摘要
Epididymitis is a comm only diagnosed disease associated with male infertility.However,little is known about the molecules that are involved in its development.This study was to identify critical genes associated with lipopolysaccharide-induced epididymitis and an a lyze the molecular mecha nism of epididymitis through RNA sequencing.Experime ntal epididymitis models were generated by administering male Sprague-Dawley rats'lipopolysaccharide.A total of 1378 differentially expressed genes,including 531 upregulated and 847 down regulated gen es,were identified in the epididymitis model rats compared with those in sham-operated rats by RNA seque ncing.Fun ctional enrichme nt an a lyses suggested that the upregulated genes were markedly enriched in inflammati on.related biological processes,as well as in the tumor necrosis factor(TNF)signaling pathway,cytokine-cytokine receptor interactions,complement and coagulation cascades,and in the chemokine signalipathway.Four downregulated genes(collagen type XXVⅢalpha 1 chain[Col28α1],cyclirndependent kinase-like 1[Cdkl1],phosphoserine phosphatase[Psph],and fatty acid desaturase 2[Fads2])and ten upregulated genes(CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta[Cebp0],C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 2[Cxcr2],interleukin 11[ll11],C-C motif chemokine ligand 20[Ccl20],nuclear factor-kappa-B inhibitor alpha[NfKbia],claudin 4[Cldn4],matrix metallopeptidase 9[Mmp9],heat shock 70 kDa protein 8[Hspa8],intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1[Icam1],and Jun)were successfully confirmed by real-time polymerase chai n reaction.Wester n blot dem on strated that CDKL1 was decreased,while MMP9 and NFKBIA were increased in the experimental model group compared with those in the sham-operated group.Our study sheds new light on the understand!ng of the early response of the epididymis during bacterial epididymitis.
基金
This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81471496).
