Transcriptomics of heart and muscle tissues of transgenic or mdx mice (DMD disease model) with UAA incorporation systems

We constructed the trans/mdx mice as a novel DMD disease model by crossing transgenic mice and mdx mice. The transgenic and trans/mdx mice have UAA incorporation system that can readthrough the nonsense mutation in the dmd gene with additional UAA. The whole transcriptomics of heart and muscle tissues of 5 mouse groups (n=2) were used to determine whether the introduced UAA incorporation system affect the normal gene expression of mice, or the safety of the system. Groups include: a) wild-type C57BL/6N mice; b) transgenic mice; c) mdx mice; d) trans/mdx mice without UAA; e) trans/mdx mice with UAA (50 mg NAEK every 2-3 day, treated for 4 weeks). The total numbers of expressed genes were around 11,000 in all 5 mouse groups. The expression levels of major genes (logFPKM>0) in 5 mouse groups were also close to each other. These data indicated that the UAA incorporation system was safe and could serve as a potential therapeutic strategy for DMD disease. The transgenic mice with UAA incorporation system we constructed could also cross with other nonsense mutation mice to build more functional animal models. Overall design: Five groups were designed: a) wild-type C57BL/6N mice; b) transgenic mice; c) mdx mice; d) trans/mdx mice without UAA; e) trans/mdx mice with UAA (50 mg NAEK every 2-3 day, treated for 4 weeks). Two mice were used in each group, whose heart and muscle tissues were collected. Total RNA was extracted by trizol and sent to high-throughput sequencing.