Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (6): 1749-1758.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2022.06.009

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Isolation, Culture and Identification of Chicken Chondrocytes and the Effect of Overexpression of miR-15a on Chondrocytes

ZHANG Zhenzhen1, LI Jianzeng1, JIANG Ruirui1,2, MA Yanchao1, CAI Chunxia1, ZHANG Lujie1, GUO Yujie1, JI Jinqing3, HAN Lu3, TIAN Yadong1,2, KANG Xiangtao1,2, HAN Ruili1,2*   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China;
    2. Henan Key Laboratory for Innovative and Utilization of Chicken Germplasm Resources, Zhengzhou 450002, China;
    3. Henan Province Bureau of Animal Husbandry, Zhengzhou 450008, China
  • Received:2021-10-08 Online:2022-06-23 Published:2022-06-25

Abstract: The study aimed to investigate the expression of miR-15a in different tissues of broilers and explore the effect of overexpression of miR-15a on chondrocytes. In this study, the chondrocytes were isolated and culture, and it was identified by inverted microscope observation, PCR, gel electrophoresis and toluidine blue staining. Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression level of miR-15a in each tissue of broilers in the valgus-varus deformity (VVD) group and the healthy group (3 each). After that, the cell proliferation of chondrocytes in miR-15a overexpression group was detected by CCK8 and EDU assay. After chondrocytes were transfected with miR-15a mimics, the expression of marker genes of chondrocytes Collagen-2, Aggrecan, Collagen-10, mature differentiation genes Runx2, Sox9, VEGF, MMP9, inflammatory factors IL-1β, IL- 6, IL-8, IL-10, TNF-α, TGF-β3 and the apoptosis genes Fas, FasL and Bcl-2 were detected by qPCR. The wild-type vector and mutant vector of FKBP5 3'UTR were constructed, and the targeting relationship between miR-15a and FKBP5 was detected by dual-luciferase detection reporter. The results showed that the trypsin, collagenase II and hyaluronidase combined digestion method used in this study could successfully isolate chondrocytes. The qPCR results showed that miR-15a was expressed in all detected tissues. The expression of miR-15a in the liver (P < 0.01), spleen (P < 0.05) and thymus (P < 0.01) in the VVD group were significantly higher compared with the healthy group. And the expression level in the heart and pectoral muscle tissues was significantly lower in the VVD group (P < 0.01). The results of CCK8 and EDU showed that, compared with the NC group, the proliferation rate of chondrocytes in the miR-15a overexpression group was significantly decreased (P < 0.01), and the number of proliferating cells was significantly decreased (P < 0.01). The qPCR results showed that, the expression of Aggrecan, Sox9 and Runx2 genes in the miR-15a mimics group were significantly decreased (P < 0.05), and the expression of Fas gene was extremely significantly increased (P < 0.01), the expression of FasL gene and anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-2 were extremely significantly decreased (P < 0.01) compared with the NC group. The FKBP5 3'UTR wild-type and mutant vectors were successfully constructed, and the dual-luciferase detection reporter showed that the predicted target gene FKBP5 had no targeting relationship with miR-15a. In this study, chicken chondrocytes were successfully isolated and identified, and the results suggest that the overexpression of miR-15a can inhibit the proliferation, maturation, differentiation and promote apoptosis of the chicken chondrocytes.

Key words: chicken, chondrocyte isolation in vitro, miR-15a, tissue expression profile, inhibit cell proliferation, cell apoptosis

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