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Main Authors: Ratchinski, Pélagie, Godfroy, Olivier, Noel, Benjamin, Aury, Jean-Marc, Cock, J Mark
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: eLife 2025
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41259243/
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author Ratchinski, Pélagie
Godfroy, Olivier
Noel, Benjamin
Aury, Jean-Marc
Cock, J Mark
author_facet Ratchinski, Pélagie
Godfroy, Olivier
Noel, Benjamin
Aury, Jean-Marc
Cock, J Mark
Ratchinski, Pélagie
Godfroy, Olivier
Noel, Benjamin
Aury, Jean-Marc
Cock, J Mark
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Life-cycle-related gene expression patterns in the brown algae. Ratchinski, Pélagie Godfroy, Olivier Noel, Benjamin Aury, Jean-Marc Cock, J Mark Phaeophyceae Transcriptome Gene Expression Profiling Life Cycle Stages Brown algae are important primary constituents of marine coastal ecosystems, characterised by complex life cycles and various levels of complex multicellular development. However, the molecular processes that underlie development and life cycle progression in the brown algae remain poorly understood. In this study, pairwise comparisons of gametophyte and sporophyte transcriptomes across 10 diverse brown algal species showed that the total number of genes exhibiting generation-biased or generation-specific expression in each species was correlated with the degree of dimorphism between life cycle generations. However, analysis of gene ontology terms assigned to the generation-biased/generation-specific genes indicated that each generation (i.e. the sporophyte and the gametophyte) also has characteristic broad life-cycle-related features that have been conserved during evolution. A more detailed analysis of species 7 identified progressive transcriptome changes over its entire life cycle, with a particularly marked change in transcriptome composition during the first day of sporophyte development, characterised by downregulation of flagellar and transcription factor genes and upregulation of a subset of translation genes. Comparison with a similar transcriptomic time series for the evolutionarily distant (about 250 My) brown alga indicated considerable conservation of co-expressed gene modules between the two species, particularly for modules that were enriched in genes assigned to evolutionarily conserved functional categories. This study therefore identified broad life-cycle- and development-related patterns of gene expression that are conserved across the brown algae.
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spellingShingle Life-cycle-related gene expression patterns in the brown algae.
Ratchinski, Pélagie
Godfroy, Olivier
Noel, Benjamin
Aury, Jean-Marc
Cock, J Mark
Phaeophyceae
Transcriptome
Gene Expression Profiling
Life Cycle Stages
Life-cycle-related gene expression patterns in the brown algae. Ratchinski, Pélagie Godfroy, Olivier Noel, Benjamin Aury, Jean-Marc Cock, J Mark Phaeophyceae Transcriptome Gene Expression Profiling Life Cycle Stages Brown algae are important primary constituents of marine coastal ecosystems, characterised by complex life cycles and various levels of complex multicellular development. However, the molecular processes that underlie development and life cycle progression in the brown algae remain poorly understood. In this study, pairwise comparisons of gametophyte and sporophyte transcriptomes across 10 diverse brown algal species showed that the total number of genes exhibiting generation-biased or generation-specific expression in each species was correlated with the degree of dimorphism between life cycle generations. However, analysis of gene ontology terms assigned to the generation-biased/generation-specific genes indicated that each generation (i.e. the sporophyte and the gametophyte) also has characteristic broad life-cycle-related features that have been conserved during evolution. A more detailed analysis of species 7 identified progressive transcriptome changes over its entire life cycle, with a particularly marked change in transcriptome composition during the first day of sporophyte development, characterised by downregulation of flagellar and transcription factor genes and upregulation of a subset of translation genes. Comparison with a similar transcriptomic time series for the evolutionarily distant (about 250 My) brown alga indicated considerable conservation of co-expressed gene modules between the two species, particularly for modules that were enriched in genes assigned to evolutionarily conserved functional categories. This study therefore identified broad life-cycle- and development-related patterns of gene expression that are conserved across the brown algae.
title Life-cycle-related gene expression patterns in the brown algae.
topic Phaeophyceae
Transcriptome
Gene Expression Profiling
Life Cycle Stages
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41259243/