藏猪和长白猪对口蹄疫疫苗的免疫应答特性比较研究

目的 比较藏猪和长白猪接种口蹄疫O型灭活苗后免疫应答的差异,为研究藏猪的免疫遗传特性和抗逆性奠定基础.方法 分别用猪口蹄疫O型灭活苗肌注免疫8日龄藏猪和长白猪,在免疫前、免疫后1、2、4和6周采集抗凝血,计数血液中免疫细胞数量的变化,ELISA法测定血清中特异性抗体含量,定量RT-PCR分析免疫应答调控相关基因的表达水平.结果 疫苗免疫后4至6周,藏猪血液中白细胞数量和口蹄疫病毒特异性抗体的含量显著高于长白猪组(P<0.05),藏猪的TLR7和CD4基因表达水平也较长白猪明显升高(P<0.05),而长白猪的TLR4和TLR9基因的表达量在免疫后2至6周比藏猪有较明显的上升(P<0.05);藏猪的IL10基因的表达量在免疫后2周时显著低于长白猪组(P<0.05).结论 口蹄疫苗免疫后,藏猪的体液免疫应答水平和Th等免疫细胞数量显著高于长白猪,其TLR7基因表达水平也明显升高(P<0.05),而长白猪的IL10、TLR4和TLR9基因的表达量在免疫后不同时期较藏猪明显增多(P<0.05);说明免疫藏猪对口蹄疫的免疫应答反应显著强于长白猪,与其TLR7、CD4免疫基因的高表达和IL10基因较低水平表达相关.     

猪背最长肌中肌肉生长和脂肪沉积相关基因的差异表达和主成分分析

骨骼肌细胞和脂肪细胞在分化生长速度上相对竞争的平衡点是猪肉质和胴体性状的决定因素.利用Oligo功能分类芯片检测了瘦肉型的长白猪和脂肪型的太湖猪在初生、1、2、3、4和5月龄间背最长肌中肌肉生长和脂肪沉积相关基因的动态表达变化.差异表达分析结果显示,在初生至5月龄的品种间分别有15、16、11、13、18和20个基因的表达差异倍数大于2倍.品种内的方差分析表明,长白猪分别有18和22个基因,太湖猪分别有3和7个基因在月龄间的表达差异达极显著(Ｐ<0.01)和显著水平(Ｐ<0.05).主成分分析结果显示,先降后升是两品种内最具代表性的基因表达模式,且长白猪和太湖猪分别有7和6个基因的表达模式明显偏离其他基因,提示其可能受到了重要的调控. 此外,5个差异表达基因的荧光定量RT-PCR验证结果均与芯片结果呈正相关趋势.以上结果筛选出了对于猪肉质和胴体性状可能具有重要影响,值得深入研究的一些候选基因,为深入研究生长发育过程中参与肌纤维生长和脂肪酸合成关键基因的表达变化规律和互作调控机制提供了基础数据.     

猪脂肪组织中IGF2和IGFBP3基因表达的发育性变化及其品种差异

采用荧光定量PCR技术分析长白猪和太湖猪背部皮下脂肪组织中胰岛素样生长因子2和胰岛素样生长因子结合蛋白3基因在30、60、90、120和150日龄时表达水平的发育性变化。结果表明: (1)品种内日龄间比较, 长白猪IGF2 mRNA 在30日龄时的表达量极显著高于其他日龄(P<0.01), 之后逐渐下降, 至120日龄降到最低, 150日龄时又明显上升; 太湖猪IGF2 mRNA在30~60日龄的表达量较高, 90日龄降至最低, 120日龄迅速回升, 之后又有所下降。两品种IGFBP3 mRNA表达的发育性变化模式基本相同, 30日龄时表达量最高, 60日龄显著下降(P<0.05), 之后趋于平缓但略有波动。(2)品种间同日龄比较, 120日龄时太湖猪IGF2 mRNA的表达量极显著高于长白猪(P<0.01), 150日龄时太湖猪IGFBP3的表达量极显著低于长白猪(P<0.01), 其余日龄间两品种差异均不显著(P>0.05)。研究结果提示: 猪脂肪组织IGF2和IGFBP3基因表达存在明显的发育性变化和品种差异; IGF2基因表达水平的降低可能与脂肪细胞的增殖有关。     

