Identification of key genes in sheep fat tail evolution Based on RNA-seq

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Wang, Xinyue

作者： Wang, Xinyue;Fang, Chao;He, Haiying;Cao, Hang;Liu, Lingling;Liu, Wujun;Fang, Chao;Jiang, Lin;Ma, Yuehui

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关键词： Wild Argali; Domestication; Fat tail; Adipocyte size; Differentially expressed genes

期刊名称：GENE （ 影响因子：2.984； 五年影响因子：2.702 ）

ISSN： 0378-1119

年卷期： 2021 年 781 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Fat tail is one of the most important domesticated characteristics in sheep; however its molecular mechanism is poorly understood. Here we took small-tailed F2 hybrid of wild Argali sheep and typical fat-tailed Bashby sheep as research object. First, histological analysis revealed that the mean diameter and area in tail and subcutaneous fat cells, and surface density in tail fat in Bashby sheep were significantly larger than that in F2 sheep, and surface density of fat in subcutaneous fat in Bashby sheep was significantly lower than that in F2 sheep. Second, 873 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of tail fat between Bashby and F2 sheep were identified by RNA-seq. Third, the tissue expression profile and relative expression difference between Bashby and F2 sheep of 7 of 873 DEGs were analyzed by RT-PCR. SCD, ESR1, EMR1, PHYH, STAT3 and GPAM genes were highly expressed in fat, muscle and liver, and ALDH1A1 were highly expressed in small intestine. In addition, the expressions of SCD, PHYH and CPAM genes in tail fat of F2 sheep were lower than that of Bashby sheep, while the expression patterns of ESR1 and EMR1 were reversed. Our findings will not only help understand molecular mechanism of fat tail, but also provide theoretical material in sheep evolution.

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