Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (S1): 329-339. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194927

Special Issue: Animal husbandry

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Transcriptomics-based Screening of Candidate Genes for Intramuscular Fat Deposition in Jingyuan Chickens

HU Jiahuan1, ZHAO Wei1, YU Baojun1, ZHAO Jinyan1, FU Xi1, ZHANG Tong1, CHEN Yafei2, GU Yaling1, ZHANG Juan1   

  1. 1 School of Animal Science and Technology,Ningxia University,Yinchuan 750021,China
    2 Yinchuan City Animal Husbandry Technology Extension Service Center,Yinchuan 750001,China
  • Received:2025-02-23 Published:2025-12-29

Abstract:

Intramuscular fat(IMF)is one of the important meat quality traits and an important indicator of chicken meat flavour.In order to investigate the mechanism of IMF formation at different developmental stages of Jingyuan chicken,the present study was carried out to screen candidate genes regulating IMF deposition in Jingyuan chicken by transcriptome sequencing using the pectoral muscles of 42(B1),126(B2),and 180(B3)day-old Jingyuan chicken(10 chickens at each stage).Real-time Fluorescence Quantitative PCR(RT-qPCR)was used to verify the reliability of the sequencing data.The results showed that 1 008 differentially expressed genes were identified in the B1vsB2 comparison group.1 396 differentially expressed genes were identified in the B1vsB3 comparison group. 696 differentially expressed genes were identified in the B2vsB3 comparison group.The GO function-enriched entries in the three comparison groups were mainly related to the positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase Ⅱ,cell adhesion,cell membrane and protoplasmic membrane,and binding of the same proteins.Meanwhile,PPAR signaling pathway,FOXO signaling pathway,insulin signaling pathway,MAPK signaling pathway,fatty acid degradation,and fatty acid metabolism were significantly enriched in KEGG pathway.Genes such as FABP1,FOXO1,FAS,and CPT1A,which were significantly enriched in these pathways,may be the key candidate genes to regulate IMF deposition in Jingyuan chicken.

Key words: Jingyuan chicken, Intramuscular fat, Transcriptome, Meat quality

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HU Jiahuan, ZHAO Wei, YU Baojun, ZHAO Jinyan, FU Xi, ZHANG Tong, CHEN Yafei, GU Yaling, ZHANG Juan. Transcriptomics-based Screening of Candidate Genes for Intramuscular Fat Deposition in Jingyuan Chickens[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(S1): 329-339. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194927.

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