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Analysis of the Bovine DLK1 Gene Polymorphism and Its Relation to Lipid Metabolism in Chinese Simmental.
Animals ( IF 3 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-26 , DOI: 10.3390/ani10060923 Mengyan Wang 1, 2 , Ping Jiang 1 , Xiang Yu 2 , Jiaqi Mi 2 , Zitong Bai 2 , Xiuqi Zhang 2 , Yinuo Liu 2 , Xibi Fang 2 , Runjun Yang 2 , Zhihui Zhao 1
Animals ( IF 3 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-26 , DOI: 10.3390/ani10060923 Mengyan Wang 1, 2 , Ping Jiang 1 , Xiang Yu 2 , Jiaqi Mi 2 , Zitong Bai 2 , Xiuqi Zhang 2 , Yinuo Liu 2 , Xibi Fang 2 , Runjun Yang 2 , Zhihui Zhao 1
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In this study, we precisely constructed and transfected the overexpression and interference vectors in BFFs to evaluate the role of DLK1 gene on lipid metabolism in vitro. The expression of of DLK1 in the mRNA and protein level tended to reduce, and TGs were significantly increased in the pGPU6-shDLK1 group compared to the control group (p < 0.05). The expression of DLK1 in the mRNA and protein level were increased in the pBI-CMV3-DLK1 group compared to the control group, and the TGs content showed a significant decrease in the pBI-CMV3-DLK1 group (p < 0.05). Meanwhile, we used the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP-PCR) detection method to screen SNPs further to explore and analyze the relationship between the gene and the economic traits of 28-month-old Chinese Simmental and the fatty acids composition of cattle longissimus muscle. The result showed that two SNPs, IVS3 + 478 C>T and IVS3 + 609 T>G, were identified as being significantly associated with carcass and meat quality traits in Chinese Simmental, such as the carcass fat coverage rate, loin eye muscle area, and fat color score. In summary, our results indicated that DLK1 can affect lipid metabolism in bovine and these two SNPs might be applied as genetic markers of meat quality traits for beef cattle breeding.
更新日期：2020-05-26
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