China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (9): 3321-3332.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2022.09.006

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Regulation of STAT1 and Histone Acetylation Modification on lncRNA-BMP4 Transcription in Chickens

GAO Xiaomin1, ZHOU Shujian1, CHEN Chen1, JIN Jing1, HU Cai1, ZHANG Chen1, ZUO Qisheng1, ZHANG Yani1, CHEN Guohong1, LI Bichun1,2   

  1. 1. Joint Laboratory for International Agricultural and Agricultural Product Safety Research, Ministry of Education of China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China;
    2. College of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China
  • Revised:2022-05-18 Online:2022-09-05 Published:2022-08-24

Abstract: 【Objective】 The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the transcription of long chain noncoding RNA-bone morphogenetic protein 4(lncRNA-BMP4) promoters in chickens, and study the molecular mechanisms regulating the specific expression of lncRNA-BMP4.【Method】 Using the muscle genome in chickens as a template, the promoter region of lncRNA-BMP4 in chickens was amplified by PCR and cloned, the lncRNA-BMP4-EFGP vector was constructed, and the lncRNA-BMP4 promoter activity was qualitatively analyzed.The core region of the lncRNA-BMP4 promoter was screened by chromosome 5'-terminal deletion and double luciferase system detection.The potential transcriptional factors of the regulatory core region were predicted and analyzed by online tools, and the transcriptional factors that really affected lncRNA-BMP4 were screened by point mutation and dual luciferase system.The transcriptional regulation of DNA methylation and histone acetylation on lncRNA-BMP4 was verified by apparent modification.【Result】 The lncRNA-BMP4 promoter fragments(1 288 bp) were successfully amplified and ligated with a pEGFP-N1 vector.After transfection into chicken fibroblast cell line (DF-1), it showed fluorescent expression, indicating that lncRNA-BMP4 promoter had promotive activity.The results of chromosome 5'-terminal deletion and double luciferase system detection showed that the core promoter region was-832 to-651 bp.The transcription factors screened by Jaspar database analysis showed that the core regions were SOX17, CREB1 and STAT1.Double luciferase system showed that STAT1 could promote the activity of lncRNA-BMP4 core promoter region, DNA methylation inhibitor 5'-Azacd had no effect on lncRNA-BMP4 transcriptional activity, while histone acetylation inhibitor TSA extremely significantly increased its transcriptional activity (P<0.01).【Conclusion】 This study suggested that the transcriptional activity of lncRNA-BMP4 was positively regulated by STAT1 and histone acetylation, while DNA methylation did not affect its transcription.The results provided a theoretical basis for a detailed analysis of the function and molecular mechanism of lncRNA-BMP4.

Key words: chickens; lncRNA; promoter; STAT1; epigenetic modification

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