Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (9): 3642-3652.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2023.09.006

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Cloning of the Goat FATP2 Gene and Its Regulatory Effect on Lipid Deposition in Precursor Adipocytes

TANG Yinmei1,2, LI Qi1,2, LI Haiyang1,2, LIN Yaqiu2, WANG Yong2, XIANG Hua2, HUANG Lian1,2*, ZHU Jiangjiang1,2*   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Genetic Resources on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of Sichuan Province/Ministry of Education, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610207, China;
    2. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610207, China
  • Received:2023-02-13 Published:2023-09-22

Abstract: The aim of this study was to clone and analyze the fatty acid transport protein 2 (FATP2) gene by bioinformatics in goats, to examine the expression differences of FATP2 gene in different tissues of goats, and to further reveal the effect of interfering FATP2 gene on lipid metabolism in goat intramuscular precursor adipocytes. In this experiment, 10-month-old healthy Jianzhou goats (n=12) were used as experimental animals. The sequences of the FATP2 gene were amplified and cloned by RT-PCR, and sequence alignment, phylogenetic tree construction and bioinformatics analysis were performed. The relative expression levels of FATP2 gene in different tissues of goat and in different differentiation stages of goat intramuscular preadipocytes were detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR. The SI-RNA interference sequence was synthesized and transfected into goat intramuscular preadipocytes. The FATP2 interference efficiency and the expression of the genes related to lipid metabolism were measured by real-time quantitative PCR; The effect of FATP2 interference on lipid droplet formation was observed by Bodipy staining and the triglyceride content was measured by GPO-Trinder enzymatic reaction. The results showed that the full length of the goat FATP2 gene sequence was 2 335 bp, CDS region was 1 863 bp, 5'UTR was 188 bp, 3'UTR was 284 bp, encoding 621 amino acids, and the highest expression of goat FATP2 gene was in the liver. RT-qPCR showed that the expression of FATP2 was interfered significantly in the cells. The Bodipy staining showed that the lipid droplets were significantly reduced after interfering with the FATP2 gene. The results of triglyceride assay showed that the triglyceride content in intramuscular adipocytes of goats was significantly reduced after interfering with FATP2. In this study, the CDS region sequence of goat FATP2 was successfully obtained. After interfering with FATP2, lipid deposition in goat intramuscular preadipocytes was significantly reduced and the expression of lipid metabolism related genes was significantly affected. These results provide important data to further elucidate the mechanism of FATP2's effect on the regulation of intramuscular formation in goats.

Key words: goat, FATP2 gene, RNA interference, intramuscular precursor adipocytes

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