Genome-wide Identification and Characterization of Natural Antisense Transcripts by Strand-specific RNA Sequencing in Ganoderma lucidum

Abstract Ganoderma lucidum is a white-rot fungus best-known for its medicinal and ligninolytic activities. To discover the underlying genes responsible for these activities, we identified and characterized the natural antisense transcripts (NATs) using strand-specific (ss) RNA-seq data obtained from...

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Autores principales: Junjie Shao, Haimei Chen, Dan Yang, Mei Jiang, Hui Zhang, Bin Wu, Jianqin Li, Lichai Yuan, Chang Liu
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Sumario:Abstract Ganoderma lucidum is a white-rot fungus best-known for its medicinal and ligninolytic activities. To discover the underlying genes responsible for these activities, we identified and characterized the natural antisense transcripts (NATs) using strand-specific (ss) RNA-seq data obtained from the mycelia, primordia and fruiting bodies. NATs were identified using a custom pipeline and then subjected to functional enrichment and differential expression analyses. A total of 1613 cis- and 244 trans- sense and antisense transcripts were identified. Mapping to GO terms and KEGG pathways revealed that NATs were frequently associated with genes of particular functional categories in particular stages. ssRT-qPCR experiments showed that the expression profiles of 30 of 50 (60%) transcripts were highly correlated with those of the RNA-seq results (r ≥ 0.9). Expression profiles of 22 of 25 (88%) pairs of NATs and STs were highly correlated (p ≤ 0.01), with 15 having r ≥ 0.8 and 4 having r ≤ -0.8. Six lignin-modifying genes and their NATs were analyzed in detail. Diverse patterns of differential expression among different stages and positive and negative correlations were observed. These results suggested that NATs were implicated in gene expression regulation in a function-group and developmental-stage specific manner through complex mechanisms.