Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2013, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (3): 114-119.

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Effects of Self-compounding DMEM/F12 Medium on Biological Function in Primary Cultured Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells

Zhang Xingfu1, Du Ruiping2, Gao Min2, Ao Changjin1, Lu Dexun2, Cao Qina1   

  1. 1. Inner Mongolia Agricultural University,Huhhot 010018 ;2. Animal Nutrition Institute of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Academy of Inner Mongolia,Huhhot 010031)
  • Received:2012-09-05 Revised:2013-03-21 Online:2013-03-20 Published:2013-03-21

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to exam if the self-compounding medium had negative effects on the biological function of bovine mammary epithelial cells and offered foundation for further experiments.The differences between self-compounding medium and DMEM/F12 medium in this experiment were compared based on determination of cell proliferation, lactating genes expression and casein synthesis. The proliferation of BMEC cultured in self-compounding medium was higher significantly than that of DMEM/F12 medium(P < 0.0001). The CSN1S1 and CSN3 genes expression of BMEC cultured in self-compounding medium increased significantly(P < 0.05)and up-regulated 3.57-fold and 3.27-fold, respectively. There were no significance of the CSN1S2, CSN2 gene expression and αS-casein, β-casein synthesis(P >0.05).Compared with DMEM/F12 medium, self-compounding medium had no negative effects on the lactating genes expression and the casein synthesis, and the further study on effects of different amino acid patterns on lactating genes expression and casein synthesis.

Key words: Self-compounding DMEM/F12 medium, Lactating gene expression, Casein synthesis, Cell proliferation