Differential expression of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) transcriptome during viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) infection at warmer and colder temperature

Abstract

The data presented here are related to the research article entitled “Temperature-dependent immune response of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) infected with viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV)” [1]. In the cited article, we sequenced the whole transcriptome of the olive flounder using Illumina RNA-Seq. Differentially expressed genes (DEG) analysis of VHSV infected head kidney samples showed perturbations in gene expression. Herein we made a comparison of DEGs at early stage of VHSV infection of olive flounder (4 h post infection) in colder (13 °C) and warmer (20 °C) temperatures. The analysis of signaling pathways showed that several major immune pathways were altered. The gene ontology terms associated with the genes differentially expressed are also presented. Keywords: Paralichthys olivaceus, Olive flounder, Transcriptome, RNA-Seq, Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), Head kidney