ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2018, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (4): 794-803.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2018.04.017

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Screening of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Salmonella Infection from Spleen of Artificially Infected Yak

CHEN Tong1, ZHU Yu-xing1, CAI Wen-yi1, YANG Qi-yue1, DENG Zhi-he1, LAN Dao-liang2*   

  1. 1. College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China;
    2. Institute of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2017-11-23 Online:2018-04-23 Published:2018-04-23

Abstract:

The present study was designed to analyze the immune genes against Salmonella infection and their regulatory network in yak at the genomic transcriptional level. Using yak Salmonella as the model pathogen and yak as the object, transcriptome sequencing was performed on the central immune organ of spleen in infected yak by RNA-Seq sequencing technology at three different periods of 12, 24, and 48 hours, respectively. Transcriptome data from the three different periods were compared between the infected and the control healthy yaks and differentially expressed genes were screened out. The GO and KEGG functional analysis of these differentially expressed genes were conducted and the co-expression network was further analyzed. Results showed that 413 differentially expressed genes were selected, of which 185 were up-regulated and 228 were down regulated. GO analysis showed that genes related to biological process accounted for the largest percentage, among which the most enriched ones were those involved in cellular process, metabolic process, biological regulation, regulation of biological process and single organism process. KEGG analysis revealed that infection-and immune-related pathways presented a larger portion in the top 20 pathways enriched in all three periods, and the major genes involved in these pathways were chemokines. WGCNA analysis showed 66 genes in network hubs, and those in the network center were SCOC and NOCT. The present study explored the molecular interaction mechanism of spleen cells against Salmonella in yak at the omics level.

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