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Volume 32, No. (3), 2022 (June)
DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENE PROFILE AND RELEVANT PATHWAYS IN THE PLACENTA OF PREGNANT MICE IN RESPONSE TO MATERNAL THYROID HORMONE ADMINISTRATION
W. M. Chen, L. X. Li, L. L. Niu and T. Zhong

W. M. Chen, L. X. Li, L. L. Niu and T. Zhong*

Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

Corresponding Author: zhongtao@sicau.edu.cn
Page Number(s): 694-704
Published Online First: October 19, 2021
Publication Date: May 30, 2022
ABSTRACT

Thyroid hormone has pleiotropic regulatory effects on growth, development, and metabolism. It also regulates cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. In the present study, differentially expressed genes (DEG) and their related pathways involved in TH regulation during gestation were identified in the placenta tissues of high thyroid-induced mice by RNA sequencing. The levels of TSH, FT3, and FT4 in blood showed an increasing tendency in the high thyroid-induced mice with intragastric administration of 0.250 or 0.500 µg•µL-1 L-T4, respectively. Compared to CG9d mice, one DEG and 10 DEGs were identified in the LG9d and HG9d groups, respectively. There were 32 DEGs identified between the LG9d and HG9d, 22 of which were up-regulated DEGs and 10 were down-regulated. Several GO annotations and signaling pathways were associated with embryonic development and TH synthesis and metabolism, including the Wnt signaling pathway and the TH signaling pathway. The expressions of nine randomly selected DEGs were re-quantified by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) and showed a consistent tendency with the results of RNA-sequencing, which suggests that reliable data are obtained in the transcriptome assay. These findings provide insights into the mechanism of the dynamic regulation of the TH balance during pregnancy in mammals.

Keywords: mice, thyroid hormone, transcriptome, DEG, signaling pathway

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