China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2020, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 696-705.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2020.03.006

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Cloning,Bioinformatics Prediction and Tissue Expression Analysis of PPARGC1A Gene in Jinhua Pigs

LIU Yufang, GUO Siwu, ZHANG Qingyang, ZHANG Xin, YANG Junqi, BAI Ying   

  1. College of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056038, China
  • Received:2019-10-20 Online:2020-03-20 Published:2020-03-17

Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic characteristics and expression patterns of PPARGC1A gene in Jinhua pigs and Yorkshire pigs.The Jinhua pigs and Yorkshire pigs were used as samples to extract total RNA from the dorsal lipid tissue,and the coding region and real-time quantitative PCR primers were designed according to the sequence of porcine PPARGC1A gene in GenBank (accession No.:NM_213963.2).The porcine GAPDH gene and β-actin protein were used as internal parameters,and the PPARGC1A gene-encoded protein was applied by various bioinformatics methods.Functional analysis was performed and its expression level in dorsal lipid tissue of Jinhua pigs was detected by Real-time quantitative PCR and Western blotting assay.The results showed that the full length of PPARGC1A gene CDS region was 2 361 bp and encoded 786 amino acids.The protein had a molecular size of 90 336.01 u,with serine (Ser) accounting for the highest proportion (13.7%) and tryptophan (Trp) accounting for the lowest proportion (0.8%).Homology alignment results showed that PPARGC1A gene in Jinhua pigs had high homology with goats,cattle and sheep,which were 95.0%,94.9% and 94.9%,respectively,and was highly conserved in species evolution.The PPARGC1A protein of the instability index in Jinhua pigs was 74.88,belonging to unstable hydrophilic protein,and no transmembrane structure.Its secondary structure consists of alpha helix,extended chain,beta turn and random coil,and the proportion of them were 26.59%,5.73%,5.73% and 61.96%,respectively.The PPARGC1A protein homology modeling obtained a series of complex processes such as folding and bending to obtain a three-level structural model.The results of the Real-time quantitative PCR and Western-blotting were consistent,indicating that the expression of PPARGC1A gene in Jinhua pigs with dorsal lipid tissue was significantly lower than that of lean pigs (P<0.05).This study provides a theoretical basis for the discovery of the molecular biological function of PPARGC1A gene in pig fat deposition.

Key words: Jinhua pigs; PPARGC1A gene; bioinformatics analysis; tissue expression; fat deposition

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