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Effects of Different Concentration Insulin-like Growth Factor-Ⅰ on Expression of the Related Genes of Milk Protein and Fat Synthesis in Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells Cultured in vitro

WANG Hao-yu, QIN Tong, HAO Hai-sheng, DU Wei-hua, ZHAO Xue-ming, ZHU Hua-bin   

  1. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2012-12-12 Online:2013-07-20 Published:2013-07-24

Abstract: The effects of different concentration (0, 1, 10 and 100 ng/mL) insulin-like growth factor-Ⅰ (IGF-Ⅰ) on the mRNA expression of genes related to milk protein and fat synthesis in bovine mammary epithelial cells cultured in vitro were evaluated by Real-time PCR. The results showed that the mRNA abundance of insulin like growth factor-Ⅰ receptor (IGFIR), insulin-like binding protein 3 (IGFBP3), α-s1-casein (CSN1S1) and κ-casein (CSN3) did not differ significantly (P>0.05) within different concentrations of IGF-Ⅰ. However, with the increasing concentrations of IGF-Ⅰ, the mRNA abundance of β-casein (CSN2), acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACACA), fatty acid synthase (FASN) and fatty acid binding protein 3 (FABP3) increased significantly (P<0.05). These results indicated that IGF-Ⅰ, as an important cytokine, might involve in regulating the mRNA expression of genes related to milk protein and fat synthesis in bovine mammary epithelial cells cultured in vitro.

Key words: insulin like growth factor-Ⅰ; mammary epithelial cells; Real-time PCR; gene expression

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