RNA Sequencing Analysis of Wild Type and Nell2-KO Caput Epididymal Transcriptomes

Purpose: The goal of this study is to detect differentially expressed genes, between Wild type (WT) and Nell2-/- (Nell2-KO) caput epididymis by RNA sequencing Methods: Caput epidiymal mRNA profiles of 14-week-old wild-type (WT) and NEL-like 2 knockout (Nell2-KO) mice were generated by deep sequencing, in quadplicate, using Illumina GAIIx. Results: RNA-seq data identified differentially expressed transcripts; 26 genes showed differential transcript expression between the WT and Nell2-KO caput epididymis, with WT RPKM ≥100, a fold change ≤0.1, and t-test p value <0.05. Altered expression of 26 genes identified. Conclusions: Our results show that the expression of many genes were downregulated in Nell2-KO caput epididymis compared with WT one. Caput epididymal mRNA profiles of 14-week old wild type (WT) and Nell2-KO mice were generated by deep sequencing, in quadplicate, using Illumina GAIIx.