Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (11): 5003-5017.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.11.019

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Regulation of Preadipocyte Differentiation by SREBP1 Gene in Jinnan Cattle

Weiyu ZHANG(), Jing CHENG, Jiabao XU, Jing WANG, Xinyan TAO, Bo LI, Yawei ZHANG, Dandan ZHANG, Ning ZHANG, Zhenkai HAO, Chenbo ZHOU, Yuanqing ZHANG*()   

  1. College of Animal Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
  • Received:2024-04-28 Online:2024-11-23 Published:2024-11-30
  • Contact: Yuanqing ZHANG E-mail:zwy18791703785@163.com;yuanqing_zhang@163.com

Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate the effect of the SREBP1 gene on the differentiation of Jinnan cattle precursor adipocytes and to explore the regulatory mechanism of this gene in the differentiation of Jinnan cattle precursor adipocytes by RNA-Seq technology. We transfected Jinnan cattle preadipocytes with an overexpression plasmid of SREBP1 gene and siRNA, and after differentiation induced by oleic acid, oil red O staining was used to observe the accumulation of lipid droplets, and triglyceride (TG) content was tested to explore the influence of SREBP1 gene on their differentiation. RT-qPCR and Western blotting (WB) were used to detect changes at mRNA and protein levels of related genes in preadipocytes overexpressing the SREBP1 gene. RNA-Seq was used to detect adipocytes that interfered with the SREBP1 gene, screened differentially expressed genes (DEGs), performed enrichment analysis of the KEGG pathway, and verified the differentially expressed genes. The potential target genes of the SREBP1 gene involved in regulating the differentiation of precursor adipocytes of Jinnan cattle were explored. Three replicates were set up for each treatment. The results showed as follows: 1) Compared with the control group, overexpression of SREBP1 gene could promote the accumulation of lipid droplets in precursor adipocytes and significantly increase the intracellular triglyceride content (P < 0.01), knockdown of SREBP1 gene could inhibit lipid droplet formation. 2) FABP4 mRNA expression significantly increased after overexpression of the SREBP1 gene (P < 0.05), the expression of FABP7 and LPL were significantly increased (P < 0.01), WB results showed that FABP4 protein expression level increased obviously; 3) A total of 227 DEGs were detected by RNA-Seq, including 67 up-regulated genes and 160 down-regulated genes. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis showed that differentially expressed genes were enriched into PPAR signaling pathway and unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis pathway, the mRNA expression of differentially expressed genes FABP4, LPL, and FABP7 decreased significantly after interfering with SREBP1 gene (P < 0.01), the protein expression level of FABP4 also decreased obviously. In conclusion, the SREBP1 gene can promote the differentiation of precursor adipocytes of Jinnan cattle, and overexpression of this gene can promote intracellular TG accumulation, which is most likely achieved through the regulation of the PPAR signaling pathway and unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis pathway related to lipid differentiation. The results of this study provide a theoretical reference for exploring the regulatory mechanism of the SREBP1 gene in the differentiation of bovine precursor adipocytes.

Key words: precursor adipocytes, SREBP1, induced differentiation, RNA-Seq, PPAR

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