Integrative Analysis of Chromatin Accessibility and Transcriptional Landscape Identifies Key Genes During Muscle Development in Pigs

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作者
Zhang, Dongjie [1 ]
Zhang, Qian [2 ]
Wu, Xiaoxu [2 ]
Wang, Liang [1 ]
Zhang, Xiaohan [2 ]
Liu, Di [1 ]
Yang, Xiuqin [2 ]
机构
[1] Heilongjiang Acad Agr Sci, Inst Anim Husb, Harbin 150086, Peoples R China
[2] Northeast Agr Univ, Coll Anim Sci & Technol, Harbin 150030, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
skeletal muscle; ATAC-seq; RNA-seq; transcription factor; dual-luciferase reporter analysis; SKELETAL-MUSCLE; EXPRESSION; MYOGENIN; NEURONS; GROWTH; RNA; DIFFERENTIATION; GENERATION; CONVERSION; PROTEINS;
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10.3390/cells13242118
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Many efforts have been made to reveal the mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle development because of its importance in animals. However, knowledge on chromatin accessibility, a prerequisite for gene expression, remains limited. Here, dynamic changes in chromatin accessibility were analyzed in the skeletal muscles of Min pigs at the ages of 30, 90, and 210 d using an assay for transposase-accessible chromatin with high-throughput sequencing (ATAC-seq). A total of 16,301 differentially accessible regions (DARs) associated with 7455 genes were identified among three developmental stages. Seven out of eight DARs selected for a functional analysis were found to regulate reporter gene expression significantly (p < 0.05), indicating that DARs are active in gene expression. A total of 2219 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified with RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). Through integrated analyses of ATAC-seq and RNA-seq data, 54 DEG_DAR_genes and 61 transcription factors (TFs) were characterized as critical for muscle development. Among them, Kruppel-like factor 5 (KLF5), targeted to 36 DEG_DAR_genes, was the most important TF. The effects of KLF5 on DEG_DAR_gene expression were then analyzed with molecular biology techniques. KLF5 was found to regulate SLPI (secretory leukocyte proteinase inhibitor) expression by directly binding to the promoter; KLF5 was also involved in APOA1 (apolipoprotein A-I) expression through affecting the regulatory role of DAR located in the intron. These results indicate that the TFs identified were functional. Altogether, the chromatin accessibility region, TFs, and genes important for muscle development in Min pigs were identified. The results provide novel data for further revealing the mechanisms underlying the epigenetic regulation of muscle development.
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