Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 198-207. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195805

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Effect of Nucleotide Sequence Variation of STAT3 on Milk Performance Traits of Sheep

YANG Pan1, ZHEN Huimin1, HAO Zhiyun1, ZHANG Xiyun2, CHE Longjie3, LI Mingna1, REN Chunyan1, WANG Xuanyu1, ZHAO Yuan1, LIU Yuan1, WANG Jiqing1, , WANG Zike1,3,   

  1. 1 College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Engineering Lab of Genetic Improvement in Ruminants, Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology,Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
    2 Gansu Yuansheng Agricultural Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd., Jinchang 737100, China
    3 Gansu General Station of Animal Husbandry Technology Extension, Lanzhou 730030, China
  • Received:2025-01-22 Published:2025-11-03

Abstract:

To explore the association between STAT3 single nucleotide polymorphism and lactation traits of sheep,414 lactating sheep were selected as test subjects,the expression of STAT3 in seven tissues including mammary gland was detected by RT-qPCR,the single nucleotide polymorphism of STAT3 was detected by sanger sequencing,STAT3 was typed by Penta-primer amplification refractory mutation system PARMS,and the effect of the nucleotide sequence variation of the gene on milk performance traits was analysed.RT-qPCR results revealed that STAT3 expression was highest in lungs,followed by liver and mammary tissues,and lowest in spleen.A total of five novel SNPs,c.22+537 C/T,c.22+658 C/T,c.318+126 C/G,c.417+360 G/A and c.417+395 T/C,were identified in the sheep STAT3,and three genotypes were detected at each SNP locus.Association analysis revealed that ewes with the genotype CC at the c.318+126 C/G locus had a higher milk fat rate than those with GG,and CC-type at the c.22+537 C/T locus,CC-type at the c.22+658 C/T locus,GG-type at the c.417+360 G/A locus,and TT-type at the c.417+395 T/C locus all had higher milk fat percentage and dry matter content.The haplotype combination H1H7 exhibited significant positive effects on milk fat percentage,dry matter content,and ash content.Additionally,the average daily milk yield of individuals carrying the haplotype combination H1H2 was increased by 0.266 kg compared to those carrying H1H7.In conclusion,the five nucleotide variation sites of STAT3 screened in this study may provide a theoretical basis for molecular selection of milk performance traits in milk sheep.

Key words: Milk sheep, STAT3, Nucleotide sequence variation, Milk performance traits, Gene expression

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YANG Pan, ZHEN Huimin, HAO Zhiyun, ZHANG Xiyun, CHE Longjie, LI Mingna, REN Chunyan, WANG Xuanyu, ZHAO Yuan, LIU Yuan, WANG Jiqing, WANG Zike. Effect of Nucleotide Sequence Variation of STAT3 on Milk Performance Traits of Sheep[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(5): 198-207. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195805.

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