生物技术通报 ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 58-66.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2018-0671

• 研究报告 • 上一篇    下一篇

牦牛miR-378前体克隆及组织表达分析

纪会1, 王会1, 柴志欣1, 王吉坤1, 罗晓林2, 姬秋梅3, 信金伟3, 钟金城1   

  1. 1. 西南民族大学 青藏高原动物遗传资源保护与利用教育部重点实验室,成都 610041;
    2. 四川省草原科学研究院,成都 611731;
    3. 西藏自治区农牧科学院 省部共建青稞和牦牛种质资源与遗传改良国家重点实验室,拉萨 850009
  • 收稿日期:2018-07-23 出版日期:2019-01-26 发布日期:2019-01-23
  • 作者简介:纪会,女,硕士研究生,研究方向:动物遗传学;E-mail:1328051168@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    西南民族大学研究生创新型科研项目(CX2018SZ113),国家肉牛牦牛产业技术体系项目(CARS-37)

Precursor Cloning and Tissue Expression Analysis of Yak miR-378

JI Hui1, WANG Hui1, CHAI Zhi-xin1, WANG Ji-kun1, LUO Xiao-lin2, JI Qiu-mei3, XIN Jin-wei3, ZHONG Jin-cheng1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding of the Ministry of Education,Southwest Minzu University,,Chengdu 610041;
    2. Sichuan Grassland Science Academy,Chengdu 611731;
    3. State Key Laboratory of Barley and Yak Germplasm Resources and Genetic Improvement,Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences,Lhasa 850009
  • Received:2018-07-23 Published:2019-01-26 Online:2019-01-23

摘要: 旨在克隆牦牛miR-378的前体序列,阐明其组织表达规律,结合bta-miR-378靶基因的生物信息学预测和分析,探讨miR-378在牦牛生长发育过程中的调控功能。采用PCR方法成功克隆类乌齐牦牛miR-378前体序列,实时荧光定量PCR(RT-qPCR)检测miR-378-3p在各组织中的表达模式,结合生物信息学软件TargetScan、DAVID以及数据库NCBI、miRbase等对miR-378进行保守性分析、靶基因预测及其生物学功能分析。结果表明,miR-378在各物种间高度保守,且miR-378-3p在各组织中广泛表达,其中在臀大肌中表达水平最高,显著高于其他组织(P<0.01),在臀脂中的表达高于卵巢、大脑、乳腺和肝脏。获得的272个靶基因主要参与细胞分化、细胞发育、大分子代谢等多个生物学过程,涉及孕酮介导的卵母细胞成熟、促性腺激素释放激素(GnRH)信号通路等,由此推测,miR-378可能在卵泡发育、卵母细胞成熟过程中起关键作用,进而影响母牦牛的繁殖性能。

关键词: 牦牛, miR-378, 克隆, 组织表达, 生物信息分析

Abstract: This work aims to clone the precursor sequence of yak miR-378,to elucidate its tissue expression pattern,and to explore the regulatory function of miR-378 in the growth and development of yak combined with bioinformatics prediction and analysis of bta-miR-378 target gene. PCR was employed to successfully clone the miR-378 precursor sequence of leiwuqi yak,and real-time quantitative PCR(RT-qPCR)was used to detect the expression patterns of miR-378-3p in various tissues. Further,bioinformatics software and databases such as TargetScan,DAVID,NCBI,miRbase,etc were together applied to perform conservative analysis,target gene prediction and biological function analysis of miR-378. The results showed that miR-378 was highly conserved among different species and miR-378-3p was widely expressed in all tissues,the expression level was the highest in gluteus maximus,which was significantly higher than that in other tissues(P < 0.01). Expression in hip fat was higher than in ovary,brain,breast and liver. The obtained 272 target genes were mainly involved in many biological processes such as cell differentiation,cell development,and macromolecular metabolism,involved in progesterone-mediated oocyte maturation and gonadotropin releasing hormone(GnRH)signaling pathways. It is speculated that miR-378 may play a key role in follicular development and oocyte maturation,which may affect the reproductive performance of female calves.

Key words: yak, miR-378, cloning, tissue expression, biological information analysis