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A pilot study to elucidate effects of artificial selection by size on the zebrafish (Danio rerio) fast skeletal muscle transcriptome

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Author(s):
Harish, P. [1] ; Mareco, E. A. [2] ; de la Serrana, Garcia D. [3, 4]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Royal Holloway Univ London, Sch Biol Sci, Egham, Surrey - England
[2] Univ Western Sao Paulo, Environm & Reg Dev Grad Program, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ St Andrews, Sch Biol, Scottish Oceans Inst, St Andrews, Fife - Scotland
[4] Univ Barcelona, Fac Biol, Dept Cell Biol Physiol & Immunol, Barcelona - Spain
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY; v. 233, p. 65-73, JUL 2019.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

Fish size is a complex trait determined by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors. While evidence exists that fish final length and size are partially determined by muscle fibre structure. However, the molecular basis behind final body size and muscle fibre composition remains yet to be fully understood. Here we use the fish model zebrafish (Danio rerio) to explore the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle fibre number, muscle growth and their role on animal size determination. In order to do so, we used two lines of zebrafish artificially selected by Amaral and Johnston 2012 for body length to obtain large (L) and small (S) genetic lineages. After selection animals from the L-lineage were significantly larger than individuals from the S-lineage (+ 6.6%, + 6.7% and + 5.5% for standard, total and fork lengths) and had larger and higher number of muscle fibres (+ 15% and + 24% on average fibre area and fibre number respectively) while individuals from S-lineage showed a higher fibre density (+ 17%). RNAseq analysis on fast skeletal muscle revealed differences in gene expression, splice variants (SV) abundance and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) retention between lineages, indicating the complexity of the molecular processes involved in the determination of the trait. We found that animals from the L-lineage showed an enrichment in genes related to the dystroglycan complex (GO:0016011) while genes related to the proteasome (GO:0022624), sarcomere (GO:0030017), muscle homeostasis (GO:0046716) and response to stress (GO:0006950) were enriched on the S-lineage. At individual gene level we also found differences in expression, SV or/and SNPs retention for some key genes involved in muscle development such as mef2ca, mef2cb, stac3, map1a and components of the circadian network (per1a, per1b, per3 and cry2b). These preliminary results provide an initial insight of the molecular changes induced by artificial selection for size, that could aid future studies related to determination of fish growth. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 09/12157-6 - Effects of temperature on expression of genes related to muscle growth in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) GIFT strain
Grantee:Edson Assunção Mareco
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master