TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF INTESTINES OF THE BAIKAL OMUL (LAKE BAIKAL, EASTERN SIBERIA)

New data were presented for the first time on the intestinal transcriptome of the intestines (posterior section) of the Baikal omul Coregonus migratorius Georgi, 1775 (Salmoniformes: Coregonidae) belonging to the deep water bottom morphological group (Lake Baikal) infected with parasites of various systematic groups: cestodes Dibothriocephalus dendriticus, Proteocephalus longicollis, Eubothrium crassum, and nematode Contracaecum osculatum baicalensis. Sequencing of the transcriptomics libraries was performed on an Illumina NextSeq550 sequencer using the NextSeq® 550 High Output Kit v2. Based on the obtained data, de-novo transcriptome assembly was performed. Conserved domains and their associated Gene Ontology annotations were predicted using Blast2Go. As a result, it was found that in the posterior section of the intestine enriched with lymphoid tissue (GALT), expression of functional proteins was observed that were primarily associated with enzymatic activity, with the development of specialized tissues, with cellular, metabolic and secretory processes. It should be noted that a significant proportion of gene ontology terms is associated with the functioning of the immune system, and with the cellular response to stress, which, under conditions of sensitization by the metabolic end products of helminths and their traumatic and antigenic effects, is quite understandable. The identified transcriptome may provide new information for understanding the functions of lymphoid organs in salmonids with parasitosis.