Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (S1): 371-380. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193934

Special Issue: Animal husbandry

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Screening and Characterization of LncRNA Associated with Marbling Grade in Beef Cattle

ZENG Ling, ZHANG Yanfeng, LI Chenglong, DING Yanling, ZHOU Xiaonan, MING Wenxuan, SU Zonghua, QU Chang, XU Junjie, SHI Yuangang, KANG Xiaolong   

  1. College of Animal Science and Technology,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021,China
  • Received:2023-05-19 Published:2023-12-28

Abstract:

Beef marbling is an important meat quality trait regulated by multiple genes and is one of the conditions to measure the quality of high grade beef.LncRNA is an important non-coding RNA that plays an important role in regulating the biological processes related to fat deposition.To understand the potential biological role of lncRNA in different marbling phenotypes in beef cattle,this study collected crossbred and the longest dorsal muscle tissues from two extreme grades of high(A5)and low(A1)marbling,and used high-throughput sequencing to detect differential lncRNA associated with meat marbling,predict the trans-acting target genes of differential lncRNA,and perform functional enrichment for the analysis.The results showed that a total of 45 significantly different lncRNA were screened in two grades of marbled beef tissues,including 21 and 24 significantly up- and down-regulated lncRNA in high-grade marbled tissues,respectively,including MSTRG.9509.3,ENSBTAT00000077612,ENSBTAT00000072841 and other lncRNA associated with lipid deposition.Functional enrichment analysis of trans-acting target genes showed that predicted target genes were significantly enriched to lipopolysaccharide binding,lipolysis and other biological processes associated with lipid deposition.Differential lncRNA may be involved in regulating beef marbling phenotypic traits by targeting fat deposition-related genes(FABP4,PLIN1,LIPE,etc.)through trans-activation.The detection of beef marbling-related differential lncRNA,predicted target genes and their enrichment pathways would provide a basis for expanding the understanding of the biological functions of non-coding RNAs and their relationship with beef marbling characteristics,as well as a reference for the analysis of quality traits and breeding of new breeds in agricultural livestock.

Key words: Beef cattle, Marbling, LncRNA, Intramuscular fat, Meat quality

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ZENG Ling, ZHANG Yanfeng, LI Chenglong, DING Yanling, ZHOU Xiaonan, MING Wenxuan, SU Zonghua, QU Chang, XU Junjie, SHI Yuangang, KANG Xiaolong. Screening and Characterization of LncRNA Associated with Marbling Grade in Beef Cattle[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2023, 38(S1): 371-380. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193934.

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