| Literature DB >> 30364201 |
Zhaoqun Liu1,2,3, Zhi Zhou4, Lingling Wang1,2, Meijia Li1, Weilin Wang1, Qilin Yi1, Shu Huang1, Linsheng Song1,2,3.
Abstract
The Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis lives in saline or fresh water during different life stages and exhibits a complex life history, making it an ideal model to study the salinity adaptation of euryhaline animals. In this study, RNA-seq techniques, and determinations of free amino acids (FAAs), monoamine neurotransmitters, and Na+/K+ pump activity, were employed to understand the osmoregulatory mechanism in Chinese mitten crab. A total of 15,138 differentially expressed genes were obtained from 12 transcriptome libraries. GO enrichment analysis revealed that the mRNA expression profiles were completely remodeled from 12 to 24 h after salinity stress. The neuroendocrine system was activated under stimulation, and the monoamine neurotransmitters including dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) were released to modulate osmoregulation. Furthermore, the Na+/K+ pump in crab hemocytes was significantly inhibited post salinity stress, resulting in increased intracellular ion concentrations and osmotic pressure to sustain the osmotic balance. Moreover, six key FAAs, including alanine (Ala), proline (Pro), glycine (Gly), glutamate (Glu), arginine (Arg), and aspartate (Asp), were overexpressed to modulate the extracellular osmotic balance during salinity adaptation. Interestingly, the immune genes were not enriched in the GO analysis, implying that the immune system might not contribute fundamentally to the tolerance upon fluctuating ambient salinity in the Chinese mitten crab. These results collectively demonstrated that the Chinese mitten crab had evolved an efficient regulation mechanism by modulating the FAAs production and Na+/K+ pump activity to sustain the osmotic balance independent of the immune system, in which the neuroendocrine modulation, especially generated by the monoamine neurotransmitter, played an indispensable role.Entities:
Keywords: Eriocheir sinensis; Na+/K+ ATPase; acute salinity stress; free amino acid; monoamine neurotransmitters; transcriptomic analysis
Year: 2018 PMID: 30364201 PMCID: PMC6192224 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01080
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Physiol ISSN: 1664-042X Impact factor: 4.566
The overview of RNA-Seq.
| Treatment | Raw | Mapping | Mapping | Unique |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reads | reads | rate | mapping | |
| S0_t24-1 | 47,764,205 | 28,257,480 | 59.16% | 11,589,761 |
| S0_t24-2 | 23,541,188 | 13,483,571 | 57.28% | 4,158,542 |
| S16_t12-1 | 26,723,146 | 21,694,343 | 81.18% | 6,936,988 |
| S16_t12-2 | 17,347,940 | 14,613,056 | 84.23% | 5,397,520 |
| S16_t12-3 | 18,172,364 | 15,286,169 | 84.12% | 5,381,978 |
| S16_t24-1 | 20,826,501 | 16,770,719 | 80.53% | 4,432,099 |
| S16_t24-2 | 12,680,653 | 8,537,297 | 67.34% | 3,613,020 |
| S16_t24-3 | 11,725,476 | 7,761,731 | 66.20% | 2,602,114 |
| S16_t48-1 | 22,717,322 | 18,247,888 | 80.33% | 6,285,361 |
| S16_t48-2 | 19,967,267 | 16,802,632 | 84.15% | 5,576,320 |
| S28_t24-1 | 19,223,318 | 16,520,546 | 85.94% | 4,871,252 |
| S28_t24-2 | 13,387,547 | 11,239,386 | 83.95% | 3,487,126 |
| S35_t24-1 | 11,601,908 | 8,912,201 | 76.82% | 2,639,090 |
| S35_t24-2 | 16,787,077 | 13,165,014 | 78.42% | 3,544,010 |