旨在构建猪(Sus scrofa)的基因共表达网络模块,挖掘功能基因.基于权重基因共表达网络分析技术(Weighted gene co-expression network analysis,WGCNA),利用猪的多组织转录组测序数据,构建了24个猪的基因共表达模块,并对模块进行生物学过程、KEGG通路、疾病和组织特异性分析.结果显示,模块具有功能特异性,与器官的发育阶段、代谢通路有关,且同一模块中的信号通路间呈现调控关系;模块可富集与代谢、神经系统、癌症相关的疾病基因;模块可定位于特定组织.分析发现,钙调通路、PI3K Akt通路、MAPK通路、泛素介导通路等在模块中呈现关键作用,催产素通路、昼夜节律通路内的相关基因对繁殖调控具有重要作用,SIX1、PRKAG3等基因的局部网络涉及肌肉发育.综上表明,在基因组水平上,构建和分析基因表达调控网络,可为探究中国地方猪品种特有的基因资源信息、丰富分子育种理论,提供新思路和新途径.%The present study aimed to construct gene co-expression network modules in pig,and explore functional genes.The 24 modules were constructed using RNA-seq dataset by Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis,which were enriched in biological process,KEGG pathway,disease and tissue specificity.Modules showed significant functional specificity,and were correlated with specific development stages and metabolic pathways of organs.In addition,signaling pathways within the same module had regulation relationships with each other.Furthermore,modules enriched genes in diseases related to metabolic,nervous system and cancer,and also modules were located at the specific tissues.Moreover,calcium channel,PI3K-Akt signaling pathway,MAPK signaling pathway and ubiquitin mediating signaling pathway played key roles in different modules.The genes related to oxytocin and circadian entrainment pathways performed important regulatory functions in reproduction.SIX1 and PRKAG3 involved in development of muscles.Finally,the construction and analysis of gene co-expression regulation network can provide new ideas and methods to discover specific gene resource in Chinese local pig breeds and enrich the theories of molecular breeding.
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