Figure 4.
Comparative transcriptomic analysis of HCD or HFD-induced obese Nile tilapia. (A) Validation of RNA-Seq data by qRT-PCR. The left profile shows mRNA expression patterns of 24 representative genes detected by RNA-Seq, and the right one is the corresponding verification results by qRT-PCR. EF1α was used as an internal control. (B) The number of DEGs among all samples. (C) Distribution by categories of DEGs when compared HCD and HFD treatment to control. FDR ≤ 0.05 and |log2 (fold change)| ≥1 were set as the thresholds to identify DEGs. (D) DEGs involved in metabolic pathways of DIO Nile tilapia. Relative expression levels were normalized based on the Z-score and are shown on a color gradient from low (green) to high (red). GCK, glucokinase; PK, pyruvate kinase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; G6Pase, glucose 6-phosphatase; F1,6BPase, fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase; PEPCKc, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase cytosol isozyme; GK, glycerol kinase; ALDH9A1, aldehyde dehydrogenase 9 family, member A1; BCAT2, branched-chain-amino-acid aminotransferase; SHMT, serine hydroxymethyltransferase; EAAT1, excitatory amino acid transporter 1; SLC7A11, solute carrier family 7 member 11; SLC6A4, solute carrier family 6 member 4; SNAT2, sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 2; SNAT3, sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 3; SLC43A1, solute carrier family 43 member 1; ACOX3, acyl-coenzyme A oxidase 3; CACT, carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase; FABP1, fatty acid-binding protein 1; ACSBG, acyl-CoA synthetase, bubblegum Family; ACSL, long chain fatty acid-CoA ligase; ApoE, apolipoprotein E; DGAT, diglyceride acyltransferase; HSL, hormone-sensitive lipase; ATGL, adipose triglyceride lipase; MPC1, mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 1; SLC25A11, solute carrier family 25 member 11; PDHc, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex; PEPCKm, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase mitochondrial isozyme; CPT1, carnitine palmitoyl transterase 1; ACADL, acyl-CoA dehydrogenase long chain; HADHA, hydroxyacyl-Coenzyme A dehydrogenase; ACAT1, acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 1; HMGCL, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA lyase; CS, citrate synthase; IDH, isocitrate dehydrogenase; OGDH, ketoglutarate dehydrogenase.
