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Wu Y, Zhang Y, Liu H, Gao Y, Liu Y, Chen L, Liu L, Irwin DM, Hou C, Zhou Z, Zhang Y. Genome-wide identification of functional enhancers and their potential roles in pig breeding. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2022; 13:75. [PMID: 35781353 PMCID: PMC9252078 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-022-00726-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Background The pig is an economically important livestock species and is a widely applied large animal model in medical research. Enhancers are critical regulatory elements that have fundamental functions in evolution, development and disease. Genome-wide quantification of functional enhancers in the pig is needed. Results We performed self-transcribing active regulatory region sequencing (STARR-seq) in the porcine kidney epithelial PK15 and testicular ST cell lines, and reliably identified 2576 functional enhancers. Most of these enhancers were located in repetitive sequences and were enriched within silent and lowly expressed genes. Enhancers poorly overlapped with chromatin accessibility regions and were highly enriched in chromatin with the repressive histone modification H3K9me3, which is different from predicted pig enhancers detected using ChIP-seq for H3K27ac or/and H3K4me1 modified histones. This suggests that most pig enhancers identified with STARR-seq are endogenously repressed at the chromatin level and may function during cell type-specific development or at specific developmental stages. Additionally, the PPP3CA gene is associated with the loin muscle area trait and the QKI gene is associated with alkaline phosphatase activity that may be regulated by distal functional enhancers. Conclusions In summary, we generated the first functional enhancer map in PK15 and ST cells for the pig genome and highlight its potential roles in pig breeding. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40104-022-00726-y.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yinqiao Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China.,Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China.,Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, Yunnan, China.,State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China.,School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China.,Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China.,School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-resource in Yunnan, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China.,School of Life Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China.,Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China.,Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China. .,Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan, China.
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Zhang J, Liu P, He M, Wang Y, Kui H, Jin L, Li D, Li M. Reorganization of 3D genome architecture across wild boar and Bama pig adipose tissues. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2022; 13:32. [PMID: 35277200 PMCID: PMC8917667 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-022-00679-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background A growing body of evidence has revealed that the mammalian genome is organized into hierarchical layers that are closely correlated with and may even be causally linked with variations in gene expression. Recent studies have characterized chromatin organization in various porcine tissues and cell types and compared them among species and during the early development of pigs. However, how chromatin organization differs among pig breeds is poorly understood. Results In this study, we investigated the 3D genome organization and performed transcriptome characterization of two adipose depots (upper layer of backfat [ULB] and greater omentum [GOM]) in wild boars and Bama pigs; the latter is a typical indigenous pig in China. We found that over 95% of the A/B compartments and topologically associating domains (TADs) are stable between wild boars and Bama pigs. In contrast, more than 70% of promoter-enhancer interactions (PEIs) are dynamic and widespread, involving over a thousand genes. Alterations in chromatin structure are associated with changes in the expression of genes that are involved in widespread biological functions such as basic cellular functions, endocrine function, energy metabolism and the immune response. Approximately 95% and 97% of the genes associated with reorganized A/B compartments and PEIs in the two pig breeds differed between GOM and ULB, respectively. Conclusions We reported 3D genome organization in adipose depots from different pig breeds. In a comparison of Bama pigs and wild boar, large-scale compartments and TADs were mostly conserved, while fine-scale PEIs were extensively reorganized. The chromatin architecture in these two pig breeds was reorganized in an adipose depot-specific manner. These results contribute to determining the regulatory mechanism of phenotypic differences between Bama pigs and wild boar. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40104-022-00679-2.
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