ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2013, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (12): 1900-1906.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2013.12.006

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Characterization of Exercise Relevant Genes in Mongolian Horses

YANG Li-hua1,BAI Dong-yi2,Gaoyahan2,Wrguml2,Srguge2,Manglai2*   

  1. (1.College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018,China;2. College of Animal Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China)
  • Received:2013-02-01 Online:2013-12-23 Published:2013-12-23

Abstract:

To understand the genes related to endurance of Mongolia horses, the differential expression of genes related to exercise before and after exercise was detected in this study. The expression changes of 7 genes related with energy metabolism and muscle growth were measured in Mongolian horses skeletal muscle at three stages (pre-exercise (T0), immediately post 10 000 m endurance exercise (T1) and 4 h post exercise (T2)) by using quantitative RT-PCR. And protein expression of the genes which mRNA expression levels were significantly different at the three stages were observed using Western blotting. The results showed that mRNA expression level of two genesPPARGC1A and PDK4increased significantly at T2 stage than that at T0 stage. Western blotting results also showed the protein expression of two genes after endurance sports had increased. These results reveal that the PPARGC1A and PDK4 are closely related to exercise. The above results provide some data for further study of the Mongolia horse exercise.

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