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Publisher: Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
Date: 06-2023
DOI: 10.5713/AB.22.0227
Abstract: Objective: This study aimed to investigate the polymorphisms of the dopa decarboxylase ( i DDC /i ) gene and association analysis with lamb quality and expression quantification of the i DDC /i gene in phenotypically ergent Indonesian sheep.Methods: The totals of 189 rams with an average body weight of 24.12 kg at 10 to 12 months were used to identify i DDC /i gene polymorphism using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Among 189 rams, several rams representing various sheep genotypes were used for an association study between genotypes and phenotypic traits with proc general linear model (GLM) analysis. In addition, the gene expression analysis of the DDC mRNA in the phenotypically ergent sheep population was analyzed using quantitative reverse-transcription PCR.Results: The i DDC /i gene (g. 5377439 G A) showed polymorphisms that indicated three genotypes: AA, AG, and GG. The i DDC /i gene polymorphism was significantly associated (p≤0.05) with carcass characteristics including carcass percentage, carcass length, hot and cold carcass physical properties of lamb quality including pH value retail cut carcass fatty acid composition such as fat content, pentadecanoic acid (C15:0), tricosylic acid (C23:0), lignoceric acid (C24:0), oleic acid (C18:1n9c), elaidic acid (C18:1n9t), nervonic acid (C24:1), linoleic acid (C18:2n6c), arachidonic acid (C20:4n6), cervonic acid (C22:6n3) and mineral content including potassium (K). The GG genotype of the i DDC /i gene had the best association with lamb quality traits. The i DDC /i gene expression analysis mRNA showed no significant difference (p≥0.05) between lamb quality traits.Conclusion: The i DDC /i gene could be used as a potential candidate gene to improve lamb quality.
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 23-12-2021
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0260514
Abstract: Fatty acids (FA) in ruminants, especially unsaturated FA (USFA) have important impact in meat quality, nutritional value, and flavour quality of meat, and on consumer’s health. Identification of the genetic factors controlling the FA composition and metabolism is pivotal to select sheep that produce higher USFA and lower saturated (SFA) for the benefit of sheep industry and consumers. Therefore, this study was aimed to investigate the transcriptome profiling in the liver tissues collected from sheep with ergent USFA content in longissimus muscle using RNA deep-sequencing. From sheep (n = 100) population, liver tissues with higher (n = 3) and lower (n = 3) USFA content were analysed using Illumina HiSeq 2500. The total number of reads produced for each liver s le were ranged from 21.28 to 28.51 million with a median of 23.90 million. Approximately, 198 genes were differentially regulated with significance level of p-adjusted value .05. Among them, 100 genes were up-regulated, and 98 were down-regulated (p .01, FC .5) in the higher USFA group. A large proportion of key genes involved in FA biosynthesis, adipogenesis, fat deposition, and lipid metabolism were identified, such as APOA5, SLC25A30, GFPT1, LEPR, TGFBR2, FABP7, GSTCD, and CYP17A. Pathway analysis revealed that glycosaminoglycan biosynthesis- keratan sulfate, adipokine signaling, galactose metabolism, endocrine and other factors-regulating calcium metabolism, mineral metabolism, and PPAR signaling pathway were playing important regulatory roles in FA metabolism. Importantly, polymorphism and association analyses showed that mutation in APOA5, CFHR5, TGFBR2 and LEPR genes could be potential markers for the FA composition in sheep. These polymorphisms and transcriptome networks controlling the FA variation could be used as genetic markers for FA composition-related traits improvement. However, functional validation is required to confirm the effect of these SNPs in other sheep population in order to incorporate them in the sheep breeding program.
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