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标题：Vitamin E Deficiency Disrupts Gene Expression Networks during Zebrafish Development
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作者：Brian Head ; Stephen A. Ramsey ; Chrissa Kioussi 等
期刊名称：Nutrients
电子版ISSN：2072-6643
出版年度：2021
卷号：13
期号：2
页码：468
DOI：10.3390/nu13020468
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Vitamin E (VitE) is essential for vertebrate embryogenesis, but the mechanisms involved remain unknown. To study embryonic development, we fed zebrafish adults (>55 days) either VitE sufficient (E ) or deficient (E–) diets for >80 days, then the fish were spawned to generate E and E– embryos. To evaluate the transcriptional basis of the metabolic and phenotypic outcomes, E and E– embryos at 12, 18 and 24 h post-fertilization (hpf) were subjected to gene expression profiling by RNASeq. Hierarchical clustering, over-representation analyses and gene set enrichment analyses were performed with differentially expressed genes. E– embryos experienced overall disruption to gene expression associated with gene transcription, carbohydrate and energy metabolism, intracellular signaling and the formation of embryonic structures. mTOR was apparently a major controller of these changes. Thus, embryonic VitE deficiency results in genetic and transcriptional dysregulation as early as 12 hpf, leading to metabolic dysfunction and ultimately lethal outcomes.
关键词：VitE; vitamin E; E ; VitE sufficient; E–; VitE deficient; hpf; hours post-fertilization; α-TTP; α-tocopherol transfer protein;VitE ; vitamin E ; E ; VitE sufficient ; E–; VitE deficient ; hpf ; hours post-fertilization ; α-TTP ; α-tocopherol transfer protein.