Cloning and expression analysis of the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) gene in the reproductive axis of female yaks (Bos grunniens)

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Follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) plays a central role in promoting follicle maturation through the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-mediated cAMP pathway in animals. The objectives of the present study were to clone the FSHR gene of yaks (Bos grunniens) and compare differences in FSHR mRNA expression in the reproductive axis between yaks and cattle. Hypothalamus, anterior pituitary, oviduct, ovary, and uterus tissue samples were collected from adult female yaks (n = 5) and cattle (n = 5) during the follicular phase. Using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), we found that the FSHR coding region of the yak is 2088 bp and encodes 695 amino acids. Its amino acid sequence showed 99.38%-72.22% similarity to the homologous genes of cattle, goats, sheep, cats, donkeys, horses, humans, chickens, monkeys, mice, rats, and wild boar. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that the FSHR gene was expressed in all tissues examined. Expression of the FSHR gene in the yak was higher in the uterus than other tissues (P < 0.05) but, in cattle, was higher in the ovary than other tissues (P < 0.05). The FSHR gene expression level in the cattle ovary was significantly higher than that in the yak ovary (P < 0.01). These results indicate that the FSHR gene is relatively conserved in the course of animal evolution. The variation in sequence and expression level of FSHR between the two species might be associated with the difference in their reproduction.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:70

Enthalten in:

Domestic animal endocrinology - 70(2020) vom: 06. Jan., Seite 106383

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xia, Y [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Q [VerfasserIn]
He, X D [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Y [VerfasserIn]
JiGe, M T [VerfasserIn]
Zi, X D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cattle
FSHR
Gene cloning
Journal Article
RNA, Messenger
Receptors, FSH
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tissue expression
Yak

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Date Completed 02.10.2020

Date Revised 02.10.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.domaniend.2019.07.011

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300890869