ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2017, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (12): 2268-2276.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2017.12.006

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Construction of Recombinant Eukaryotic Expression Vector of FoxO 4 Gene from Congjiang Xiang Pig and Its Expression in Subcutaneous Preadipocytes

SUN Cheng-juan1,3, XU Hou-qiang1,2,3*, DUAN Zhi-qiang1,3, CHEN Wei1,4, ZHAO Jia-fu1,4, ZHOU Di1,4   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region of Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction in Guizhou, Guiyang 550025, China;
    3. College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China;
    4. College of Life Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
  • Received:2017-05-25 Online:2017-12-23 Published:2017-12-23

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to clone the coding sequence of FoxO 4 gene of Congjiang Xiang pig and preliminarily explore the function of FoxO 4 gene. The relative expression level of FoxO 4 gene was detected by qRT-PCR in different tissues of Congjiang Xiang pig at the age of 6 month.The recombinant plasmid pEGFP-N3-FoxO4 was constructed by inserting the FoxO 4 gene coding sequence into pEGFP-N3, and then transiently transfected into the subcutaneous preadipocytes of Congjiang Xiang pig by liposome-mediated transfection.The expression levels of FoxO 4, PPARγ, LPL, FAS, ACC, ATGL, HSL in transfected cells were detected by qRT-PCR. The results showed that FoxO 4 gene had the highest expression level in adipose tissue. The constructed plasmid pEGFP-N3-FoxO4 was successfully expressed in subcutaneous preadipocytes. The expression level of LPL, FAS, ACC, ATGL and HSL genes were significantly up-regulated in the subcutaneous preadipocytes when compared to the control group.These results revealed that FoxO 4 gene had certain regulation on fat deposition and might be a key candidate gene for the pork quality, which will provide theoretical basis for further studying the mechanism of fat deposition.

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