Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (11): 3042-3052.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.011.006

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Study of Alternative Splicing of Porcine C1QTNF3 Gene and Its Regulation on Adipogenesis by Mediating miR-101

YANG Yang, ZHANG Xuelian, ZHANG Wanfeng, LI Wenxia, LI Wenxin, CAI Chunbo, LU Chang, GAO Pengfei, GUO Xiaohong, LI Bugao, CAO Guoqing*   

  1. College of Animal Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
  • Received:2021-02-07 Online:2021-11-23 Published:2021-11-24

Abstract: The study aimed to explore the alternative splicing isoforms of pig C1QTNF3 gene and mechanism of miR-101 targeting C1QTNF3 expression in promoting porcine adipose-derived stromal vascular cells (ASVC) adipogenesis. The heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, stomach, biceps femoris, psoas magnus, abdominal fat and back fat were obtained from 3 30-day-old healthy Mashen male piglets. The full-length coding sequence (CDS) of C1QTNF3 transcripts were cloned by RT-PCR, the biological characteristics of C1QTNF3 protein were analyzed by bioinformatics methods. The expression patterns of C1QTNF3 transcripts in porcine tissues were detected by qRT-PCR. Bioinformatics prediction revealed that miR-101 was the upstream regulatory factor of C1QTNF3. The effect of miR-101 on C1QTNF3 was verified by dual luciferase reporter assay. The effect of overexpression of miR-101 on adipogenesis of porcine ASVC was detected by Oil Red O staining and qRT-PCR. Two transcripts of C1QTNF3 gene, C1QTNF3 and C1QTNF3-1, were successfully obtained in this study. C1QTNF3-1 was a newly identified transcript, which lacked 219 bp (73 amino acids) in the first exon compared with C1QTNF3. The phylogenetic tree analysis showed that the porcine C1QTNF3 and C1QTNF3-1 proteins sequence were highly related to Homo sapiens and Manis javanica. C1QTNF3 and C1QTNF3-1 were expressed in all porcine tissues, the expression level of C1QTNF3-1 was significantly higher than that of C1QTNF3 (P<0.01). Overexpression of miR-101 significantly reduced the relative luciferase activity of C1QTNF3 3'UTR(P<0.01) and mRNA expression of C1QTNF3(P<0.01); the mRNA expression of key genes for adipogenesis, PPARγ, C/EBPβ, SREBP-1c and FABP4 were significantly increased (P<0.01). In this study, two transcripts of pig C1QTNF3 gene were successfully cloned. The expression of C1QTNF3-1 was significantly higher than C1QTNF3 in different porcine tissues, suggesting it was the predominant transcript. In addition, miR-101 was identified as the upstream regulatory factor of C1QTNF3. By reducing C1QTNF3 gene expression, miR-101 promoted porcine ASVC adipogenesis, which enriched the biological role and regulatory network of C1QTNF3.

Key words: pig, C1QTNF3 gene, adipogenesis, miR-101, alternative splicing

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