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The Spatio-Temporal Expression Profiles of Silkworm Pseudogenes Provide Valuable Insights into Their Biological Roles

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作者： Wan, Linrong 1 ; Su, Siyuan 1 ; Liu, Jinyun 3 ; Zou, Bangxing 1 ; Jiang, Yaming 1 ; Jiao, Beibei 3 ; Tang, Shaokuan 3 ; Zhang, Youhong 1 ; Deng, Cao 3 ; Xiao, Wenfu 1 ;

作者机构： 1.Sichuan Acad Agr Sci, Sericultural Res Inst, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan, Peoples R China

2.Southwest Univ, State Key Lab Resource Insects, Chongqing, Peoples R China

3.Res & Dev Ctr, Chengdu 610000, Sichuan, Peoples R China

4.DNA Stories Bioinformat Ctr, Dept Bioinformat, Chengdu, Peoples R China

关键词： Bombyx mori; pseudogenes; evolution; tissue-specific; lncRNA

期刊名称：EVOLUTIONARY BIOINFORMATICS （ 影响因子：1.7； 五年影响因子：1.7 ）

ISSN： 1176-9343

年卷期： 2024 年 20 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Background: Pseudogenes are sequences that have lost the ability to transcribe RNA molecules or encode truncated but possibly functional proteins. While they were once considered to be meaningless remnants of evolution, recent researches have shown that pseudogenes play important roles in various biological processes. However, the studies of pseudogenes in the silkworm, an important model organism, are limited and have focused on single or only a few specific genes. Objective: To fill these gaps, we present a systematic genome-wide studies of pseudogenes in the silkworm. Methods: We identified the pseudogenes in the silkworm using the silkworm genome assemblies, transcriptome, protein sequences from silkworm and its related species. Then we used transcriptome datasets from 832 RNA-seq analyses to construct spatio-temporal expression profiles for these pseudogenes. Additionally, we identified tissue-specifically expressed and differentially expressed pseudogenes to further understand their characteristics. Finally, the functional roles of pseudogenes as lncRNAs were systematically analyzed. Results: We identified a total of 4410 pseudogenes, which were grouped into 4 groups, including duplications (DUPs), unitary pseudogenes (Unitary), processed pseudogenes (retropseudogenes, RETs), and fragments (FRAGs). The most of pseudogenes in the domestic silkworm were generated before the divergence of wild and domestic silkworm, however, the domestication may also involve in the accumulation of pseudogenes. These pseudogenes were clearly divided into 2 cluster, a highly expressed and a lowly expressed, and the posterior silk gland was the tissue with the most tissue-specific pseudogenes (199), implying these pseudogenes may be involved in the development and function of silkgland. We identified 3299 lncRNAs in these pseudogenes, and the target genes of these lncRNAs in silkworm pseudogenes were enriched in the egg formation and olfactory function. Conclusions: This study replenishes the genome annotations for silkworm, provide valuable insights into the biological roles of pseudogenes. It will also contribute to our understanding of the complex gene regulatory networks in the silkworm and will potentially have implications for other organisms as well.

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