畜牧兽医学报 ›› 2019, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (1): 71-77.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2019.01.009

• 生物技术与繁殖 • 上一篇    下一篇

PNPLA5基因敲除对大鼠睾丸形态学及精子运动能力的影响

胡言青, 徐奎, 魏迎辉, 邱乙卿, 张秀玲, 王冰源, 刘志国, 牟玉莲*, 李奎   

  1. 中国农业科学院北京畜牧兽医研究所, 北京 100193
  • 收稿日期:2018-03-27 出版日期:2019-01-23 发布日期:2019-01-23
  • 通讯作者: 牟玉莲,主要从事动物细胞工程和基因工程研究,E-mail:mouyulian@caas.cn
  • 作者简介:胡言青(1990-),女,河北人,硕士生,主要从事动物细胞工程和基因工程研究,E-mail:yanqingcaas@163.com
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金(31572378);中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项资金项目(2016ywf-yb-4);中国农业科学院科技创新工程(ASTIP-IAS05)

The Effect of PNPLA5 Knockout on the Testis Morphology and Sperm Motility in Rats

HU Yanqing, XU Kui, WEI Yinghui, QIU Yiqing, ZHANG Xiuling, WANG Bingyuan, LIU Zhiguo, MU Yulian*, LI Kui   

  1. Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2018-03-27 Online:2019-01-23 Published:2019-01-23

摘要:

旨在研究PNPLA5基因对雄性大鼠繁殖性能的影响。本研究以PNPLA5敲除型雄性大鼠(KO)为试验组,野生型大鼠(WT)为对照组,分别饲喂普通饲料,并采集大鼠附睾精子及睾丸组织。利用繁殖试验检测配种后雌鼠的妊娠率及平均产仔数,精子运动性能分析检测精子运动能力,Western blot检测精子中线粒体功能相关细胞色素C(cytochrome C,Cytc)与细胞色素C氧化酶亚基IV(cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV,COX IV)的表达水平,HE染色检测睾丸组织形态。结果表明:与野生型雄性大鼠相比,PNPLA5敲除型雄鼠与野生型雌鼠配种后,雌鼠的妊娠率极显著下降(P<0.01);精子的曲线运动速度显著降低(P<0.05)及渐进运动精子的百分率极显著降低(P<0.01);PNPLA5敲除型大鼠精子中细胞色素C表达量下调,细胞色素C氧化酶亚基IV表达量上调,但差异均不显著(P>0.05);PNPLA5基因缺失引起大鼠睾丸组织结构疏松,曲细精管中各阶段生精细胞排列紊乱,上皮细胞脱落至管腔。综上表明,本研究发现PNPLA5基因敲除能够引起雄性大鼠繁殖能力降低,为家畜繁殖研究提供重要的参考依据。

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of PNPLA5 gene on male rats' fertility. We used male PNPLA5 knockout rats(KO) as the experimental group and wild type rats(WT) as the control group, feeding them with regular diet. The epididymis spermatozoa and testis tissue were collected. We detected the pregnancy rate and average litter size by breeding assay, the sperm motility by Computer Aided Sperm Analysis(CASA), the expression level of mitochondria function related proteins (cytochrome C,Cytc and cytochrome C Oxidase subunit IV) in sperms were detected by Western blot, and histochemical morphology of testis tissue by HE staining.The results showed that PNPLA5 knockout significantly reduced the pregnancy rate of the mated female rats (P<0.01), significantly decreased the curvilinear velocity of sperm(P<0.05) and percentage of sperm with progressive movement (P<0.01) compared to the wild type male rats.We also found that the PNPLA5 knockout downregulated the expression level of Cytc and upregulated expression level of COX IV in sperms compared with those in wild type rats(WT), but no significant difference were observed between 2 groups (P>0.05). In addition, the histological structure of testis of PNPLA5 knockout rats (KO) appeared loose, unarranged, and epithelial cells detached to the lumen. In conclusion,this study shows that PNPLA5 knockout reduces the fertility of male rats and it may provide an important evidence for understanding the animal reproductive performance.

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