利用功能分类基因芯片研究不同品种猪脂肪中特定基因的发育性变化

利用Oligo功能分类基因芯片检测了瘦肉型的长白猪和脂肪型的太湖猪在1、2、3、4和5月龄间背部皮下脂肪中脂肪沉积代谢和细胞生长调控相关基因的动态表达变化。差异表达分析结果显示1~5月龄的品种间分别有10、6、11、8和19个基因的表达差异倍数大于2倍, 且长白猪有25个基因在不同月龄间的表达差异达显著水平(P<0.05)。其中血管生成素样蛋白4 (ANGPTL4)、组织蛋白酶K (CTSK) 、异柠檬酸脱氢酶2(NADP+) (IDH2)、脂蛋白脂酶 (LPL)、苹果酸酶1 (ME1)、 硬酯酰辅酶A去饱和酶 (SCD)和解藕联蛋白2 (UCP2)这7个基因不仅在同月龄的品种间和品种内的不同月龄间差异表达, 主成分分析结果也显示其表达模式明显偏离其他基因, 提示受到了特殊的调控。聚类分析结果显示1~5月龄间长白猪中正调控脂肪酸代谢基因的表达量逐渐上调, 太湖猪中参与细胞生长调控基因的表达量平缓波动且变化幅度相对较小。另外, 5个差异表达基因的荧光定量RT-PCR验证结果均与芯片结果呈正相关趋势。结果成功筛选出了对猪胴体和肉质性状可能具有重要影响并值得深入研究的一些候选基因, 初步揭示了相关基因的表达变化规律, 为了解生长发育过程中脂肪酸合成与水解的动态平衡过程提供了基础数据。     

利用功能分类基因芯片研究不同品种猪脂肪中特定基因的发育性变化

利用Oligo功能分类基因芯片检测了瘦肉型的长白猪和脂肪型的太湖猪在1、2、3、4和5月龄间背部皮下脂肪中脂肪沉积代谢和细胞生长调控相关基因的动态表达变化。差异表达分析结果显示1~5月龄的品种间分别有10、6、11、8和19个基因的表达差异倍数大于2倍, 且长白猪有25个基因在不同月龄间的表达差异达显著水平(P<0.05)。其中血管生成素样蛋白4 (ANGPTL4)、组织蛋白酶K (CTSK) 、异柠檬酸脱氢酶2(NADP+) (IDH2)、脂蛋白脂酶 (LPL)、苹果酸酶1 (ME1)、 硬酯酰辅酶A去饱和酶 (SCD)和解藕联蛋白2 (UCP2)这7个基因不仅在同月龄的品种间和品种内的不同月龄间差异表达, 主成分分析结果也显示其表达模式明显偏离其他基因, 提示受到了特殊的调控。聚类分析结果显示1~5月龄间长白猪中正调控脂肪酸代谢基因的表达量逐渐上调, 太湖猪中参与细胞生长调控基因的表达量平缓波动且变化幅度相对较小。另外, 5个差异表达基因的荧光定量RT-PCR验证结果均与芯片结果呈正相关趋势。结果成功筛选出了对猪胴体和肉质性状可能具有重要影响并值得深入研究的一些候选基因, 初步揭示了相关基因的表达变化规律, 为了解生长发育过程中脂肪酸合成与水解的动态平衡过程提供了基础数据。     

