Gene expression signatures between Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae) populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats, with comparisons to other teleosts.
Salinity gradients act as strong environmental barriers that limit the distribution of aquatic organisms. Changes in gene expression associated with transitions between freshwater and saltwater environments can provide insights into organismal responses to variation in salinity. We used RNA-sequenci...
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| author | Elizabeth J Wilson Nick Barts John L Coffin James B Johnson Carlos M Rodríguez Peña Joanna L Kelley Michael Tobler Ryan Greenway |
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| description | Salinity gradients act as strong environmental barriers that limit the distribution of aquatic organisms. Changes in gene expression associated with transitions between freshwater and saltwater environments can provide insights into organismal responses to variation in salinity. We used RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) to investigate genome-wide variation in gene expression between a hypersaline population and a freshwater population of the livebearing fish species Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae). Our analyses of gill gene expression revealed potential molecular mechanisms underlying salinity tolerance in this species, including the enrichment of genes involved in ion transport, maintenance of chemical homeostasis, and cell signaling in the hypersaline population. We also found differences in gene expression patterns associated with cell-cycle and protein-folding processes between the hypersaline and freshwater L. perugiae. Bidirectional freshwater-saltwater transitions have occurred repeatedly during the diversification of fishes, allowing for broad-scale examination of repeatable patterns in evolution. Therefore, we compared transcriptomic variation in L. perugiae with other teleosts that have made freshwater-saltwater transitions to test for convergence in gene expression. Among the four distantly related population pairs from high- and low-salinity environments that we included in our analysis, we found only ten shared differentially expressed genes, indicating little evidence for convergence. However, we found that differentially expressed genes shared among three or more lineages were functionally enriched for ion transport and immune functioning. Overall, our results-in conjunction with other recent studies-suggest that different genes are involved in salinity transitions across disparate lineages of teleost fishes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a4b0e49057e144438e5e0ae1e0dd75992025-02-07T05:30:53ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-011912e031501410.1371/journal.pone.0315014Gene expression signatures between Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae) populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats, with comparisons to other teleosts.Elizabeth J WilsonNick BartsJohn L CoffinJames B JohnsonCarlos M Rodríguez PeñaJoanna L KelleyMichael ToblerRyan GreenwaySalinity gradients act as strong environmental barriers that limit the distribution of aquatic organisms. Changes in gene expression associated with transitions between freshwater and saltwater environments can provide insights into organismal responses to variation in salinity. We used RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) to investigate genome-wide variation in gene expression between a hypersaline population and a freshwater population of the livebearing fish species Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae). Our analyses of gill gene expression revealed potential molecular mechanisms underlying salinity tolerance in this species, including the enrichment of genes involved in ion transport, maintenance of chemical homeostasis, and cell signaling in the hypersaline population. We also found differences in gene expression patterns associated with cell-cycle and protein-folding processes between the hypersaline and freshwater L. perugiae. Bidirectional freshwater-saltwater transitions have occurred repeatedly during the diversification of fishes, allowing for broad-scale examination of repeatable patterns in evolution. Therefore, we compared transcriptomic variation in L. perugiae with other teleosts that have made freshwater-saltwater transitions to test for convergence in gene expression. Among the four distantly related population pairs from high- and low-salinity environments that we included in our analysis, we found only ten shared differentially expressed genes, indicating little evidence for convergence. However, we found that differentially expressed genes shared among three or more lineages were functionally enriched for ion transport and immune functioning. Overall, our results-in conjunction with other recent studies-suggest that different genes are involved in salinity transitions across disparate lineages of teleost fishes.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0315014&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth J Wilson Nick Barts John L Coffin James B Johnson Carlos M Rodríguez Peña Joanna L Kelley Michael Tobler Ryan Greenway Gene expression signatures between Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae) populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats, with comparisons to other teleosts. PLoS ONE |
| title | Gene expression signatures between Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae) populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats, with comparisons to other teleosts. |
| title_full | Gene expression signatures between Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae) populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats, with comparisons to other teleosts. |
| title_fullStr | Gene expression signatures between Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae) populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats, with comparisons to other teleosts. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gene expression signatures between Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae) populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats, with comparisons to other teleosts. |
| title_short | Gene expression signatures between Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae) populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats, with comparisons to other teleosts. |
| title_sort | gene expression signatures between limia perugiae poeciliidae populations from freshwater and hypersaline habitats with comparisons to other teleosts |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0315014&type=printable |
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