Multi-omics data integration for the identification of biomarkers for bull fertility.
Bull fertility is an important economic trait, and the use of subfertile semen for artificial insemination decreases the global efficiency of the breeding sector. Although the analysis of semen functional parameters can help to identify infertile bulls, no tools are currently available to enable pre...
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| author | Valentin Costes Eli Sellem Sylvain Marthey Chris Hoze Aurélie Bonnet Laurent Schibler Hélène Kiefer Florence Jaffrezic |
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| description | Bull fertility is an important economic trait, and the use of subfertile semen for artificial insemination decreases the global efficiency of the breeding sector. Although the analysis of semen functional parameters can help to identify infertile bulls, no tools are currently available to enable precise predictions and prevent the commercialization of subfertile semen. Because male fertility is a multifactorial phenotype that is dependent on genetic, epigenetic, physiological and environmental factors, we hypothesized that an integrative analysis might help to refine our knowledge and understanding of bull fertility. We combined -omics data (genotypes, sperm DNA methylation at CpGs and sperm small non-coding RNAs) and semen parameters measured on a large cohort of 98 Montbéliarde bulls with contrasting fertility levels. Multiple Factor Analysis was conducted to study the links between the datasets and fertility. Four methodologies were then considered to identify the features linked to bull fertility variation: Logistic Lasso, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting and Neural Networks. Finally, the features selected by these methods were annotated in terms of genes, to conduct functional enrichment analyses. The less relevant features in -omics data were filtered out, and MFA was run on the remaining 12,006 features, including the 11 semen parameters and a balanced proportion of each type of-omics data. The results showed that unlike the semen parameters studied the-omics datasets were related to fertility. Biomarkers related to bull fertility were selected using the four methodologies mentioned above. The most contributory CpGs, SNPs and miRNAs targeted genes were all found to be involved in development. Interestingly, fragments derived from ribosomal RNAs were overrepresented among the selected features, suggesting roles in male fertility. These markers could be used in the future to identify subfertile bulls in order to increase the global efficiency of the breeding sector. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c758960eca694d42abec6ba486e9a4402024-02-29T05:31:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01192e029862310.1371/journal.pone.0298623Multi-omics data integration for the identification of biomarkers for bull fertility.Valentin CostesEli SellemSylvain MartheyChris HozeAurélie BonnetLaurent SchiblerHélène KieferFlorence JaffrezicBull fertility is an important economic trait, and the use of subfertile semen for artificial insemination decreases the global efficiency of the breeding sector. Although the analysis of semen functional parameters can help to identify infertile bulls, no tools are currently available to enable precise predictions and prevent the commercialization of subfertile semen. Because male fertility is a multifactorial phenotype that is dependent on genetic, epigenetic, physiological and environmental factors, we hypothesized that an integrative analysis might help to refine our knowledge and understanding of bull fertility. We combined -omics data (genotypes, sperm DNA methylation at CpGs and sperm small non-coding RNAs) and semen parameters measured on a large cohort of 98 Montbéliarde bulls with contrasting fertility levels. Multiple Factor Analysis was conducted to study the links between the datasets and fertility. Four methodologies were then considered to identify the features linked to bull fertility variation: Logistic Lasso, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting and Neural Networks. Finally, the features selected by these methods were annotated in terms of genes, to conduct functional enrichment analyses. The less relevant features in -omics data were filtered out, and MFA was run on the remaining 12,006 features, including the 11 semen parameters and a balanced proportion of each type of-omics data. The results showed that unlike the semen parameters studied the-omics datasets were related to fertility. Biomarkers related to bull fertility were selected using the four methodologies mentioned above. The most contributory CpGs, SNPs and miRNAs targeted genes were all found to be involved in development. Interestingly, fragments derived from ribosomal RNAs were overrepresented among the selected features, suggesting roles in male fertility. These markers could be used in the future to identify subfertile bulls in order to increase the global efficiency of the breeding sector.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298623 |
| spellingShingle | Valentin Costes Eli Sellem Sylvain Marthey Chris Hoze Aurélie Bonnet Laurent Schibler Hélène Kiefer Florence Jaffrezic Multi-omics data integration for the identification of biomarkers for bull fertility. PLoS ONE |
| title | Multi-omics data integration for the identification of biomarkers for bull fertility. |
| title_full | Multi-omics data integration for the identification of biomarkers for bull fertility. |
| title_fullStr | Multi-omics data integration for the identification of biomarkers for bull fertility. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multi-omics data integration for the identification of biomarkers for bull fertility. |
| title_short | Multi-omics data integration for the identification of biomarkers for bull fertility. |
| title_sort | multi omics data integration for the identification of biomarkers for bull fertility |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298623 |
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