Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (7): 3152-3163.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.07.011

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Temporal Expression of IRS1, miR-660 and lncRNA TCONS_00056481 During Porcine Preadipocyte Differentiation and Identification of Their Targeting Relationships

WANG Li1,2(), WANG Qiuyan1(), YANG Xiangxiang1, SUN Xiaohan1, DU Zimeng1, YIN Ding1, ZHANG Yalan1, DING Xiaoling1, YIN Zongjun1, ZHENG Xianrui1, ZHANG Xiaodong1, DING Yueyun1,*()   

  1. 1. Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resources Protection and Biological Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
    2. Hubei Livestock and Poultry Breeding Center, Wuhan 430070, China
  • Received:2024-12-10 Online:2025-07-23 Published:2025-07-25
  • Contact: DING Yueyun E-mail:1934468966@qq.com;798750452@qq.com;dingyueyun@ahau.edu.cn

Abstract:

The study aimed to explore the competitive binding and targeting relationship between TCONS_00056481, IRS1 and miR-660. The porcine subcutaneous preadipocytes were isolated and cultured, the expression levels of TCONS_00056481, miR-660 and IRS1 in the backfat tissues of Anqing Six-end-white pigs (fat type) and Large White pigs (lean type) and their temporal expression changes during porcine preadipocytes differentiation were detected by RT-qPCR, the expression levels of IRS1 protein in the backfat of the two pig breeds was detected by Western blot, and the targeted binding relationship between TCONS_00056481, IRS1and miR-660 were identified by dual luciferase reporter gene detection system in this study. The results showed that the expression levels of IRS1, miR-660 and TCONS_00056481 in the backfat of the two pig breeds were significantly different (P < 0.01), and the expression levels of IRS1, miR-660 and TCONS_00056481 were significantly different during the differentiation of porcine preadipocytes, indicating that IRS1, miR-660 and TCONS_00056481 had potential regulatory roles in pig fat deposition and porcine preadipocyte differentiation. The dual luciferase activity of co-transfected TCONS_00056481 wild-type vector and miR-660 mimics was significantly lower than that of its control group (P < 0.01), and the dual luciferase activity of co-transfected IRS1 wild-type vector and miR-660 mimics was significantly lower than that of its control group (P < 0.01); the dual luciferase activity of co-transfected TCONS_00056481/IRS1 mutant vector and miR-660 mimics was not significantly different from that of the control group (P>0.05), indicating that miR-660 could regulate IRS1 and TCONS_00056481 through binding sites. The study preliminarily verified that lncRNA TCONS_00056481 can competitively bind to miR-660 to regulate the expression of IRS1; IRS1, TCONS_00056481 and miR-660 can be used as candidate gene pairs of competing endogenous RNA molecules in regulating porcine lipid formation for further study.

Key words: IRS1, miR-660, TCONS_00056481, dual-luciferase reporter gene assay

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