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Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provided a New Insight into the Molecular Mechanisms of Epididymis Regulating Semen Volume in Drakes
SIMPLE SUMMARY: In recent years, some studies have found that epididymis could affect the reproductive performance of poultry. In drakes, the semen volume is regulated by epididymis, and the semen volume is the key to limit the ratio of male and female during artificial insemination. Therefore, the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9655896/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36359147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12213023 |
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author | Hu, Xinyue Ouyang, Qingyuan Tang, Bincheng Zhang, Xin Hu, Jiwei Hu, Bo Hu, Shenqiang Li, Liang He, Hua Liu, Hehe Wang, Jiwen |
author_facet | Hu, Xinyue Ouyang, Qingyuan Tang, Bincheng Zhang, Xin Hu, Jiwei Hu, Bo Hu, Shenqiang Li, Liang He, Hua Liu, Hehe Wang, Jiwen |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: In recent years, some studies have found that epididymis could affect the reproductive performance of poultry. In drakes, the semen volume is regulated by epididymis, and the semen volume is the key to limit the ratio of male and female during artificial insemination. Therefore, the present study compared the histomorphology and transcriptome level differences in the epididymis of drakes with high- and low-volume semen. After bioinformatics analysis, nine differentially expressed genes (including SLC18A2, SNAP25, CACNA1B, GABRG2, DRD3, CAMK2A, NR5A1, and STAR) that up-regulated in the high-volume semen group and could regulate mutually were screened. The results reveal that the nine genes could affect the semen volume of drakes by regulating the synthesis of steroid hormones in epididymis. These results provide a new insight into the molecular mechanism regulating semen volume of drakes. ABSTRACT: Semen volume is an important factor in artificial insemination (AI) of ducks. In drakes, seminal plasma that is produced by the epididymis determines the semen volume. However, the mechanism of epididymis regulating semen volume of drakes remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to preliminarily reveal the mechanism regulating the semen volume through comparing the epididymal histomorphology and mRNA expression profiles between drakes with high-volume semen (HVS) and low-volume semen (LVS). Phenotypically, drakes in the HVS group produced more sperm than drakes in the LVS group. In addition, compared with the HVS group, the ductal square of ductuli conjugentes (DC) and dutus epididymidis (DE) in epididymis was significantly smaller in the LVS group, and the lumenal diameter and epithelial thickness of DC/DE were significantly shorter in the LVS group. In transcriptional regulation, 72 different expression genes (DEGs) were identified from the epididymis between HVS and LVS groups. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis indicated that the DEGs were mainly related to hormone secretion, neurotransmitter synthesis/transport, transmembrane signal transduction, transmembrane transporter activity, and nervous system development (p < 0.05). Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) functional enrichment analysis showed that the DEGs were significantly enriched in pathways associated with hormone and neurotransmitter transmission (p < 0.05). In addition, further analysis of the top five pathways enriched by KEGG, nine key candidate genes (including SLC18A2, SNAP25, CACNA1B, GABRG2, DRD3, CAMK2A, NR5A1, and STAR) were identified, which could play a crucial role in the formation of semen. These data provide new insights into the molecular mechanism regulating semen volume of drakes and make feasible the breeding of drakes by semen volume. |
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spelling | pubmed-96558962022-11-15 Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provided a New Insight into the Molecular Mechanisms of Epididymis Regulating Semen Volume in Drakes Hu, Xinyue Ouyang, Qingyuan Tang, Bincheng Zhang, Xin Hu, Jiwei Hu, Bo Hu, Shenqiang Li, Liang He, Hua Liu, Hehe Wang, Jiwen Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: In recent years, some studies have found that epididymis could affect the reproductive performance of poultry. In drakes, the semen volume is regulated by epididymis, and the semen volume is the key to limit the ratio of male and female during artificial insemination. Therefore, the present study compared the histomorphology and transcriptome level differences in the epididymis of drakes with high- and low-volume semen. After bioinformatics analysis, nine differentially expressed genes (including SLC18A2, SNAP25, CACNA1B, GABRG2, DRD3, CAMK2A, NR5A1, and STAR) that up-regulated in the high-volume semen group and could regulate mutually were screened. The results reveal that the nine genes could affect the semen volume of drakes by regulating the synthesis of steroid hormones in epididymis. These results provide a new insight into the molecular mechanism regulating semen volume of drakes. ABSTRACT: Semen volume is an important factor in artificial insemination (AI) of ducks. In drakes, seminal plasma that is produced by the epididymis determines the semen volume. However, the mechanism of epididymis regulating semen volume of drakes remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to preliminarily reveal the mechanism regulating the semen volume through comparing the epididymal histomorphology and mRNA expression profiles between drakes with high-volume semen (HVS) and low-volume semen (LVS). Phenotypically, drakes in the HVS group produced more sperm than drakes in the LVS group. In addition, compared with the HVS group, the ductal square of ductuli conjugentes (DC) and dutus epididymidis (DE) in epididymis was significantly smaller in the LVS group, and the lumenal diameter and epithelial thickness of DC/DE were significantly shorter in the LVS group. In transcriptional regulation, 72 different expression genes (DEGs) were identified from the epididymis between HVS and LVS groups. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis indicated that the DEGs were mainly related to hormone secretion, neurotransmitter synthesis/transport, transmembrane signal transduction, transmembrane transporter activity, and nervous system development (p < 0.05). Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) functional enrichment analysis showed that the DEGs were significantly enriched in pathways associated with hormone and neurotransmitter transmission (p < 0.05). In addition, further analysis of the top five pathways enriched by KEGG, nine key candidate genes (including SLC18A2, SNAP25, CACNA1B, GABRG2, DRD3, CAMK2A, NR5A1, and STAR) were identified, which could play a crucial role in the formation of semen. These data provide new insights into the molecular mechanism regulating semen volume of drakes and make feasible the breeding of drakes by semen volume. MDPI 2022-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9655896/ /pubmed/36359147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12213023 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hu, Xinyue Ouyang, Qingyuan Tang, Bincheng Zhang, Xin Hu, Jiwei Hu, Bo Hu, Shenqiang Li, Liang He, Hua Liu, Hehe Wang, Jiwen Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provided a New Insight into the Molecular Mechanisms of Epididymis Regulating Semen Volume in Drakes |
title | Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provided a New Insight into the Molecular Mechanisms of Epididymis Regulating Semen Volume in Drakes |
title_full | Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provided a New Insight into the Molecular Mechanisms of Epididymis Regulating Semen Volume in Drakes |
title_fullStr | Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provided a New Insight into the Molecular Mechanisms of Epididymis Regulating Semen Volume in Drakes |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provided a New Insight into the Molecular Mechanisms of Epididymis Regulating Semen Volume in Drakes |
title_short | Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provided a New Insight into the Molecular Mechanisms of Epididymis Regulating Semen Volume in Drakes |
title_sort | comparative transcriptome analysis provided a new insight into the molecular mechanisms of epididymis regulating semen volume in drakes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9655896/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36359147 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12213023 |
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