Next Generation Sequencing of Transcriptomes of PM2.5-exposed Mice

Purpose: The goal of this study is to investigate the effects of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on mouse olfactory bulb using next generation sequencing (NGS). Methods: After 28 days of 3 mg/kg/3 day and 10 mg/kg/3 day PM2.5 exposure, olfactory bulb mRNA profiles of 8-week-old wild-type (WT) male C57BL/6 mice were generated by deep sequencing, in 3-4 repeats, using Illumina NovaSeq 6000. For each sample, clean reads were obtained that mapped to mm10 using HISAT2 (hierarchical indexing for spliced alignment of transcripts) v2.0.477. Results: Our study revealed that PM2.5 treatment caused significant effects on the gene expression profilling of mouse olfactory bulb. Overall, the sequencing identified 34,745 transcripts, and two kinds of treatments obtained 60 and 138 differently expressed genes (DEGs) respectively, with a criteria of fold change >2 and q-value <0.5. Most biological events that DEGs involved were inflammation relevant. Conclusions: Our study revealed that PM2.5 treatment caused significant effects on the gene expression profiling of mouse olfactory bulb. Overall design: Olfactory bulb mRNA profiles of 8 week old wild type (WT), male C57BL/6J mice