ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2016, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (5): 882-887.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2016.05.004

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The Impact of GHR Mutation on Suppressing the Growth in Tibet Mini-pig

YUE Min#,TIAN Yu-guang#,WAN Bin,PANG Wei,WU Qing-hong*,WANG Yu-jue*   

  1. (Laboratory Animal Center,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510515,China)
  • Received:2015-10-12 Online:2016-05-23 Published:2016-05-23

Abstract:

This study aimed to explore the genetic and molecular mechanism of Tibet mini-pig growth retardation.RT-PCR technique was used to amplify Tibet mini-pig GHR gene.Bioinformatics method was used to analyze the differences of GHR gene and protein sequence between Tibet mini-pig and other common variety pigs.The eukaryotic expression vector of common pig GHR gene was transfected into Tibet mini-pig’s embryonic fibroblasts.The MTT assay was used to detect the cell proliferation activity after transfected GHR-pIRES2-EGFP vector.The real-time PCR was used to detect the mRNA expression of the IGF-1 gene.There were 1 716 bp in Tibet mini-pig GHR gene coding region,and 572 amino acids were encoded.Compared with common meat pig GHR gene sequence,the base T in Tibet mini-pig GHR gene coding region 1 225 bp mutated into G,and then serine was replaced by alanine.The growth activity of Tibet mini-pig’s embryonic fibroblasts were significantly improved after transfected with GHR-pIRES2-EGFP,and the mRNA level of IGF-1 was up-regulated significantly.The results showed that GHR could improve the activity of PEFs cell proliferation,and induce the expression of IGF-1 gene;The mutation of GHR gene in 1 225 bp might involve in the process of growth retardation in Tibet mini-pig.

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