长白猪和太湖猪不同生长阶段脂肪中肉质和胴体性状相关基因的表达谱分析

动物个体的皮下脂肪厚度（subcutaneous fat thickness,SFT）和肌内脂肪（intramuscular fat,IMF）含量取决于活体内脂肪酸合成与氧化竞争的动态平衡点．利用包含140个与猪脂肪沉积、代谢和肌肉生长密切相关基因的Oligo功能分类基因芯片检测了脂肪型的太湖猪和瘦肉型的长白猪在1,2,3,4和5月龄间背部皮下脂肪中这些基因的动态表达变化,发现长白猪有25个基因在月龄间的表达差异达显著水平（P〈0．05）,且包含23个基因的“参与脂肪或类固醇代谢的酶和调节蛋白”基因分组在品种间具有极显著意义（P〈0．01）．提示两猪种脂肪沉积能力的巨大表型差异可能与这些基因的差异表达规律密切相关．STEM聚类分析显示长白猪和太湖猪各有两个表达模式分别具有极显著（P〈0．01）和显著性意义（P〈0．05）,但太湖猪基因表达谱比较分散,占主导优势的表达模式没有长白猪明显．提示太湖猪脂肪细胞内参与相关代谢活动的基因间的调控关系较长白猪复杂．基于动态贝叶斯模型构建的基因调控网络从一定程度上反映了两猪种在脂肪沉积代谢相关生理生化活动方面存在的明显差异,可从中挖掘相关性状潜在的关键特征基因．此外,对5个差异表达基因的荧光定量RT-PCR验证显示两种实验方法结果的相关系数平均高达0．874±0．071．以上结果筛选出了对于猪脂肪相关性状可能具有重要影响并值得深入研究的一些基因,初步揭示了生长发育过程中脂肪细胞基因表达调控的分子互作机制．     

藏猪和大约克猪MYL1基因多态性及差异表达分析

为研究猪不同品种的MYL1基因的多态性及mRNA表达差异.本试验以藏猪和大约克猪作为实验动物,采用一代测序技术对藏猪(59头)和大约克猪(58头)MYL1基因起始密码子上游3 kb区域进行多态性检测;利用实时荧光定量PCR技术检测MYL1基因在背最长肌、背脂、肝脏组织差异表达情况.结果表明:藏猪和大约克猪在起始密码子上游3 kb区域发现T-159A突变位点并呈极显著差异(P＜0.01);MYL1基因在背最长肌表达量最高,其次是背脂,肝脏的最低,在背最长肌中藏猪MYL1基因表达量极显著高于大约克猪(P＜0.01),在背脂和肝脏组织中,藏猪MYL1基因表达量显著高于大约克猪(P＜0.05).推测T-159A位点可能是参与肌肉生长发育的重要调控位点.本研究为下一步开展MYL1基因对猪生长性能及其肉品质的影响提供参考依据.     

2个猪品种的背最长肌组织中兰尼定受体(RYR1)基因表达的发育性变化

本研究采用实时荧光定量PCR方法检测了长白猪和梅山猪背最长肌组织中RYR1基因mRNA表达量在初生(0月龄)、1月龄、2月龄、3月龄、4月龄和5月龄间的变化及其与体重、肌纤维面积(CSA)和肌内脂肪含量(IMF)之间的相关性。结果表明:长白猪的体重、CSA在多数月龄均高于梅山猪,而梅山猪的IMF在多数月龄均高于长白猪。两品种RYR1基因表达量的发育性表达模式极为相似,均表现为波动起伏中逐渐上升的趋势。相同月龄时,梅山猪RYR1基因的表达量均高于长白猪。本文初步揭示了两猪种生长发育过程中RYR1基因表达的发育性变化模式和品种差异,为进一步研究RYR1基因对猪肉质性状的影响提供了基础数据。     

放牧藏猪、舍饲藏猪与商品猪粪便真菌群落组成及其与饲粮纤维消化的相关性研究

【目的】研究饲养在西藏高原的放牧藏猪、舍饲藏猪和商品猪(杜长大猪,DLY猪)粪便中真菌群落组成的差异性,获取与饲粮粗纤维消化相关的真菌群落。【方法】以饲养在西藏高原的5月龄放牧藏猪、舍饲藏猪和DLY猪为研究对象,采用消化试验测定放牧藏猪、舍饲藏猪和DLY猪对饲粮粗纤维的表观消化率。采集粪便样品利用单分子实时测序技术(SMRT),测定粪便真菌ITS基因全长序列,分析粪便真菌群落的结构和多样性,采用Pearson相关分析获取饲粮粗纤维表观消化率与真菌群落的相关性。【结果】在放牧藏猪、舍饲藏猪和DLY猪的粪便样品中共鉴定出了4个门、13个纲、23个目、39个科、55个属、58个种,放牧藏猪在各分类水平的分类单元数均显著高于舍饲藏猪与DLY猪(P<0.05)。子囊菌门(Ascomycota)和担子菌门(Basidiomycota)是优势菌门,在门水平下,放牧藏猪、舍饲藏猪和DLY猪间无显著差异(P≥0.05),但在纲、目、科、属、种水平下,放牧藏猪多个真菌类群相对丰度显著高于舍饲藏猪与DLY猪(P<0.05)。放牧藏猪具有更高的菌群丰富度和独有分类操作单元(OTU)(P<0....     

五指山猪和长白猪背最长肌差异基因的筛选与注释

为了筛选五指山猪和长白猪背最长肌组织差异表达基因,本研究采用RNA-seq技术和生物信息学方法对6月龄、8月龄五指山猪和长白猪的背最长肌进行转录组测序分析,并对差异表达基因进行GO和KEGG Pathway显著性富集分析。通过与猪基因组比对分析后发现,在6月龄和8月龄五指山猪和长白猪均有约44 000 000条Clean reads能够比对到猪基因组上相关基因,每个文库均获得约18 200个表达基因,而转录本的数据为25 000个。在6月龄五指山猪与长白猪中共有30个基因差异表达,在8月龄五指山猪与长白猪中获得29个差异表达的基因。这些差异表达的基因主要富集在与糖酵解代谢、MAPK信号代谢通路和胰岛素信号通路等肌肉发育信号通路,通过筛选获得了与肌肉生长发育有关的候选基因,为探索五指山猪肌肉发育的分子机制提供了理论依据。     

Expression profiling analysis for genes related to meat quality and carcass traits during postnatal development of backfat in two pig breeds

The competitive equilibrium of fatty acid biosynthesis and oxidation in vivo determines porcine sub-cutaneous fat thickness(SFT) and intramuscular fat(IMF) content.Obese and lean-type pig breeds show obvious differences in adipose deposition;however, the molecular mechanism underlying this phenotypic variation remains unclear.We used pathway-focused oligo microarray studies to examine the expression changes of 140 genes associated with meat quality and carcass traits in backfat at five growth stages(1―5 months) of Landrace(a leaner, Western breed) and Taihu pigs(a fatty, indigenous, Chinese breed).Variance analysis(ANOVA) revealed that differences in the expression of 25 genes in Landrace pigs were significant(FDR adjusted permutation, P<0.05) among 5 growth stages.Gene class test(GCT) indicated that a gene-group was very significant between 2 pig breeds across 5 growth stages(PErmineJ<0.01), which consisted of 23 genes encoding enzymes and regulatory proteins associ-ated with lipid and steroid metabolism.These findings suggest that the distinct differences in fat deposition ability between Landrace and Taihu pigs may closely correlate with the expression changes of these genes.Clustering analysis revealed a very high level of significance(FDR adjusted, P<0.01) for 2 gene expression patterns in Landrace pigs and a high level of significance(FDR adjusted, P<0.05) for 2 gene expression patterns in Taihu pigs.Also, expression patterns of genes were more diversified in Taihu pigs than those in Landrace pigs, which suggests that the regulatory mechanism of micro-effect polygenes in adipocytes may be more complex in Taihu pigs than in Landrace pigs.Based on a dy-namic Bayesian network(DBN) model, gene regulatory networks(GRNs) were reconstructed from time-series data for each pig breed.These two GRNs initially revealed the distinct differences in physiological and biochemical aspects of adipose metabolism between the two pig breeds;from these results, some potential key genes could be identified.Quantitative, real-time RT-PCR(QRT-PCR) was used to verify the microarray data for five modulated genes, and a good correlation between the two measures of expression was observed for both 2 pig breeds at different growth stages(R=0.874±0.071).These results highlight some possible candidate genes for porcine fat characteristics and provide some data on which to base further study of the molecular basis of adipose metabolism.     

Expression profiling analysis for genes related to meat quality and carcass traits during postnatal development of backfat in two pig breeds

The competitive equilibrium of fatty acid biosynthesis and oxidation in vivo determines porcine subcutaneous fat thickness (SFT) and intramuscular fat (IMF) content. Obese and lean-type pig breeds show obvious differences in adipose deposition; however, the molecular mechanism underlying this phenotypic variation remains unclear. We used pathway-focused oligo microarray studies to examine the expression changes of 140 genes associated with meat quality and carcass traits in backfat at five growth stages (1–5 months) of Landrace (a leaner, Western breed) and Taihu pigs (a fatty, indigenous, Chinese breed). Variance analysis (ANOVA) revealed that differences in the expression of 25 genes in Landrace pigs were significant (FDR adjusted permutation, P<0.05) among 5 growth stages. Gene class test (GCT) indicated that a gene-group was very significant between 2 pig breeds across 5 growth stages (P _ErmineJ<0.01), which consisted of 23 genes encoding enzymes and regulatory proteins associated with lipid and steroid metabolism. These findings suggest that the distinct differences in fat deposition ability between Landrace and Taihu pigs may closely correlate with the expression changes of these genes. Clustering analysis revealed a very high level of significance (FDR adjusted, P<0.01) for 2 gene expression patterns in Landrace pigs and a high level of significance (FDR adjusted, P<0.05) for 2 gene expression patterns in Taihu pigs. Also, expression patterns of genes were more diversified in Taihu pigs than those in Landrace pigs, which suggests that the regulatory mechanism of micro-effect polygenes in adipocytes may be more complex in Taihu pigs than in Landrace pigs. Based on a dynamic Bayesian network (DBN) model, gene regulatory networks (GRNs) were reconstructed from time-series data for each pig breed. These two GRNs initially revealed the distinct differences in physiological and biochemical aspects of adipose metabolism between the two pig breeds; from these results, some potential key genes could be identified. Quantitative, real-time RT-PCR (QRT-PCR) was used to verify the microarray data for five modulated genes, and a good correlation between the two measures of expression was observed for both 2 pig breeds at different growth stages (R=0.874±0.071). These results highlight some possible candidate genes for porcine fat characteristics and provide some data on which to base further study of the molecular basis of adipose metabolism.     

猪背最长肌中胰岛素样生长因子(IGFs)系统基因的发育表达模式

采用荧光定量PCR技术检测了长白猪和梅山猪的背最长肌组织中胰岛素样生长因子1和2(IGF-1和-2)、胰岛素样生长因子1受体和2受体(IGF-1R和-2R)、胰岛素样生长因子结合蛋白3和5(IGFBP-3和-5)基因mRNA丰度在初生(0月龄)、1、2、3、4和5月龄间的表达变化并分析品种间和不同月龄间基因表达的差异及其对肌肉生长发育的影响。结果表明: 两猪种出生后IGF-1 mRNA表达量均表现为逐渐上调, 而IGF-2则恰好相反, 表现为逐渐下调。这与IGF-2主要在胚胎期发挥作用, 而IGF-1则主要在动物个体出生后才发挥促进细胞增殖和个体发育功能的特点相符。IGFRs mRNA与IGFs mRNA 表达的发育性变化模式并不相似, 提示背最长肌组织中IGFRs mRNA 的表达可能没有受到组织局部产生的IGFs调节。长白猪的IGF-1R、IGF-2R 和IGFBP-3 mRNA表达量均在2月龄时达到最高峰, 提示2月龄可能是长白猪IGFs系统发挥作用最为明显的生长发育阶段。以上结果初步揭示猪生长发育过程中胰岛素样生长因子系统基因表达的发育性变化模式和品种差异, 为深入研究胰岛素样生长因子系统基因的相互调控机制提供了基础数据。     

西藏小型猪与高原藏猪的血液生理生化值的比较

目的比较西藏小型猪与高原藏猪的血液生理、生化指标的差异。方法采用全自动血液细胞和生化分析仪测定21个血液生理生化指标。结果藏猪与西藏小型猪之间,红细胞、白细胞、血小板计数、总胆固醇、血清甘油三酯指标的测定差异有显著性,谷草转氨酶、血清总蛋白、血清清蛋白、葡萄糖、肌酸激酶指标的测定差异极显著。其中红细胞、白细胞、谷草转氨酶、肌酸激酶的值藏猪高于西藏小型猪,而血小板计数、血清总蛋白、血清清蛋白、葡萄糖、总胆固醇、血清甘油三酯的值藏猪低于西藏小型猪。结论不同的生活环境、气候条件和营养水平会对动物的血液生理、生化值的测定造成一定的影响。     

Effect of hemicastration on the level of testicular steroids and growth in bulls and boars

Ten, bull calves of the Norwegian Red breed were hemicastrated at the age of 1 1 2 -3 months . Ten, normal bull calves of similar age served as controls. No significant differences were found in plasma testosterone levels or in weight between the two groups during the ensuing seven-month test period. Eight, male pigs were hemicastrated at 1-2 months of age. Eight, normal male pigs served as controls. Plasma testosterone, androstenone, and body weight were measured fortnightly in all pigs until the age of 6-7 months. Androstenone in adipose tissue was measured from 4-5 months of age. No significant differences were found between normal and hemicastrated animals in any monthly interval. However, when combining the measurement at 5-6 and 6-7 months of age for plasma testosterone and 5alpha-androstenone and 5alpha-androstenone in fat, the normal pigs had significantly higher values than the hemicastrates (p<0.05). The weight of the single testis from the hemicastrated pigs at slaughter nearly equalled the combined weight of both testes from the controls. Thus, hemicastration did not appear to have any significant effect on the level of testicular steroids in plasma in bulls or growth rate in bulls and boars, but did have a slight effect on testicular steroids in plasma in pigs at 5-7 months of age.     

Comparison of stomach microRNA transcriptomes of Tibetan and Yorkshire pigs by deep sequencing

MiRNAs regulate the expression of target genes in diverse cellular processes and hence play important roles in different physiological processes, yet little is known about the stomach microRNAome (miRNAome) of the Tibetan pig. The objective of this experiment was to investigate differentially expressed stomach miRNAs participating in digestion. Firstly, we isolated total RNA by Trizol reagent from three Tibetan and three Yorkshire purebred pigs stomach samples at 90-day-old. Secondly, a comprehensive analysis of Tibetan and Yorkshire pig stomach miRNAomes was performed by small RNA sequencing in the Illumina HiSeq 2000 system. Finally, SYBR Green Real-time RT-PCR was performed to validate the differentially expressed miRNAs. We identified 318 unique miRNAs, 260 were co-expressed in both libraries, 17 and 31 miRNAs were specifically expressed in Tibetan and Yorkshire pigs respectively. Fifty six differentially expressed miRNAs were identified by the identifying differentially expressed genes 6 (IDEG6). Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes analysis revealed that some of the differentially expressed miRNAs were associated with protein and fat digestion. Two differentially expressed miRNAs (miR-214-3p and ssc-un39) participating in the digestion of lipid were identified. Additionally, qRT-PCR results suggested that a higher expression of miR-214-3p in the Tibetan pig stomach could lead to relatively lower expression of calcium-dependent phospholipase A2, which is an enzyme important for the digestion of glycerol phospholipid. This study has delineated the different stomach miRNAs expression patterns of Tibetan and Yorkshire pigs, which would help explain the regulatory mechanisms of miRNAs in digestion of Tibetan pigs, and contribute to utilize a the unique digestion merits of Tibetan pig in future porcine hybridization breeding.