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: Received: 31 March 2020 / Approved: 2 April 2020 / Online: 2 April 2020 (11:59:28 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 19 February 2021 / Approved: 23 February 2021 / Online: 23 February 2021 (12:44:20 CET)
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Victorino, P.H.; Marra, C.; Iacobas, D.A.; Iacobas, S.; Spray, D.C.; Linden, R.; Adesse, D.; Petrs-Silva, H. Retinal Genomic Fabrics Remodeling after Optic Nerve Injury. Preprints2020, 2020040016. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0016.v2
Victorino, P.H.; Marra, C.; Iacobas, D.A.; Iacobas, S.; Spray, D.C.; Linden, R.; Adesse, D.; Petrs-Silva, H. Retinal Genomic Fabrics Remodeling after Optic Nerve Injury. Preprints 2020, 2020040016. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0016.v2
Victorino, P.H., Marra, C., Iacobas, D.A., Iacobas, S., Spray, D.C., Linden, R., Adesse, D., & Petrs-Silva, H. (2021). Retinal Genomic Fabrics Remodeling after Optic Nerve Injury. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0016.v2
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Victorino, P.H., Daniel Adesse and Hilda Petrs-Silva. 2021 "Retinal Genomic Fabrics Remodeling after Optic Nerve Injury" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202004.0016.v2
Abstract
Glaucoma is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disease, characterized by degeneration of the retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). There has been little progress in developing efficient strategies for neuroprotection in glaucoma. We profiled the retina transcriptome of Lister Hooded rats at 2 weeks after optic nerve crush (ONC) and analyzed the data from the Genomic Fabric Paradigm (GFP) to bring additional insights into the molecular mechanisms of the retinal remodeling after induction of RGC degeneration. GFP considers for the expression of each gene 3 independent characteristics: level, variability and correlation with each other gene. Thus, the 17,657 quantified genes our study generated a total of 155,911,310 values to analyze. This represents 8,830x more data per condition than a traditional transcriptomic analysis. ONC led to a 57% reduction in RGC numbers as detected by retrograde labeling with DiI. We observed a higher Relative Expression Variability after ONC. Gene expression stability was used as a measure of transcription control and disclosed a robust reduction in the number of very stably expressed genes. Predicted Protein-Protein interaction (PPI) analysis with STRING revealed axon and neuron projection as mostly decreased processes, consistent with RGC degeneration. Conversely, immune response PPIs were found among up-regulated genes. Enrichment analysis showed that Complement Cascade and Notch Signaling Pathway, as well as Oxidative Stress and Kit Receptor Pathway were affected after ONC. To expand our studies of altered molecular pathways, we examined the pair-wise coordination of gene expressions within each pathway and within the entire transcriptome using Pearson correlations. ONC increased the number of synergistically coordinated pairs of genes and the number of similar profiles mainly in Complement Cascade and Notch Signaling Pathway. This deep bioinformatic study provides novel insights beyond the regulation of individual gene expression and discloses changes in the control of expression of Complement Cascade and Notch Signaling functional pathways that may be relevant for both RGC degeneration and remodeling of the retinal tissue after ONC.
Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Commenter: Daniel Adesse
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author