CTCF调控绵羊前体脂肪细胞分化的功能研究

doi:10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.12.017

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 旨在研究CTCF对绵羊前体脂肪细胞分化的作用及其调控机制。本研究采集4只8月龄的广灵大尾羊不同部位脂肪组织，实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)检测CTCF的表达水平；1只3日龄健康广灵大尾羊中分离原代前体脂肪细胞，在前体脂肪细胞内过表达或干扰CTCF基因，每个处理组设置3个重复。采用qRT-PCR、蛋白质印迹法(Western blotting)和油红O染色技术检测该基因对绵羊前体脂肪细胞分化的调控作用；对过表达CTCF的绵羊前体脂肪细胞进行转录组测序分析，筛选差异基因和通路，探索CTCF调控脂代谢相关信号通路的分子机制。结果表明，CTCF在尾部脂肪中的表达量显著高于肾周和皮下脂肪组织(P<0.05)；与对照组相比，过表达CTCF后，成脂标志基因的表达水平较对照组显著升高(P<0.05)，细胞内脂滴生成量增加；干扰CTCF后结果相反。转录组分析结果显示，两组间筛选出1 079个差异表达基因，这些差异表达基因富集到一些脂肪代谢相关通路，包括鞘脂信号通路、FoxO信号通路和AMPK信号通路等，筛选出CCND2、ITGA7、BRCA1、LAMA5和CCNE2等影响脂肪代谢的候选基因。本研究结果表明，CTCF能够促进绵羊前体脂肪细胞的分化，并揭示出影响CTCF脂肪代谢的相关通路及候选基因。

关键词: 绵羊, CTCF基因, 前体脂肪细胞, 分化, 转录组测序

Abstract: This study aimed to reveal the regulating role of CTCF in the differentiation of ovine preadipocytes and its regulatory mechanism. In this study, adipose tissues from different parts of 4 8-month-old Guangling Large-tailed sheep were collected, and the expression level of CTCF was detected by quantitative real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR). Primary preadipocytes were isolated from 1 healthy 3-day-old Guangling Large-tailed sheep. CTCF gene was overexpressed or interfered in preadipocytes, with 3 replicates set for each treatment group. The regulatory effect of CTCF gene on the differentiation of sheep preadipocytes was detected using qRT-PCR, Western blotting and Oil Red O staining techniques. On this basis, transcriptomic sequencing analysis on sheep preadipocytes with CTCF overexpression was performed to explore the molecular mechanisms by which CTCF regulates lipid metabolism-related signaling pathways. The results showed that the mRNA expression of CTCF gene in the tail adipose of Guangling Large-tailed sheep was significantly higher than that in the perirenal and subcutaneous adipose tissues (P<0.05). After overexpression of CTCF, the expression level of adipogenic marker genes was significantly increased (P<0.05), and the amount of intracellular lipid droplets was increased. The opposite was true when the CTCF is interfered with. Transcriptome results showed that there were 1 079 differentially expressed genes between two groups. These differentially expressed genes were enriched in several pathways related to fat metabolism, including the sphingolipid signaling pathway, the FoxO signaling pathway, and the AMPK signaling pathway. Candidate genes affecting fat metabolism, such as CCND2, ITGA7, BRCA1, LAMA5, and CCNE2, were screened out. In summary, this study results shows that CTCF can promote the differentiation of sheep preadipocytes, and reveals the related pathways and candidate genes affecting CTCF-mediated fat metabolism.

Key words: sheep, CTCF gene, preadipocytes, differentiation, transcriptome sequencing

中图分类号:

S826.2

乔利英, 徐常松, 张莉, 丁毅, 潘洋洋, 杨凯捷, 刘建华, 刘文忠. CTCF调控绵羊前体脂肪细胞分化的功能研究[J]. 畜牧兽医学报, 2025, 56(12): 6130-6144.

QIAO Liying, XU Changsong, ZHANG Li, DING Yi, PAN Yangyang, YANG Kaijie, LIU Jianhua, LIU Wenzhong. Study on Function of CTCF Regulating the Differentiation of Ovine Preadipocytes[J]. Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica, 2025, 56(12): 6130-6144.

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