作者: Pâmela A. Alexandre , Marina Naval-Sanchez , Laercio R. Porto-Neto , José Bento S. Ferraz , Antonio Reverter
DOI: 10.1101/360396
关键词: Single-nucleotide polymorphism 、 Systems biology 、 Biology 、 Regulator gene 、 Candidate gene 、 Gene 、 Computational biology 、 Phenotype 、 Beef cattle 、 Feed conversion ratio
摘要: Systems biology approaches are used as strategy to uncover tissue-specific perturbations and regulatory genes related complex phenotypes. We applied this approach study feed efficiency (FE) in beef cattle, an important trait both economically environmentally. Poly-A selected RNA of five tissues (adrenal gland, hypothalamus, liver, skeletal muscle pituitary) eighteen young bulls, for high low FE, were sequenced (100bp, pared-end). From the 17,354 expressed genes, 1,317 prioritized by selection categories (differentially expressed, harbouring SNPs associated with tissue-specific, secreted plasma key regulators) network construction. NR2F6 TGFB identified validated motif discovery regulators hepatic inflammatory response tissue development, respectively, two biological processes demonstrated be FE. Moreover, we indicated potential biomarkers FE which hormonal control metabolism sexual maturity. By using robust methodologies validation strategies, confirmed main Bos indicus candidate or superior animals.