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7 November 2012 Computer-Assisted Annotation of Murine Sertoli Cell Small RNA Transcriptome
Nicole Ortogero, Grant W. Hennig, Chad Langille, Seungil Ro, John R. McCarrey, Wei Yan
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Abstract

Mammalian genomes encode a large number of small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) that play regulatory roles during development and adulthood by affecting gene expression. Several sncRNA species, including microRNAs (miRNAs), piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), endogenous small interfering RNAs (endo-siRNAs), and small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), are abundantly expressed in the testis and required for normal testicular development and spermatogenesis. To evaluate global changes in sncRNA expression, the next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based sncRNA transcriptomic analysis has become routine, because it allows rapid determination of the small RNA transcriptome of a particular testicular cell type. However, annotation of small RNA NGS reads can be challenging due to the volume of reads obtained, which is usually in the millions. Therefore, we developed a computer-assisted sncRNA annotation protocol that could identify not only known sncRNAs but also previously uncharacterized ones. Using this protocol, we annotated NGS reads of a Sertoli cell sncRNA library, and we report to our knowledge the first comprehensive annotation of the sncRNA transcriptome of immature murine Sertoli cells. Moreover, the computer-assisted sncRNA annotation pipeline that we report is applicable for annotating NGS reads derived from other cell types and/or sequencing platforms.

Nicole Ortogero, Grant W. Hennig, Chad Langille, Seungil Ro, John R. McCarrey, and Wei Yan "Computer-Assisted Annotation of Murine Sertoli Cell Small RNA Transcriptome," Biology of Reproduction 88(1), (7 November 2012). https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.112.102269
Received: 28 May 2012; Accepted: 1 November 2012; Published: 7 November 2012
KEYWORDS
deep sequencing
fertility
Genetics
high throughput
next-generation sequencing
noncoding RNAs
Sertoli cells
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