华北农学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 203-209. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195667

所属专题: 畜牧

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关岭牛MEF2A启动子甲基化负向调控mRNA转录

孙金魁1,2,3, 许厚强1,2,3,   

  1. 1 贵州大学 高原山地动物遗传育种与繁殖教育部重点实验室,贵州 贵阳 550025
    2 贵州省动物遗传育种与繁殖重点实验室,贵州 贵阳 550025
    3 贵州大学 动物科学学院,贵州 贵阳 550025
  • 收稿日期:2024-12-11 出版日期:2025-08-28
  • 通讯作者:
    许厚强(1957-),男,贵州遵义人,教授,主要从事动物遗传育种与繁殖研究。
  • 作者简介:

    孙金魁(1998-),男,河南周口人,在读博士,主要从事动物遗传育种与繁殖研究。

  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(31571279); 教育部促美大项目(【2015】2062号)

MEF2A Promoter Methylation Negatively Regulates mRNA Transcription in Guanling Cattle

SUN Jinkui1,2,3, XU Houqiang1,2,3,   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics,Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region, Ministry of Education,Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025,China
    2 Guizhou Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics,Breeding and Reproduction,Guiyang 550025,China
    3 College of Animal Science, Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025,China
  • Received:2024-12-11 Published:2025-08-28

摘要:

肌肉生成依赖于各种细胞内外的信号和因子的相互调控,通过组织和细胞水平探究肌细胞增强因子2A(MEF2A)表达量与其启动子甲基化的调控关系,为关岭牛的遗传发育提供理论参考。以关岭牛为试验对象,首先对关岭牛组织MEF2A表达量与其启动子甲基化水平联合分析。其次,将MEF2A基因的干扰和超表达载体转染至关岭牛原代成肌细胞内,分析MEF2A表达量变化对其启动子甲基化水平的影响。 结果表明,关岭牛犊牛各组织MEF2A表达量高于成年牛,而犊牛组织MEF2A甲基化率低于成年牛,DNMT1表达量趋势与之一致。此外,MEF2A表达量升高导致其甲基化率降低,降低MEF2A表达量则导致其甲基化率升高。从组织和细胞两方面证实关岭牛MEF2A基因表达水平与其甲基化率呈负相关,为遗传标记辅助牛的遗传改良提供了理论依据。

关键词: 关岭牛, MEF2A, 启动子, DNA甲基化, 成肌细胞

Abstract:

Muscle formation depends on the interplay of various cellular and extracellular signals and factors.This study investigates the regulatory relationship between Myocyte enhancer factor 2A(MEF2A)expression levels and promoter methylation at both tissue and cellular levels,to provide theoretical references for the genetic development of Guanling cattle.Guanling cattle were used as experimental subjects.Initially,the expression levels of the MEF2A in Guanling cattle tissues were analyzed in conjunction with their promoter methylation status.Subsequently,overexpression and interference vectors of the MEF2A gene were successfully transfected into primary myoblasts of Guanling cattle,and the effects of MEF2A expression level changes on promoter methylation levels were analyzed.The results showed that the MEF2A expression levels in various tissues of young Guanling cattle were higher than those in adult cattle,while the methylation rate of MEF2A in young cattle tissues was lower than that in adult cattle,with DNMT1 expression trends consistent with this.Additionally,increased MEF2A expression led to a decrease in its methylation rate,whereas decreased MEF2A expression resulted in an increase in its methylation rate.This study confirms from both tissue and cellular perspectives that the expression level of the MEF2A gene in Guanling cattle is negatively correlated with its methylation rate,providing a theoretical basis for genetic marker-assisted genetic improvement of cattle.

Key words: Cuanling cattle, MEF2A, Promoter, DNA methylation, Myoblasts

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引用本文

孙金魁, 许厚强. 关岭牛MEF2A启动子甲基化负向调控mRNA转录[J]. 华北农学报, 2025, 40(4): 203-209. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195667.

SUN Jinkui, XU Houqiang. MEF2A Promoter Methylation Negatively Regulates mRNA Transcription in Guanling Cattle[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(4): 203-209. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195667.