Author:
Liu Lei,Liu Xiao,Fu Yuanyuan,Fang Wei,Wang Chunlin
Abstract
AbstractThe molecular mechanisms underlying the dynamic process of crab molting are still poorly understood at the individual level. We investigated global expression changes in the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain, at the transcriptome level and revealed a cascade of sequential expression events for genes involved in various aspects of the molting process using whole-body sequencing of juvenile crabs. RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) produced 139.49 Gb of clean reads and 20,436 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) among different molting stages. The expression patterns for genes involved in several molecular events critical for molting, such as cuticle reconstruction, cytoskeletal structure remodeling, hormone regulation, immune responses, and metabolism, were characterized and considered as mechanisms underlying molting in S. paramamosain. Among these genes, we identified 10,695 DEGs in adjacent molting stages. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses showed that significantly enriched pathways included structural constituents of cuticle, binding and chitin metabolic processes, steroid hormone biosynthesis, insulin resistance, and amino sugar metabolic processes. The expression profiles of 12 functional genes detected via RNA-seq were corroborated via real-time RT-PCR assays. The results revealed gene expression profiles across the molting cycle and identified possible activation pathways for future investigation of the underlying molecular mechanisms.
Funder
the National Key R & D Program of China
the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China
the Sci & Tech Project for Common Wealth of Ningbo
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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