scholarly journals T-Cadherin and the Ratio of Its Ligands as Predictors of Carotid Atherosclerosis: A Pilot Study

Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1398
Author(s):  
Alexander Balatskiy ◽  
Marina Teterina ◽  
Alexandra Pisaryuk ◽  
Irina Balabanenko ◽  
Alexey Kadrev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intima Media Thickness ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Carotid Imt ◽  
Hmw Adiponectin ◽  
Important Correlation ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Male Subjects

In the cardiovascular system, atherogenic low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and the protective hormone adiponectin bind to the same receptor, T-cadherin. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the ratio of circulating LDL to high-molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin could predict the development of atherosclerosis. Using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we measured the level of circulating HMW adiponectin in the blood of donors together with ultrasound measuring of intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid arteries. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the T-cadherin gene were identified using polymerase chain reaction. We found that carotid artery IMT is inversely correlated with the level of HMW in male subjects. We also found that the G allele of rs12444338 SNP in the T-cadherin gene correlates with a lower level of circulating T-cadherin and thinner IMT and therefore could be considered as an atheroprotective genotype. Despite our data, we could not provide direct evidence for the initial study hypothesis. However, we did uncover an important correlation between circulating T-cadherin and thinner carotid IMT.

scholarly journals Μελέτη παραγόντων της αγγειακής επασβέστωσης σε ασθενείς με διαβητική νεφροπάθεια

