Effect of high temperatures on sex ratio and differential expression analysis (RNA-seq) of sex-determining genes in <i>Oreochromis niloticus</i> from different river basins in Benin
Fagbemi, Mohammed Nambyl Adéoti; Nivelle, Renaud; Muller, Marcet al.
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Genetics (clinical); Genetics; Molecular Biology
Abstract :
[en] Abstract
The high temperature sex reversal process leading to functional phenotypic masculinization during development has been widely described in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) under laboratory or aquaculture conditions and in the wild. In this study, we selected five wild populations of O. niloticus from different river basins in Benin and produced twenty full-sib families of mixed-sex (XY and XX) by natural reproduction. Progenies were exposed to room temperature or high (36.5°C) temperatures between 10 and 30 days post-fertilization (dpf). In control groups, we observed sex ratios from 40 to 60% males as expected, except for 3 families from the Gobé region which showed a bias towards males. High temperature treatment significantly increased male rates in each family up to 88%. Transcriptome analysis was performed by RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) on brains and gonads from control and treated batches of six families at 15 dpf and 40 dpf. Analysis of differentially expressed genes, differentially spliced genes, and correlations with sex reversal was performed. In 40 dpf gonads, genes involved in sex determination such as dmrt1, cyp11c1, amh, cyp19a1b, ara, and dax1 were upregulated. In 15 dpf brains, a negative correlation was found between the expression of cyp19a1b and the reversal rate, while at 40 dpf a negative correlation was found between the expression of foxl2, cyp11c1, and sf1 and positive correlation was found between dmrt1 expression and reversal rate. Ontology analysis of the genes affected by high temperatures revealed that male sex differentiation processes, primary male sexual characteristics, autophagy, and cilium organization were affected. Based on these results, we conclude that sex reversal by high temperature treatment leads to similar modifications of the transcriptomes in the gonads and brains in offspring of different natural populations of Nile tilapia, which thus may activate a common cascade of reactions inducing sex reversal in progenies.
Research center :
FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège [BE] GIGA Platform Genomics
Disciplines :
Genetics & genetic processes
Author, co-author :
Fagbemi, Mohammed Nambyl Adéoti ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS) ; Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Aquaculture (LHA), Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi , 01 BP: 526 Cotonou, Benin
Nivelle, Renaud ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Gestion des ressources aquatiques et aquaculture
Muller, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA > GIGA Cancer - Molecular Angiogenesis Laboratory
Mélard, Charles ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution
Lalèyè, Philippe; Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Aquaculture (LHA), Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi , 01 BP: 526 Cotonou, Benin
Rougeot, Carole ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS)
Language :
English
Title :
Effect of high temperatures on sex ratio and differential expression analysis (RNA-seq) of sex-determining genes in <i>Oreochromis niloticus</i> from different river basins in Benin
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