Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 2025-2033.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.07.024

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Study on the Distribution and Expression of CTGF and FGF-2 in the Lungs of Yaks at Different Ages

LI Yuejiao, CUI Yan, ZHANG Qian, HE Junfeng*   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • Received:2020-11-24 Online:2021-07-23 Published:2021-07-23

Abstract: The exact distribution and expression of CTGF and FGF-2 in the lungs of newborn, young, adult and old yaks were studied by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western blot and real-time fluorescence quantitative (qRT-PCR). The results of IHC showed that CTGF was mainly distributed in terminal bronchiole epithelium Clara cells and smooth muscle cells, pulmonary artery endothelial cells and medium membrane smooth muscle cells; The expression levels were the highest in the newborn and elderly groups; FGF-2 was mainly distributed in the smooth muscle of the terminal bronchiole and the smooth muscle of the pulmonary artery, and maintained a high expression level in all age groups. The results of WB showed that the expression of CTGF and FGF-2 could be detected in the lungs of yaks in different age groups, the expression of CTGF in newborn group and elderly group was significantly higher than that in young group and adult group (P<0.05), and the expression of FGF-2 in the newborn group and young group was significantly higher than that in adult group and old group (P<0.05). The results of qRT-PCR showed that the transcriptional level of CTGF was the highest in the newborn group, and there were significant differences among different age groups, while the transcriptional level of FGF-2 in the elderly group was the highest, followed by the adult group, and there were significant differences compared with other groups (P<0.05). CTGF and FGF-2 are related to the formation of adaptive structure and adaptive process of yak lung, and play a significant role in newborn and old age.

Key words: yak, lung, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), basic fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2)

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