Intracellular and Intercellular Gene Regulatory Network Inference From Time-Course Individual RNA-Seq

Gene regulatory network (GRN) inference is an effective approach to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying biological events. Generally, GRN inference mainly targets intracellular regulatory relationships such as transcription factors and their associated targets. In multicellular organisms,...

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Autores principales: Makoto Kashima, Yuki Shida, Takashi Yamashiro, Hiromi Hirata, Hiroshi Kurosaka
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f44036938d2c4274b372ecc4c5f1c1252021-11-11T16:20:44ZIntracellular and Intercellular Gene Regulatory Network Inference From Time-Course Individual RNA-Seq2673-764710.3389/fbinf.2021.777299https://doaj.org/article/f44036938d2c4274b372ecc4c5f1c1252021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbinf.2021.777299/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2673-7647Gene regulatory network (GRN) inference is an effective approach to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying biological events. Generally, GRN inference mainly targets intracellular regulatory relationships such as transcription factors and their associated targets. In multicellular organisms, there are both intracellular and intercellular regulatory mechanisms. Thus, we hypothesize that GRNs inferred from time-course individual (whole embryo) RNA-Seq during development can reveal intercellular regulatory relationships (signaling pathways) underlying the development. Here, we conducted time-course bulk RNA-Seq of individual mouse embryos during early development, followed by pseudo-time analysis and GRN inference. The results demonstrated that GRN inference from RNA-Seq with pseudo-time can be applied for individual bulk RNA-Seq similar to scRNA-Seq. Validation using an experimental-source-based database showed that our approach could significantly infer GRN for all transcription factors in the database. Furthermore, the inferred ligand-related and receptor-related downstream genes were significantly overlapped. Thus, the inferred GRN based on whole organism could include intercellular regulatory relationships, which cannot be inferred from scRNA-Seq based only on gene expression data. Overall, inferring GRN from time-course bulk RNA-Seq is an effective approach to understand the regulatory relationships underlying biological events in multicellular organisms.Makoto KashimaYuki ShidaTakashi YamashiroHiromi HirataHiroshi KurosakaFrontiers Media S.A.articlegene regulatory networkbulk RNA-seqintracellulartime coursemouseComputer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsR858-859.7ENFrontiers in Bioinformatics, Vol 1 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic gene regulatory network
bulk RNA-seq
intracellular
time course
mouse
Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
R858-859.7
spellingShingle gene regulatory network
bulk RNA-seq
intracellular
time course
mouse
Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
R858-859.7
Makoto Kashima
Yuki Shida
Takashi Yamashiro
Hiromi Hirata
Hiroshi Kurosaka
Intracellular and Intercellular Gene Regulatory Network Inference From Time-Course Individual RNA-Seq
description Gene regulatory network (GRN) inference is an effective approach to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying biological events. Generally, GRN inference mainly targets intracellular regulatory relationships such as transcription factors and their associated targets. In multicellular organisms, there are both intracellular and intercellular regulatory mechanisms. Thus, we hypothesize that GRNs inferred from time-course individual (whole embryo) RNA-Seq during development can reveal intercellular regulatory relationships (signaling pathways) underlying the development. Here, we conducted time-course bulk RNA-Seq of individual mouse embryos during early development, followed by pseudo-time analysis and GRN inference. The results demonstrated that GRN inference from RNA-Seq with pseudo-time can be applied for individual bulk RNA-Seq similar to scRNA-Seq. Validation using an experimental-source-based database showed that our approach could significantly infer GRN for all transcription factors in the database. Furthermore, the inferred ligand-related and receptor-related downstream genes were significantly overlapped. Thus, the inferred GRN based on whole organism could include intercellular regulatory relationships, which cannot be inferred from scRNA-Seq based only on gene expression data. Overall, inferring GRN from time-course bulk RNA-Seq is an effective approach to understand the regulatory relationships underlying biological events in multicellular organisms.
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author Makoto Kashima
Yuki Shida
Takashi Yamashiro
Hiromi Hirata
Hiroshi Kurosaka
author_facet Makoto Kashima
Yuki Shida
Takashi Yamashiro
Hiromi Hirata
Hiroshi Kurosaka
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title Intracellular and Intercellular Gene Regulatory Network Inference From Time-Course Individual RNA-Seq
title_short Intracellular and Intercellular Gene Regulatory Network Inference From Time-Course Individual RNA-Seq
title_full Intracellular and Intercellular Gene Regulatory Network Inference From Time-Course Individual RNA-Seq
title_fullStr Intracellular and Intercellular Gene Regulatory Network Inference From Time-Course Individual RNA-Seq
title_full_unstemmed Intracellular and Intercellular Gene Regulatory Network Inference From Time-Course Individual RNA-Seq
title_sort intracellular and intercellular gene regulatory network inference from time-course individual rna-seq
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/f44036938d2c4274b372ecc4c5f1c125
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