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Στέφανος Ρουμελιώτης
Keyword(s):  
Fragment Length Polymorphism ◽  
Matrix Gla Protein ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Pcr Rflp ◽  
Epoxide Reductase ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Η Χρόνια Νεφρική Νόσος (ΧΝΝ) αποτελεί ένα σημαντικό επιδημιολογικό πρόβλημα, με αυξανόμενη συχνότητα και επιπολασμό και υψηλό κόστος στα εθνικά συστήματα υγείας, παγκοσμίως. Η κυριότερη αιτία της ραγδαίας αύξησης του επιπολασμού της νεφρικής νόσου την τελευταία εικοσαετία είναι η αύξηση του επιπολασμού του Σακχαρώδη Διαβήτη Τύπου 2 (ΣΔΤ2), της συχνότερης αιτίας της νεφροπάθειας. Στους ασθενείς με διαβητική νεφροπάθεια (ΔΝ), ακόμα και στα αρχικά στάδια, παρατηρείται επιταχυνόμενη επασβέστωση των αγγείων και συνεπώς η καρδιαγγειακή νόσος αποτελεί την πρώτη αιτία θνητότητας και νοσηρότητας.Η Matrix Gla Protein (MGP) αποτελεί την πρώτη πρωτεΐνη που αναγνωρίστηκε in vitro και in vivo ως ισχυρός αναστολέας αγγειακής επασβέστωσης (ΑΕ). Πρόκειται για μία βιταμινο-Κ εξαρτώμενη πρωτεΐνη 84 αμινοξέων, μοριακού βάρους 12 kDa, που εκφράζεται από τα χονδροκύτταρα και τα λεία μυϊκά κύτταρα του αγγειακού τοιχώματος. Για να γίνει βιολογικά δραστική η MGP πρέπει να υποστεί γ-καρβοξυλίωση και φωσφορυλίωση, διαδικασίες που εξαρτώνται από τις διαθέσιμη ποσότητα βιταμίνης Κ. Η ανενεργός, μη-καρβοξυλιωμένη, μη-φωσφορυλιωμένη μορφή της MGP (dpucMGP) έχει σχετιστεί επανειλημμένως με ανάπτυξη ΑΕ, αλλά και με εξέλιξη της ΧΝΝ.Αρκετές μελέτες έχουν δείξει πως εκτός από διαιτητικούς, εμπλέκονται και γενετικοί παράγοντες στον κύκλο της βιταμίνης Κ (ανακύκλωση της βιταμίνης Κ) και μπορούν να οδηγήσουν σε μειωμένη δραστικότητα της MGP και συνεπώς σε ΑΕ. Η υπομονάδα 1 του συμπλόκου της αναγωγάσης του εποξειδίου της βιταμίνης Κ (Vitamin K Epoxide Reductase Complex Subunit 1 – VKORC1) είναι βασικό συστατικό του κύκλου της βιταμίνης Κ, καθώς είναι το υπεύθυνο ένζυμο για την ολοκλήρωση της μετατροπής του εποξειδίου της βιταμίνης Κ σε βιταμίνη Κ και συνεπώς, της ανακύκλωσής της. Μονονουκλεοτιδικοί γονιδιακοί πολυμορφισμοί (single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs) στο γονίδιο που κωδικοποιεί το υπεύθυνο ένζυμο για την ανακύκλωση της βιταμίνης Κ έχουν συσχετιστεί με επιταχυνόμενη ΑΕ της αορτής. Στην περιοχή του υποκινητή του γονιδίου VKORC1 έχει ταυτοποιηθεί ο πολυμορφισμός -1639G>A. Φορείς του G αλληλομόρφου εμφανίζουν αυξημένη κατά 44% δραστικότητα του υποκινητή και αυξημένα επίπεδα ενζύμου VKORC1. Ένας άλλος παράγοντας που επηρεάζει τα επίπεδα της βιταμίνης Κ είναι η απολιποπρωτεϊνη Ε (apoE) η οποία διευκολύνει την κυτταρική πρόσληψη των χυλομικρών που αποτελούν το φορέα μεταφοράς της βιταμίνης Κ στο αίμα. Τα τρία συνηθισμένα αλληλόμορφα της apoE διαφέρουν στην ικανότητά τους να διευκολύνουν την κάθαρση των πλούσιων σε βιταμίνη Κ λιποπρωτεϊνών από την κυκλοφορία με αποτέλεσμα τα επίπεδα πλάσματος της βιταμίνης Κ να μεταβάλλονται στους φορείς των τριών αλληλομόρφων της apoE. Το γονίδιο που κωδικοποιεί την MGP έχει οκτώ SNPs στον υποκινητή και στις περιοχές κωδικοποίησης. O πολυμορφισμός T-138C (rs 1800802) βρίσκεται σε περιοχή του υποκινητή που είναι απαραίτητος για τη μεταγραφή στα λεία μυϊκά κύτταρα των αγγείων. Αρκετοί ερευνητές έχουν δείξει πως η κυκλοφορούσα dpucMGP είναι ανεξάρτητος παράγοντας κινδύνου για ολική και ΚΑ θνητότητα σε διάφορους πληθυσμούς.