GSE168160
Transcriptome-wide search for Carpathian  goat factors associated with proviral load of small ruminant lentiviruses in goats
Purpose: RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) was used to identify the changes in gene expression in goats carrying high (HPL) and low (LPL) proviral load of SRLV. For the first time, differentially expressed transcriptome profiles in these two group of animals were identified, and information about genes and mechanisms, and relevant pathways inferred via bioinformatics analyses. The results provided unique insights for further exploring and understanding the host responses to SRLV infection in goats. Results: Data enabled to identify 1434 significant differentially expressed genes between HPL and LPL goats. Of these genes, 571 were upregulated and the remaining 863 genes were downregulated in HPL goats. GO enrichment analysis showed that the identified DEGs were found to have significantly enriched regulation of signaling receptor activity, the response to toxic substance, NADH dehydrogenase complex assembly, cytokine production, vesicle and vacuole organization. In turn, KEGG pathway tool classified DEGs that enrich molecular processes such as B and T cell receptor signaling pathways, natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity, Fc gamma R-mediated phagocytosis, toll-like receptor signaling pathways, TNF, mTOR signaling and Foxo signaling pathway, etc. Conclusions: In this descriptive study, our findings revealed the changes in the host transcriptome expression profile between HPL and LPL goats during SRLV infection and suggested that changes in proviral load induced altering the host's metabolic network and expression of genes related to host immune responses, including inflammation, cell locomotion, cytokine production, defense response etc. The above findings provided unique insights for further studies on the mechanisms underlying SRLV-host interactions. Overall design: The whole blood transcriptome sequencing was performed for 12 samples collected form Carpathian goats using HiSeq High-Output v4 - SR (Illumina) into 50 single-end cycles.