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BMC Genomics

Title:		Screening and evaluating of long noncoding RNAs in the puberty of goats
Author(s):		Gao X; Ye J; Yang C; Zhang K; Li X; Luo L; Ding J; Li Y; Cao H; Ling Y; Zhang X; Liu Y; Fang F; Zhang Y;
Address:		"Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resources Protection and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, China. Anhui Provincial Laboratory for Local Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resource Conservation and Bio-Breeding, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, China. Department of Animal Veterinary Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, China. Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resources Protection and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, China. fgfang@163.com. Anhui Provincial Laboratory for Local Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resource Conservation and Bio-Breeding, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, China. fgfang@163.com. Department of Animal Veterinary Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, China. fgfang@163.com. Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resources Protection and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, China. yunhaizhang@ahau.edu.cn. Anhui Provincial Laboratory for Local Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resource Conservation and Bio-Breeding, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, China. yunhaizhang@ahau.edu.cn. Department of Animal Veterinary Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230036, China. yunhaizhang@ahau.edu.cn"
Journal Title:		BMC Genomics
Year:		2017
Volume:		20170214
Issue:		1
Page Number:		164 -
DOI:		10.1186/s12864-017-3578-9
ISSN/ISBN:		1471-2164 (Electronic) 1471-2164 (Linking)
Abstract:		"BACKGROUND: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in regulating animal development, however, their function in the onset of puberty in goats remain largely unexplored. To identify the genes controlling the regulation of puberty in goats, we measured lncRNA and mRNA expression levels from the hypothalamus. RESULTS: We applied RNA sequencing analysis to examine the hypothalamus of pubertal (case; n = 3) and prepubertal (control; n = 3) goats. Our results showed 2943 predicted lncRNAs, including 2012 differentially expressed lncRNAs, which corresponded to 5412 target genes. We also investigated the role of lncRNAs that act cis and trans to the target genes and found a number of lncRNAs involved in the regulation of puberty and reproduction, as well as several pathways related to these processes. For example, oxytocin signaling pathway, sterol biosynthetic process, and pheromone receptor activity signaling pathway were enriched as Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) or gene ontology (GO) analyses showed. CONCLUSION: Our results clearly demonstrate that lncRNAs play an important role in regulating puberty in goats. However, further research is needed to explore the functions of lncRNAs and their predicted targets to provide a detailed expression profile of lncRNAs on goat puberty"
Keywords:		"Animals Cluster Analysis Computational Biology/methods Gene Expression Profiling Gene Expression Regulation Gene Ontology Genomics/methods Goats/*genetics/metabolism Molecular Sequence Annotation RNA, Long Noncoding/*genetics Sexual Maturation/*genetics T;"
Notes:		"MedlineGao, Xiaoxiao Ye, Jing Yang, Chen Zhang, Kaifa Li, Xiumei Luo, Lei Ding, Jianping Li, Yunsheng Cao, Hongguo Ling, Yinghui Zhang, Xiaorong Liu, Ya Fang, Fugui Zhang, Yunhai eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2017/02/16 BMC Genomics. 2017 Feb 14; 18(1):164. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3578-9"