Assessment of different enrichment methods revealed the optimal approach to identify bovine circRnas

Although circular RNAs (circRNAs) play important roles in regulating gene expression, the understanding of circRNAs in livestock animals is scarce due to the significant challenge to characterize them from a biological sample. In this study, we assessed the outcomes of bovine circRNA identification...

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Main Authors: Yixin Wang, Jian Wang, Robert J. Gruninger, Tim A. McAllister, Mingzhou Li, Le Luo Guan
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15476286.2024.2356334
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Jian Wang
Robert J. Gruninger
Tim A. McAllister
Mingzhou Li
Le Luo Guan
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description Although circular RNAs (circRNAs) play important roles in regulating gene expression, the understanding of circRNAs in livestock animals is scarce due to the significant challenge to characterize them from a biological sample. In this study, we assessed the outcomes of bovine circRNA identification using six enrichment approaches with the combination of ribosomal RNAs removal (Ribo); linear RNAs degradation (R); linear RNAs and RNAs with structured 3′ ends degradation (RTP); ribosomal RNAs coupled with linear RNAs elimination (Ribo-R); ribosomal RNA, linear RNAs and RNAs with poly (A) tailing elimination (Ribo-RP); and ribosomal RNA, linear RNAs and RNAs with structured 3′ ends elimination (Ribo-RTP), respectively. RNA-sequencing analysis revealed that different approaches led to varied ratio of uniquely mapped reads, false-positive rate of identifying circRNAs, and the number of circRNAs per million clean reads (Padj <0.05). Out of 2,285 and 2,939 highly confident circRNAs identified in liver and rumen tissues, respectively, 308 and 260 were commonly identified from five methods, with Ribo-RTP method identified the highest number of circRNAs. Besides, 507 of 4,051 identified bovine highly confident circRNAs had shared splicing sites with human circRNAs. The findings from this work provide optimized methods to identify bovine circRNAs from cattle tissues for downstream research of their biological roles in cattle.
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spelling doaj-art-37fc483d9e434ff0ae610fc30e70dde62025-02-05T05:42:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupRNA Biology1547-62861555-85842024-12-0121162163310.1080/15476286.2024.2356334Assessment of different enrichment methods revealed the optimal approach to identify bovine circRnasYixin Wang0Jian Wang1Robert J. Gruninger2Tim A. McAllister3Mingzhou Li4Le Luo Guan5Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaLethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, CanadaLethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, CanadaLivestock and Poultry Multi-Omics Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaAlthough circular RNAs (circRNAs) play important roles in regulating gene expression, the understanding of circRNAs in livestock animals is scarce due to the significant challenge to characterize them from a biological sample. In this study, we assessed the outcomes of bovine circRNA identification using six enrichment approaches with the combination of ribosomal RNAs removal (Ribo); linear RNAs degradation (R); linear RNAs and RNAs with structured 3′ ends degradation (RTP); ribosomal RNAs coupled with linear RNAs elimination (Ribo-R); ribosomal RNA, linear RNAs and RNAs with poly (A) tailing elimination (Ribo-RP); and ribosomal RNA, linear RNAs and RNAs with structured 3′ ends elimination (Ribo-RTP), respectively. RNA-sequencing analysis revealed that different approaches led to varied ratio of uniquely mapped reads, false-positive rate of identifying circRNAs, and the number of circRNAs per million clean reads (Padj <0.05). Out of 2,285 and 2,939 highly confident circRNAs identified in liver and rumen tissues, respectively, 308 and 260 were commonly identified from five methods, with Ribo-RTP method identified the highest number of circRNAs. Besides, 507 of 4,051 identified bovine highly confident circRNAs had shared splicing sites with human circRNAs. The findings from this work provide optimized methods to identify bovine circRNAs from cattle tissues for downstream research of their biological roles in cattle.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15476286.2024.2356334circRNAsenrichment methodsbioinformatic pipelinebovine specific circRNAsbovine tissues
spellingShingle Yixin Wang
Jian Wang
Robert J. Gruninger
Tim A. McAllister
Mingzhou Li
Le Luo Guan
Assessment of different enrichment methods revealed the optimal approach to identify bovine circRnas
RNA Biology
circRNAs
enrichment methods
bioinformatic pipeline
bovine specific circRNAs
bovine tissues
title Assessment of different enrichment methods revealed the optimal approach to identify bovine circRnas
title_full Assessment of different enrichment methods revealed the optimal approach to identify bovine circRnas
title_fullStr Assessment of different enrichment methods revealed the optimal approach to identify bovine circRnas
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of different enrichment methods revealed the optimal approach to identify bovine circRnas
title_short Assessment of different enrichment methods revealed the optimal approach to identify bovine circRnas
title_sort assessment of different enrichment methods revealed the optimal approach to identify bovine circrnas
topic circRNAs
enrichment methods
bioinformatic pipeline
bovine specific circRNAs
bovine tissues
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15476286.2024.2356334
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