Στην παρούσα μελέτη, σε διαβητικούς ασθενείς με ΔΝ και σε διαβητικούς χωρίς ΔΝ, μετρήθηκαν τα επίπεδα της κυκλοφορούσας dpucMGP, το πάχος του Ε-ΜΧΚ -ως υποκλινικού δείκτη αθηροσκλήρωσης-, και εκτιμήθηκε η επίδραση γενετικών πολυμορφισμών των γονιδίων των MGP, VKORC1 και apoE σε σχέση με το πάχος του Ε-ΜΧΚ και τα επίπεδα της dpucMGP. Επίσης αξιολογήθηκε η επίδραση των παραπάνω παραγόντων στην ολική και ΚΑ θνητότητα, τα ΚΑ επεισόδια και την εξέλιξη της νεφρικής νόσου στον πληθυσμό αυτό.Η γονοτύπηση των πολυμορφισμών του VKORC1-1639G>A, της MGP -138 T>C και της apoE πραγματοποιήθηκε με τη μέθοδο PCR-RFLP (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism) σε 40 ασθενείς με ΣΔΤ2 και φυσιολογική νεφρική λειτουργία (ομάδα ελέγχου) και 118 ασθενείς με διάφορα στάδια διαβητικής ΧΝΝ (1-5, συμπεριλαμβανομένων ασθενών υπό αιμοκάθαρση με τεχνητό νεφρό- ΤΝ). Τα επίπεδα της dp-ucMGP του πλάσματος υπολογίστηκαν με τη μέθοδο ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay). Σε όλους τους ασθενείς της μελέτης μετρήθηκε υπερηχογραφικά το πάχος του έσω-μέσου χιτώνα της κοινής καρωτίδας αρτηρίας (Ε-ΜΧΚ), με υψηλής ευκρίνειας υπερηχογραφικό μηχάνημα Doppler. Ο πληθυσμός της μελέτης παρακολουθήθηκε για μια 7ετία, με καταληκτικά σημεία την ολική θνητότητα, την ΚΑ θνητότητα και τα ΚΑ συμβάντα (θανατηφόρα και μη).Τα επίπεδα πλάσματος dpucMGP και η τιμή του πάχους Ε-ΜΧΚ σχετίστηκαν στατιστικά σημαντικά με την εξέλιξη της ΔΝ (P<0,0001 και P=0,004 αντιστοίχως). Η συγκέντρωση της dpucMGP ορού δε σχετίστηκε με κανέναν από τους τρεις πολυμορφισμούς ή το πάχος E-MXK. Ενώ οι πολυμορφισμοί VKORC1 -1639G > A και apoE δε σχετίστηκαν, ο πολυμορφισμός MGP T-138C σχετίστηκε με το πάχος του Ε-ΜΧΚ. Οι TT ομοζυγώτες εμφάνιζαν υψηλότερες πάχους Ε-ΜΧΚ συγκριτικά με τους γονότυπους TC και CC μαζί (P=0,006). Ο MGP T-138C ήταν ανεξάρτητος προγνωστικός παράγοντας του πάχους Ε-ΜΧΚ, μετά από προσαρμογή για αρκετούς παράγοντες κινδύνου για ΑΕ (P<0,0001). Επιπλέον, οι ομοζυγώτες ΤΤ εμφάνισαν μεγαλύτερη συχνότητα στην ομάδα των ασθενών υπό ΤΝ σε σύγκριση με την ομάδα της ΧΝΝ σταδίων 1-4 (P= 0,002). Κατόπιν προσαρμογής για αρκετούς παράγοντες κινδύνου, η πολυπαραγοντική ανάλυση Cox έδειξε πως οι ασθενείς με τον γονότυπο TT είχαν σχεδόν 5-πλάσιο κίνδυνο για ολική θνητότητα (Hazard Ratio -HR 4,67, 95% Confidence Interval -CI 1,37-15,94, P=0,01) και ΚΑ θνητότητα (HR 5,07, 95% CI 1,07-24,09, P=0,04) σε σχέση με τους ασθενείς που είχαν τους γονότυπους TC/CC. Στην υπο-ομάδα των ασθενών που μετρήθηκε η dpucMGP, η πολυπαραγοντική ανάλυση Cox έδειξε πως η υψηλή dpucMGP πλάσματος> 646 pM είναι ανεξάρτητος παράγοντας κινδύνου για ολική θνητότητα – [HR 2,97, 95% CI 1,27-6,95, P=0,012], KA θνητότητα - (HR 5,49, 95% CI 1,85-16,33, P=0,002) και εμφάνιση ΚΑ συμβάματος- (HR 2,07 95% CI 1,00-4,20, P=0,047) συγκριτικά με τους ασθενείς στην ομάδα της χαμηλής dpucMGP.Καθώς η MGP αποτελεί σημαντικό αναστολέα της ιστικής και αγγειακής επασβέστωσης, η μελέτη μας υποδεικνύει ότι μάλλον υπάρχει γενετική βάση στην επασβέστωση των ασθενών με διαβητική νεφροπάθεια. Θα μπορούσαμε να υποθέσουμε ότι ο πολυμορφισμός T-138C της MGP ίσως προδιαθέτει γενετικά στην έκφραση της αγγειακής επασβέστωσης.

