›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 883-889.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2015.04.017

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Selection and Validation of Reference Genes in Velvet Antlers Tissues

ZHANG Ran-ran1, LIU Hua-miao1, XING Xiu-mei1, HU Da-yong2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Special Economic Animal Molecular Biology, Institute of Special Wild Economic Animal and Plant Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130112, China;
    2. Jilin Province Baicheng City Animal Health Supervision, Baicheng 137000, China
  • Received:2014-09-19 Online:2015-04-20 Published:2015-05-05

Abstract: The aim of this study was to identify the most stable gene to be used as reference genes for qRT-PCR analysis in Sika deer antler tissues. The expression patterns of 6 housekeeping genes were analyzed, including glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), beta-2-microglobulin (B2M), NADH dehydrogenase (NADH), 60S ribosomal protein L40 (RPL40), glutathione peroxidase 7 (GPx) and beta actin (ACTB), in Sika deer antler at different stages (10, 20, 40 and 60 d). The stability of housekeeping gene expression was analyzed with use of 2 software packages, including geNorm and NormFinder. The results showed that GAPDH, ACTB, RPL40 were suitable reference genes for efficient normalization of qRT-PCR data, whereas NADH and GPx were not suitable for analysis of Sika deer antler. These findings were confirmed by comparative profiling of 5 antler genes associated with antler rapid growth (ANXA5, HSP27, PRD2, CRABP1 and LGALS1), while it was observed that the 5 genes were significanly expressed in antler aged 10 d. These results will provide a necessary basis for the further research on rapid growth of antler and ossification genes.

Key words: qRT-PCR; velvet antlers; reference genes; geNorm; NormFinder

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