China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (3): 809-816.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2022.03.002

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Study on the Mechanism of miR-145-4 Regulating Follicle Development in Egg Ducks

WU Yan1,2, PI Jinsong1, ZHANG Hao1, LIANG Zhenhua1, DU Jinping1, PAN Ailuan1, SHEN Jie1, PU Yuejin1   

  1. 1. Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Science, Wuhan 430064, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo Engineering and Molecular Breeding of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430064, China
  • Received:2021-11-01 Online:2022-03-05 Published:2022-03-03

Abstract: 【Objective】 The purpose of this study was to reveal the role and regulatory mechanism of miR-145-4 in follicular development for egg duck.【Method】 The egg duck follicular granulosa cells were isolated and cultured.After miR-145-4 mimic and inhibitor were transfected, the expression of cell proliferation and apoptosis related genes were detected by Real-time quantitative PCR.RNAhybrid and Targetscan programs were used to predict the target gene and predict the potential binding sites of miR-145-4 to the 3'-UTR of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase catalytic subunit α (PIK3CA) gene.The wild type and mutant type dual-luciferase reporter vector of PIK3CA gene 3'-UTR were constructed and co-transfeacted with miR-145-4 mimic and mimic-NC into duck granulose cells.The binding relationship between miR-145-4 and target gene PIK3CA was verified by double luciferase reporting system.And the effect of miR-145-4 on the expression of PIK3CA in granulosa cells of egg ducks was detected by Real-time quantitative PCR.【Result】 The results of Real-time quantitative PCR showed that after over expression of miR-145-4, compared with control group, the expression of CyclinB2 gene was extremely significantly decreased (P<0.01), and the expression of BCL2 gene was extremely significantly increased (P<0.01).After inhibiting miR-145-4, compared with control group, the expression of CyclinB2 gene was extremely significantly increased (P<0.01), and the expression of BCL2 was extremely significantly decreased (P<0.01).The predict results showed that miR-145-4 could be binding to PIK3CA gene 3'-UTR.PCR amplification and sequencing results indicated that the wild type and mutant type vectors of PIK3CA gene 3'-UTR were successfully constructed.The results of double luciferase assay showed that the double luciferase activity of wild-type group was significantly lower than that of mutant and empty vector co-transfection groups (P<0.05), indicating that miR-145-4 could bind to PIK3CA gene 3'-UTR.The results of Real-time quantitative PCR showed that the expression of PIK3CA gene decreased significantly after overexpression of miR-145-4 in egg duck follicular granulosa cells (P<0.05), while the expression of PIK3CA gene increased extremely significantly after inhibition of miR-145-4 (P<0.01).【Conclusion】 miR-145-4 promoted the apoptosis of follicle granulosa cells by positively regulating the target gene PIK3CA, and then regulated the follicular development of egg ducks.

Key words: egg duck; miR-145-4; PIK3CA; granulose cells apoptosis

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