scholarly journals Avaliação das Variantes Genéticas dos Genes AMELX e ENAM na Cárie Dentária em Adolescentes

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (5-esp.) ◽  
pp. 650-654
Author(s):  
Gabriela Paschoalini Romagni ◽  
Paula Marino Costa ◽  
Sandra Mara Maciel ◽  
Maria Paula Jacobucci ◽  
Regina Célia Poli-Frederico
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Component ◽  
World Health ◽  
Caries Experience ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Health Organization

A doença cárie é considerada, atualmente, como biofilme sacarose dependente, entretanto, estudos recentes apontam que fatores genéticos também podem influenciar seu desenvolvimento. Variantes nos gene amelogenina (AMELX) e enamelina (ENAM), responsáveis pela formação do esmalte, têm sido propostas como potencialmente envolvidos na doença. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar se a ocorrência de cárie dentária em adolescentes está relacionado às variantes nos genes AMELX e ENAM. Para a avaliação da prevalência de cárie foi utilizado o índice de dentes cariados, perdidos e obturados (CPO-D), segundo critérios da Organização Mundial de Saúde. As amostras de DNA foram extraídas das células da mucosa oral. Para a análise dos polimorfismos de nucleotídeo único (SNPs) dos genes AMELX (rs17878486) e ENAM (rs7671281) foi utilizada  a técnica de amplificação de fragmentos de DNA pela reação em cadeia da polimerase foi realizada (PCR) em tempo real pelo sistema TaqMan (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, EUA). Para a análise estatística, foi utilizado o teste exato de Fisher e qui-quadrado com nível de significância de 5%. Apenas os fatores socioeconômicos influenciaram a experiência de cárie. Concluiu-se que o componente genético, na população deste estudo, não influenciou o desenvolvimento da cárie.   Palavras-chave: Polimorfismo genético. Adolescentes. Esmalte.   Abstract Caries disease is currently considered a sucrose-dependent biofilm, however recent studies indicate that a genetic component can also influence its development. Variants in the amelogenin (AMELX) and enamelin (ENAM) genes, responsible for the enamel formation, have been proposed as potentially involved in the disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the occurrence of dental caries in adolescents is related to variants in the AMELX and ENAM genes. To assess the caries prevalence, the index of decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) were used, according to World Health Organization criteria. DNA samples were extracted from oral mucosa cells. For the analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the AMELX (rs17878486) and ENAM (rs7671281) genes, the amplifying DNA fragments technique  by the polymerase chain reaction was performed (PCR) in real time by the TaqMan system (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, USA). For the statistical analysis, Fisher's exact test and chi-square were used with a 5% significance level. Only socioeconomic factors influenced the caries experience. It was concluded that the genetic component in the population of this study, did not influence the development of caries.   Keywords: Genetic polymorphism. Adolescents. Enamel.

scholarly journals Association of non-synonymous SNPs of <i>OPN</i> gene with litter size traits in pigs

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kumchoo ◽  
S. Mekchay
Keyword(s):  
Litter Size ◽  
Reproductive Traits ◽  
Snp Markers ◽  
Strong Linkage Disequilibrium ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Large White ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Pcr Rflp ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Acid Exchange

Abstract. Osteopontin (OPN) gene is a secreted phosphoprotein which appears to play a key function in the conceptus implantation, placentation and maintenance of pregnancy in pigs. The objectives of this study were to verify the non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and their association with litter size traits in commercial Thai Large White pigs. A total of 320 Thai Large White sows were genotyped using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. Three SNPs at c.425G> A, c.573T> C and c.881C> T revealed amino acid exchange rates of p.110Ala> Thr, p.159Val> Ala and p.262Pro> Ser, respectively, and were then segregated. These three SNPs were significantly associated with total number born (TNB) and number born alive (NBA) traits. No polymorphisms of the two SNP markers (c.278A> G and c.452T> G) were observed in this study. Moreover, the SNPs at c.425G> A and c.573T> C were found to be in strong linkage disequilibrium. The association of OPN with litter size emphasizes the importance of porcine OPN as a candidate gene for reproductive traits in pig breeding.

