Differential Expression of miRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs between Ovaries and Testes in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethics Statement
2.2. Sample Collection and RNA Extraction
2.3. Library Preparation and Sequencing
2.4. Data Quality Control and Read Alignment
2.5. Bioinformatics Analysis of smaRNA Sequences
2.6. Processing of lncRNA Sequencing Data
2.7. Identification of circRNAs and Prediction of Coding Potential
2.8. Differential Expression Analysis
2.9. Enrichment Analysis of Differential Candidate Genes
2.10. Quantitative PCR
2.11. ceRNA Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Overview of Gonadal smaRNA Sequencing of Common Carp
3.2. Analysis of miRNA in Common Carp Gonads
3.3. Differential Expression of miRNAs between Ovaries and Testes
3.4. Target Gene Prediction and Functional Enrichment of miRNAs
3.5. Overview of Gonadal lncRNA Sequencing
3.6. Differential Expression of lncRNAs
3.7. Differentially Expressed mRNAs
3.8. Identification of Gonadal circRNAs
3.9. Expression Profiles and Functional Analysis of circRNAs in Gonads
3.10. Validation of Expression Profiles by qPCR
3.11. Complex Interactions among mRNAs and ncRNAs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Hou, M.; Wang, Q.; Zhang, J.; Zhao, R.; Cao, Y.; Yu, S.; Wang, K.; Chen, Y.; Ma, Z.; Sun, X.; et al. Differential Expression of miRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs between Ovaries and Testes in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio). Cells 2023, 12, 2631. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12222631
Hou M, Wang Q, Zhang J, Zhao R, Cao Y, Yu S, Wang K, Chen Y, Ma Z, Sun X, et al. Differential Expression of miRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs between Ovaries and Testes in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio). Cells. 2023; 12(22):2631. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12222631
Chicago/Turabian StyleHou, Mingxi, Qi Wang, Jin Zhang, Ran Zhao, Yiming Cao, Shuangting Yu, Kaikuo Wang, Yingjie Chen, Ziyao Ma, Xiaoqing Sun, and et al. 2023. "Differential Expression of miRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs between Ovaries and Testes in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)" Cells 12, no. 22: 2631. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12222631