ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2016, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (10): 1969-1976.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2016.10.004

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Cloning and Analysis of ssc-miR-148a Promoter

WANG Ping 1,HAO Wen-yan 1,CAO Li-hua 1,SHEN Kai-yuan 1,DAI Xiao-li 1,LI Hai-yan 1,LIANG Xian-wei 2,SHI De-shun 1*,LI Xiang-ping 1*   

  1. (1.State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresource,Guangxi University,Nanning 530005,China;2.Buffalo Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanning 530001,China)
  • Received:2015-11-19 Online:2016-10-23 Published:2016-10-23

Abstract:

In order to understand the transcriptional regulatory mechanism of ssc-miR-148a,we have cloned and analyzed its promoter.Firstly,we designed specific PCR primers to amplify 3 upstream fragments of ssc-miR-148a precursors,then inserted them into pGL3-Basic expression vector.Based on the amplified fragments,ssc-miR-148a promoter region,methylation sites and transcription factor binding sites were predicted by bioinformatics.The plasmid was transfected into 293T cells to analyze the promoter activity.Expression of ssc-miR-148a and DNA methylation transferase 1 (DNMT1) in treated porcine fibroblasts by Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor(bFGF)with different concentrations was detected.The results showed that the cloned 2 043 bp sequence had promoter activity,which had 5 CpGs and transcriptional factor binding sites,such as Sp1,AP2.After treated porcine fibroblasts with 0,5 and 10 ng•mL-1 bFGF,the expression of ssc-miR-148a was decreased significantly(P<0.05),DNMT1 mRNA level increased significantly (P<0.05).The promoter activity significantly reduced (P<0.05),but no significant difference between 5 and 10 ng•mL-1 concentrations (P>0.05).The results indicate that the promoter region of ssc-miR-148a locate at -2 043 bp,which has Sp1 transcription factor binding sites.The expression of ssc-miR-148a is regulated by the bFGF.

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