scholarly journals Evaluation of PECAM-1 Gene Polymorphism in Patients with Periodontal Disease and Healthy Individuals

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Mahdi Kdkhodazadeh ◽  
Mehrdad Hajilooi ◽  
Behzad Houshmand ◽  
Sara Khazaei ◽  
Leila Gholami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Periodontitis ◽  
Aggressive Periodontitis ◽  
Genotype Distribution ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Genotypic Distribution ◽  
Genotype Frequencies ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Objective. Our aim in this paper was to investigate the possible genetic association between three Ser563Asn, Leu125Val and Arg670Gly polymorphisms of the PECAM-1 gene and periodontitis. Methods. Genomic DNA was isolated from whole blood of 105 periodontal patient (52 with chronic periodontitis and 53 with aggressive periodontitis) and 101 healthy individuals. Samples were genotyped and analyzed for the three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of PECAM-1 using polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSPs). Results. A statistically significant difference was found between the genotypic distribution of the Ser563Asn polymorphism in patients with periodontitis compared to controls (P=0.02). But there were no statistically significant difference between the allele frequencies in the different groups (P=0.05). The other two polymorphisms did not show a statistically significant difference in their allele and genotype frequencies between the groups. There was no statistically significant difference found for any of the polymorphisms allele and genotype distribution in aggressive and chronic periodontitis either. Conclusions. No significant association was found between the polymorphism tested and the subgroups of periodontitis, further research is still necessary to determine whether this polymorphism can be used as a genetic marker of periodontitis.

Presence of CAT genetic markers as an indicator of accelerated rate of liver fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
I. A. Bulatova ◽  
T. P. Shevlyukova ◽  
A. P. Shchekotova ◽  
A. V. Krivtsov
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Hepatitis ◽  
Liver Fibrosis ◽  
Genetic Markers ◽  
Rapid Progression ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Risk Alleles ◽  
Slow Progression ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Number Of Individuals

Goal. To evaluate the genetic profi le of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) by the CAT gene polymorphism in the region-262G/A (rs1001179), GPX4 in the region-718C/T (rs713041), IL28B in the region C/T (rs12979860) and VEGFA in the region- 634G/C (rs2010963) to analyze the association of the rate of progression of liver fi brosis with polymorphic genetic markers.Materials and methods. We examined 36 patients with CHC with a rapidly progressive rate of fi brosis (up to 10 years) and 56 patients with a slowly progressive course of the disease (more than 10 years). The study of single- nucleotide polymorphisms of genes was carried out by the method of polymerase chain reaction.Results. In the group with rapid progression of liver fi brosis, individuals with multiple risk alleles for the studied polymorphisms were more common, which confi rms the association of the risk of liver fi brosis progression with the genetic markers CAT in the region-262G/A (rs1001179) and GPX4 in the region-718C/T (rs713041) with their combined carrier. Among patients with rapid progression of fi brosis, a greater number of individuals had simultaneously 4–6 risk alleles in 27.5%, while patients with slow progression of the process only in 11% of cases.Conclusion. This set of genetic markers can be used as genetic testing of patients with liver fibrosis to determine the prognosis of the disease.

Nucleotide variation in the ovine KRT31 promoter region and its association with variation in wool traits in Merino-cross lambs

2019 ◽  
Vol 157 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-188
Author(s):  
W. Chai ◽  
H. Zhou ◽  
H. Gong ◽  
J. Wang ◽  
Y. Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Promoter Region ◽  
Wool Fibre ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Banding Patterns ◽  
Keratin Gene ◽  
Single Stranded Conformational Polymorphism ◽  
Exon 1 ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Fleece Weight

