Transcriptomic Profiling of Egg Quality in Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Sheds Light on Genes Involved in Ubiquitination and Translation

Type Article
Date 2017-02
Language English
Author(s) Zarski Daniel1, 2, Thaovi Nguyen 3, Le Cam Aurelie3, Montfort Jerome3, Dutto GilbertORCID4, Vidal Marie-Odile4, Fauvel Christian4, Bobe Julien3
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Warmia & Mazury, Dept Lake & River Fisheries, Ul Oczapowskiego 2, PL-10719 Olsztyn, Poland.
2 : Szent Istvan Univ, Dept Aquaculture, Pater Karoly 1, H-2100 Godollo, Hungary.
3 : INRA, LPGP, F-35000 Rennes, France.
4 : Univ Montpellier, Stn Expt Aquaculture, IFREMER, UMR MARBEC,IRD,CNRS, Chemin Maguelone, Palavas Les Flots 34250, France.
Source Marine Biotechnology (1436-2228) (Springer), 2017-02 , Vol. 19 , N. 1 , P. 102-115
DOI 10.1007/s10126-017-9732-1
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Keyword(s) Microarray, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Aquaculture, Controlled reproduction
Abstract Variable and low egg quality is a major limiting factor for the development of efficient aquaculture production. This stems from limited knowledge on the mechanisms underlying egg quality in cultured fish. Molecular analyses, such as transcriptomic studies, are valuable tools to identify the most important processes modulating egg quality. However, very few studies have been devoted to this aspect so far. Within this study, the microarray-based transcriptomic analysis of eggs (of different quality) of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) was performed. An Agilent oligo microarray experiment was performed on labelled mRNA extracted from 16 batches of eggs (each batch obtained from a different female) of sea bass, in which over 24,000 published probe arrays were used. We identified 39 differentially expressed genes exhibiting a differential expression between the groups of low (fertilization rate < 60 %) and high (fertilization rate > 60 %) quality. The mRNA levels of eight genes were further analyzed by quantitative PCR. Seven genes were confirmed by qPCR to be differentially expressed in eggs of low and high quality. This study confirmed the importance of some of the genes already reported to be potential molecular quality indicators (mainly rnf213 and irf7), but we also found new genes (mainly usp5, mem-prot, plec, cenpf), which had not yet been reported to be quality-dependent in fish. These results suggest the importance of genes involved in several important processes, such as protein ubiquitination, translation, DNA repair, and cell structure and architecture; these probably being the mechanisms that contribute to egg developmental competence in sea bass.
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Zarski Daniel, Thaovi Nguyen, Le Cam Aurelie, Montfort Jerome, Dutto Gilbert, Vidal Marie-Odile, Fauvel Christian, Bobe Julien (2017). Transcriptomic Profiling of Egg Quality in Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Sheds Light on Genes Involved in Ubiquitination and Translation. Marine Biotechnology, 19(1), 102-115. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-017-9732-1 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00371/48220/