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ArticleBrain and behavior2018

Sex-biased gene expression in the frontal cortex of common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and potential behavioral correlates.

Viviane Brito Nogueira, Danilo Oliveira Imparato, Sandro José de Souza, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de Sousa

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Viviane Brito NogueiraHealth Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6196-0046
Danilo Oliveira ImparatoBioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6979-4951
Sandro José de SouzaBrain Institute, Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de SousaBrain Institute and Health Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6200-0418
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · BR

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introductionThe common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), a small New World monkey, has been widely used as a biological model in neuroscience to elucidate neural circuits involved in cognition and to understand brain dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders. In this regard, the availability of gene expression data derived from next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies represents an opportunity for a molecular contextualization. Sexual dimorphism account for differences in diseases prevalence and prognosis. Here, we explore sex differences on frontal cortex of gene expression in common marmoset's adults.

methodsGene expression profiles in six different tissues (cerebellum, frontal cortex, liver, heart, and kidney) were analyzed in male and female marmosets. To emphasize the translational value of this species for behavioral studies, we focused on sex-biased gene expression from the frontal cortex of male and female in common marmosets and compared to humans (Homo sapiens).

resultsIn this study, we found that frontal cortex genes whose expression is male-biased are conserved between marmosets and humans and enriched with "house-keeping" functions. On the other hand, female-biased genes are more related to neural plasticity functions involved in remodeling of synaptic circuits, stress cascades, and visual behavior. Additionally, we developed and made available an application-the CajaDB-to provide a friendly interface for genomic, expression, and alternative splicing data of marmosets together with a series of functionalities that allow the exploration of these data. CajaDB is available at cajadb.neuro.ufrn.br.

conclusionThe data point to differences in gene expression of male and female common marmosets in all tissues analyzed. In frontal cortex, female-biased expression in synaptic plasticity, stress, and visual processing might be linked to biological and behavioral mechanisms of this sex. Due to the limited sample size, the data here analyzed are for exploratory purposes.

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Sex CharacteristicsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalCallithrixCognitionFemaleFrontal LobeGene ExpressionHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleNeuronal PlasticityStress, PsychologicalTranscriptomeVisual Perceptionadaptive strategiesdatabaseneuropsychiatric primate modelsexual dimorphismsynaptic plasticitytranscriptomics

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