AbstractKeratins are the main structural proteins of wool fibres, and it is thought that variation in the keratins may affect wool fibre characteristics. Polymerase chain reaction-single stranded conformational polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analyses were used to investigate four regions of the ovine keratin gene KRT31 including a portion of the promoter, the exon 1, exon 3 and exon 7 regions. Initially, in a screening panel of 300 New Zealand Romney, Merino and White Dorper sheep obtained from 26 farms, three, two, two and two PCR-SSCP banding patterns were observed for these four regions, respectively. The promoter region, the exon 1 and exon 3 regions contained two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the exon 7 region contained one SNP. The effect of the variation found in the promoter region on wool traits was subsequently investigated in 485 Southdown × Merino-cross lambs from seven sire-lines. The three variants identified in the original 300 sheep (named A, B and C) were observed with frequencies of 56, 29 and 15%, respectively. The presence of A and B had no significant effect on wool traits, but the presence of C was found to be associated with an increase in greasy fleece weight (GFW), clean fleece weight (CFW) and mean staple length (MSL). There was an effect of genotype on CFW and MSL, with BC sheep producing wool of higher CFW and MSL than AA, AB, AC and BB sheep. These results suggest that ovine KRT31 might be a useful candidate gene for improving wool traits.

scholarly journals In-Depth Study of a Nosocomial Outbreak Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using Whole Genome Sequencing Coupled With a Polymerase Chain Reaction Targeting Strain-Specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

2020 ◽  
Vol 189 (8) ◽  
pp. 841-849
Author(s):  
Fermín Acosta ◽  
Ana Fernández-Cruz ◽  
Sandra R Maus ◽  
Pedro J Sola-Campoy ◽  
Mercedes Marín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Whole Genome Sequencing ◽  
Genome Sequencing ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Outbreak Strain ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Specific Pcr ◽  
Extensively Drug Resistant ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Abstract In 2013–2014, an outbreak involving 14 patients infected by an extensively drug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was detected in a hospital in Madrid, Spain. Our objective was to evaluate an alternative strategy for investigating the outbreak in depth by means of molecular and genomic approaches. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was applied as a first-line approach, followed by a more refined whole genome sequencing analysis. Single nucleotide polymorphisms identified by whole genome sequencing were used to design a specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for screening unsuspected cases infected by the outbreak strain. Whole genome sequencing alerted us to the existence of greater genetic diversity than was initially assumed, splitting the PFGE-associated outbreak isolates into 4 groups, 2 of which represented coincidental transmission unrelated to the outbreak. A multiplex allele-specific PCR targeting outbreak-specific single nucleotide polymorphisms was applied to 290 isolates, which allowed us to identify 25 additional cases related to the outbreak during 2011–2017. Whole genome sequencing coupled with an outbreak-strain-specific PCR enabled us to markedly redefine the initial picture of the outbreak by 1) ruling out initially suspected cases, 2) defining likely independent coincidental transmission events, 3) predating the starting point of the outbreak, 4) capturing new unsuspected cases, and 5) revealing that the outbreak was still active.

Polymorphisms of LHβ and GnRHR genes and their association with the number of embryos recovered in goats

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 987 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Z. Fu ◽  
G. Li ◽  
Z. Q. Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Gene Polymorphism ◽  
Corpus Luteum ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Single Strand Conformational Polymorphism ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Exon 2 ◽  
Polymerase Chain

The objective of the present study was to explore a predictor of superovulation response on the basis of associations between the number of embryos recovered and gene polymorphism. Variation in the goat LHβ and GnRHR genes was investigated using polymerase chain reaction–single-strand conformational polymorphism and DNA sequencing. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified in the 5′-UTR of LHβ gene (A59C, P1 locus) and in the Exon 2 of GnRHR gene (T177A, P6 locus). At the P1 locus in both breeds, the frequencies of one allele were 0.46 and 0.51, respectively. At the P6 locus, the minor allele frequency was 0.23. Associations of both SNPs with the number of embryos recovered and the corpus luteum number were evaluated in Boer and Shaanbei goat breeds. Association analysis showed that both SNPs had significant (P < 0.05) effects on the number of embryos recovered and corpus luteum number. These results indicate that LHβ and GnRHR genes are potential markers for the number of embryos recovered.

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