TRIM47-/-组的脑中DEGs集中在细胞黏附和谷氨酸能突触信号传导途径中。在脾脏中, 与野生型组相比, TRIM47-/-组的DEGs在补体和凝血级联信号通路中发生了变化。使用qRT-PCR验证了脑和脾中与补体途径相关的基因, 与转录组数据一致。这些结果表明, Trim47在脾脏和大脑中起着重要的生物学作用, 尤其是通过补体途径参与先天免疫功能。体内感染实验表明, trim47基因敲除可提高斑马鱼中鲤春病毒血症病毒(SVCV)的感染率。总之, 这些发现为TRIM成员在先天免疫中的功能提供了新线索。

     

    Abstract: Tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins is a structurally conserved protein group that plays an important role in many biological processes, such as apoptosis, cycle regulation, cellular responses to viruses and inflammatory response. Trim47 is a member of the TRIM family. In this study, the CRISPR/Cas9 technique was employed to knockout trim47 of zebrafish. Brain and spleen of TRIM47–/–(trim47 knockout) and WT (wildtype) zebrafish were collected for RNA-seq analysis to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs). A total of 271 DEGs were identified. After a brief analysis, these DEGs were annotated into Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway and three ontologies following gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis. DEGs were more concentrated in cell adhesion and glutamatergic synapse signaling pathway in brain of TRIM47–/– group as compared with WT group. In spleen, DEGs of TRIM47–/– group changed in complement and coagulation cascades signaling pathway as compared with WT group. The complement pathway-associated genes in brain and spleen were verified using qRT-PCR, which were consistent with the transcriptome data. These results indicated that Trim47 played an important biological role in spleen and brain, particularly involved in innate immune function through complement pathway. In vivo infection experiments showed that trim47 knockout increased the infection rate of Spring Viremia of Carp Virus (SVCV) in zebrafish. In conclusion, these findings provided new insight into the function of the TRIM members in innate immunity.

     

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