title: Systematic identification and comparison of expressed profiles of lncRNAs and circRNAs with associated co-expression and ceRNA networks in mouse germline stem cells.
abstract: Accumulating evidence indicates that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and circular RNAs (circRNAs) involve in germ cell development. However, little is known about the functions and mechanisms of lncRNAs and circRNAs in self-renewal and differentiation of germline stem cells. Therefore, we explored the expression profiles of mRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs in male and female mouse germline stem cells by high-throughput sequencing. We identified 18573 novel lncRNAs and 18822 circRNAs in the germline stem cells and further confirmed the existence of these lncRNAs and circRNAs by RT-PCR. The results showed that male and female germline stem cells had similar GDNF signaling mechanism. Subsequently, 8115 mRNAs, 3996 lncRNAs, and 921 circRNAs exhibited sex-biased expression that may be associated with germline stem cell acquisition of the sex-specific properties required for differentiation into gametes. Gene Ontology (GO) and KEGG pathway enrichment analyses revealed different functions for these sex-biased lncRNAs and circRNAs. We further constructed correlated expression networks including coding-noncoding co-expression and competing endogenous RNAs with bioinformatics. Co-expression analysis showed hundreds of lncRNAs were correlated with sex differences in mouse germline stem cells, including lncRNA Gm11851, lncRNA Gm12840, lncRNA 4930405O22Rik, and lncRNA Atp10d. CeRNA network inferred that lncRNA Meg3 and cirRNA Igf1r could bind competitively with miRNA-15a-5p increasing target gene Inha, Acsl3, Kif21b, and Igfbp2 expressions. These findings provide novel perspectives on lncRNAs and circRNAs and lay a foundation for future research into the regulating mechanisms of lncRNAs and circRNAs in germline stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Renji Hospital, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education), Bio-X Institutes, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China.
authors.forename: Junping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ao
authors.affiliation: Renji Hospital, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education), Bio-X Institutes, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.|Key Laboratory of Fertility Preservation and Maintenance of Ministry of Education, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.|Shanghai Key Laboratory of Reproduction Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D063990:Gene Ontology; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012313:RNA; D000079962:RNA, Circular; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D012737:Sex Factors; D015398:Signal Transduction; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D000079962:RNA, Circular; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012313:RNA
keywords: ceRNA; circRNA; female germline stem cell; lncRNA; spermatogonial stem cell