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Whole blood microarray analysis of pigs showing extreme phenotypes after a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection
Schroyen, Martine; Steibel, J. P.; Koltes, J. E. et al.
2015In BMC Genomics, 16 (1)
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Keywords :
Immune response; Microarray; PCIT; Pig; PRRS; Transcriptomics; WGCNA; CCAAT binding factor; Article; Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae; Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus; RNA analysis; RNA sequence; Animalia; Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus; Suidae; Sus
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[en] Background: The presence of variability in the response of pigs to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSv) infection, and recent demonstration of significant genetic control of such responses, leads us to believe that selection towards more disease resistant pigs could be a valid strategy to reduce its economic impact on the swine industry. To find underlying molecular differences in PRRS susceptible versus more resistant pigs, 100 animals with extremely different growth rates and viremia levels after PRRSv infection were selected from a total of 600 infected pigs. A microarray experiment was conducted on whole blood RNA samples taken at 0, 4 and 7 days post infection (dpi) from these pigs. From these data, we examined associations of gene expression with weight gain and viral load phenotypes. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker WUR10000125 (WUR) on the porcine 60 K SNP chip was shown to be associated with viral load and weight gain after PRRSv infection, and so the effect of the WUR10000125 (WUR) genotype on expression in whole blood was also examined. Results: Limited information was obtained through linear modeling of blood gene differential expression (DE) that contrasted pigs with extreme phenotypes, for growth or viral load or between animals with different WUR genotype. However, using network-based approaches, molecular pathway differences between extreme phenotypic classes could be identified. Several gene clusters of interest were found when Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) was applied to 4dpi contrasted with 0dpi data. The expression pattern of one such cluster of genes correlated with weight gain and WUR genotype, contained numerous immune response genes such as cytokines, chemokines, interferon type I stimulated genes, apoptotic genes and genes regulating complement activation. In addition, Partial Correlation and Information Theory (PCIT) identified differentially hubbed (DH) genes between the phenotypically divergent groups. GO enrichment revealed that the target genes of these DH genes are enriched in adaptive immune pathways. Conclusion: There are molecular differences in blood RNA patterns between pigs with extreme phenotypes or with a different WUR genotype in early responses to PRRSv infection, though they can be quite subtle and more difficult to discover with conventional DE expression analyses. Co-expression analyses such as WGCNA and PCIT can be used to reveal network differences between such extreme response groups. © 2015 Schroyen et al.
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Genetics & genetic processes
Author, co-author :
Schroyen, Martine  ;  Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Zootechnie
Steibel, J. P.;  Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
Koltes, J. E.;  Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
Choi, I.;  APDL, BARC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD, United States
Raney, N. E.;  Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
Eisley, C.;  Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
Fritz-Waters, E.;  Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
Reecy, J. M.;  Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
Dekkers, J. C. M.;  Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
Rowland, R. R. R.;  Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
Lunney, J. K.;  APDL, BARC, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD, United States
Ernst, C. W.;  Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
Tuggle, C. K.;  Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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Title :
Whole blood microarray analysis of pigs showing extreme phenotypes after a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection
Publication date :
2015
Journal title :
BMC Genomics
eISSN :
1471-2164
Publisher :
BioMed Central Ltd.
Volume :
16
Issue :
1
Peer reviewed :
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