Next Generation Sequencing Facilitates Quantitative Analysis of Runx2fl/fl and Gli1-CreERT2;Runx2fl/fl Mouse Molar Transcriptomes

Purpose: To study the function of Runx2 on mouse tooth root development. The goals of this study are to compare NGS-derived molar transcriptome profiling (RNA-seq) bwtween Runx2fl/fl and Gli1-CreERT2;Runx2fl/fl mice to identify the potential downstream target of Runx2. Methods: molar mRNA profiles from PN7.5 Runx2fl/fl and Gli1-CreERT2;Runx2fl/fl mice (induction at PN3.5) were generated by deep sequencing, using Novaseq. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, we mapped about 68 million sequence reads per sample to the mouse genome ( mm10) and identified 80,214 transcripts with Partek E/M workflow. 427 differentially regulated genes were identified (＞1.8-fold, p＜0.05), of which 219 were upregulated and 208 were downregulated. Methods: molar mRNA profiles from PN7.5 Runx2fl/fl and Gli1-CreERT2;Runx2fl/fl mice (induction at PN3.5) were generated by deep sequencing, using 2x50 sequencing with Novaseq, each group had 4 samples.