Comparative transcriptome analysis of skin color-associated genes in leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus)

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BACKGROUND: The leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus) is an important economic species in East Asia-Pacific countries. To meet the market demand, leopard coral grouper is facing overfishing and their population is rapidly declining. With the improvement of the artificial propagation technique, the leopard coral grouper has been successfully cultured by Fisheries Research Institute in Taiwan. However, the skin color of farmed individuals is often lacking bright redness. As such, the market price of farmed individuals is lower than wild-type.

RESULTS: To understand the genetic mechanisms of skin coloration in leopard coral grouper, we compared leopard coral grouper with different skin colors through transcriptome analysis. Six cDNA libraries generated from wild-caught leopard coral grouper with different skin colors were characterized by using the Illumina platform. Reference-guided de novo transcriptome data of leopard coral grouper obtained 24,700 transcripts, and 1,089 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were found between red and brown skin color individuals. The results showed that nine candidate DEGs (epha2, sema6d, acsl4, slc7a5, hipk1, nol6, timp2, slc25a42, and kdf1) significantly associated with skin color were detected by using comparative transcriptome analysis and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).

CONCLUSIONS: The findings may provide genetic information for further skin color research, and to boost the market price of farmed leopard coral grouper by selective breeding.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: BMC Genomics. 2023 Feb 10;24(1):71. - PMID 36765277

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC genomics - 24(2023), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite 5

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Hung-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Kao-Sung [VerfasserIn]
Huang, You-Syu [VerfasserIn]
Hsieh, Hern-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, HsinYuan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DEGs
Journal Article
Plectropomus leopardus
QRT-PCR
Skin color
Transcriptome

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Date Completed 09.01.2023

Date Revised 11.02.2023

published: Electronic

ErratumIn: BMC Genomics. 2023 Feb 10;24(1):71. - PMID 36765277

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12864-022-09091-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351157840