›› 2013, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 133-139.

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Effect of the Overexpression on Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Factor 1 Gene Increases Lipid Droplet Formation in Bovine Fetal Fibroblasts

XU Li, GUO Li-ping, ZHU Miao, GAO Xue, ZHANG Lu-pei, GAO Hui-jiang, LI Jun-ya, XU Shang-zhong   

  1. Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • Revised:2013-04-19 Online:2013-05-20 Published:2013-05-27

Abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between sterol regulatory element binding factor 1 (SREBP1) gene expression and cell fat formation, recombinant plasmid pEGFP-C1-SREBP1 was constructed and transferred into bovine fetal fibroblasts with Lipofectamine 2000, and then the cells were cultured for 48 h. Furthermore, the expressions of SREBP1 mRNA and protein were detected by Real-time PCR and Western blotting. Oil red O staining was used to explore cellular lipid droplet formation. The results showed that an up-regulation of SREBP1 mRNA in recombinant plasmid transfection group compared with normal control group and pEGFP-C1 transfected group, SREBP1 protein also appeared obvious rise. Oil red O found no lipid droplet in normal control group and pEGFP-C1 transfected group, but marked lipid droplets were detected in pEGFP-C1-SREBP1 transfected group. In conclusion, the up-regulation of SREBP1 directly resulteds in cellular lipid droplet formation in bovine fetal fibroblasts.

Key words: sterol regulatory element binding factor 1; overexpression; bovine fetal fibroblasts; lipid droplet formation; plasmid transfection

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