Screening and Identification of LncRNAs Related to Villus Growth of Liaoning Cashmere Goats and Their Effects on Growth after FGF5 Treatment
Abstract (Background)Liaoning cashmere goat cashmere has high economic value FGF5 is an important factor regulating its growth. The role of long non-coding RNA (LncRNA) in the mammalian villus growth cycle has still not been studied in detail.(Results)This study investigated how LncRNA mediates the effects of FGF5 on the growth of Liaoning cashmere goats. By using RNA-seq sequencing technology, over-expression and interference lentiviral technology and qPCR, we demonstrated that treatment of skin cells with FGF5 inhibited the expression of LncRNA in cells, down-regulated the expression of the target genes CBS and CTH, and promoted the expression of related keratin genes k26, kap11.1. Then, overexpressing LncRNA in skin cells reversed the inhibiting effect of FGF5 on the target genes CBS and CTH which further inhibited the expression of k26, kap11.1. Finally, we demonstrated the inhibition of CBS and CTH and elevation k26 and kap11.1 genes when the expression level of LncRNA gene is downregulated using RNA interference. (Conclusions)Therefore, we believe that FGF5 can regulate the growth and development of cashmere goat hair by promoting the expression of related keratin and keratin-associated protein genes. This mechanism is achieved by inhibiting the expression of the LncRNA gene and then down-regulating the expression of the target genes CBS and CTH.