ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 1282-1287.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.08.011

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Effect of Exogenous Wnt3a on Mammary Cell Number in Cow and the Expression of Frizzled 1 Receptor and β-catenin

CUI Ya-li1,SUN Hai-yun1,LI Jian-guo2*,GAO Yan-xia2,ZHAO Yan-jiao1,LI San-xia1   

  1. (1.College of Veterinary Medicine,Agricultural University of Hebei,Baoding 071001,China;2.College of Animal Science and Technology,Agricultural University of Hebei,Baoding 071001,China)
  • Received:2014-01-25 Online:2014-08-23 Published:2014-08-23

Abstract:

This experiment was aimed at studying the effects of exogenous Wnt3a on bovine mammary epithelial cell (BMEC) number and the expression of Frizzled 1 receptor and β-catenin.BMEC was cultured by adherent tissue culture.β-casein of culture medium was detected by Western-blot.BMEC was cultured in medium with 0,10,25 and 50 ng•mL-1 Wnt3a separately,and then the BMEC and culture medium at 10 days were collected.The expression of Frizzled 1 receptor and β-catenin mRNA was checked by real time RT-PCR.The results showed that cell numbers in 50 ng•mL-1 Wnt3a group were significantly higher than those of control group.The expression of Frizzled 1 receptor significantly increased,and there was not much difference in β-catenin expression between control group and Wnt3a group.It was concluded that Wnt3a exerts effects on the expression of Frizzled 1 receptor,moreover,promotes the number of BMEC.Current evidence suggested that Wnt signal played roles in the regulation of mammary development.

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