title: Deep sequencing-based transcriptome analysis of chicken spleen in response to avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) infection.
abstract: Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) leads to economic losses in poultry production and is also a threat to human health. The goal of this study was to characterize the chicken spleen transcriptome and to identify candidate genes for response and resistance to APEC infection using Solexa sequencing. We obtained 14422935, 14104324, and 14954692 Solexa read pairs for non-challenged (NC), challenged-mild pathology (MD), and challenged-severe pathology (SV), respectively. A total of 148197 contigs and 98461 unigenes were assembled, of which 134949 contigs and 91890 unigenes match the chicken genome. In total, 12272 annotated unigenes take part in biological processes (11664), cellular components (11927), and molecular functions (11963). Summing three specific contrasts, 13650 significantly differentially expressed unigenes were found in NC Vs. MD (6844), NC Vs. SV (7764), and MD Vs. SV (2320). Some unigenes (e.g. CD148, CD45 and LCK) were involved in crucial pathways, such as the T cell receptor (TCR) signaling pathway and microbial metabolism in diverse environments. This study facilitates understanding of the genetic architecture of the chicken spleen transcriptome, and has identified candidate genes for host response to APEC infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Erin E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Sandford
authors.forename: Xiquan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lisa K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Susan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lamont
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005819:Genetic Markers; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D008297:Male; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell