雷州黑鸭胚胎期骨骼肌发育表达与功能分析

为保护雷州黑鸭优异的肉用性能,并开发利用这一珍贵的种质资源,研究选取雷州黑鸭为实验素材,对其胚胎期胸腿肌进行组织切片观察,并采用q RT-PCR与Western blot试验方法检测了Pax3、DCN和MSTN等基因在8、13、18、23和28胚龄胸腿肌中的发育性表达规律。同时用q RT-PCR法检测了雷州黑鸭28胚龄时Pax3、DCN和MSTN基因在各组织中m RNA的差异性表达量。胸腿肌组织切片观察雷州黑鸭胚胎期腿肌的发育明显早于胸肌;荧光定量PCR结果显示,雷州黑鸭Pax3、DCN和MSTN基因在各阶段胸腿肌中的相对表达量在23和28胚龄期最高,显著高于其它胚龄(P0.05);雷州黑鸭28胚龄时各组织中Pax3、DCN和MSTN基因在胸肌和腿肌中的表达显著高于其他组织(P0.05);Western blot结果表明,在胸腿肌中Pax3、DCN和MSTN蛋白的表达量在8胚龄期最低,在23胚龄时表达量显著高于其它胚龄(P0.05),达到高峰。结合切片图对比表达模式的分析表明在肌纤维的形成以及生长发育过程中,Pax3、DCN和MSTN基因对骨骼肌的生理特性起到决定性作用,在雷州黑鸭胚胎期骨骼肌发育过程中的不同阶段调控着早期胚胎中前体肌细胞的分化、增殖、促进肌纤维的形成。     

鸡形目鸟类成熟胸肌中特异性表达的fTnT同工异构型及其生理学意义

脊椎动物中的肌钙蛋白T（tropnin T,TnT）分为心肌型TnT（cardiac TnT,cTnT）、快肌型TnT（fast skeletal TnT,fTnT）和慢肌型TnT（slow skeletal TnT,sTnT）,且每种TnT又因mRNA可变剪接(alternative mRNA splicing)形成了多种同工异构型,其中fTnT的同工异构型形式最为复杂。某些鸟类如鸡形目鸟类的成熟快肌（尤其是胸部快肌）中特异性表达的TnT同工异构型有如下特点：（1）N端区含有过渡金属离子结合位点——Tx元件（一般为4~7个重复的H-E/A-E-A-H序列）;（2）与哺乳动物及雏鸟fTnT相比,其C端区外显子16有很高的表达率。本文还就鸡形目鸟类成熟胸肌中表达的fTnT同工异构型可能具有的生理学意义及应用前景进行了探讨。 The Fast TnT Isoforms Specifically Expressed in Avian Adult Pectoral Muscles of Galliforms and Physiological Significance DUAN Ying-li,YU Shu-yang,LI Ning National Laboratories for Agrobiotechnology,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100094,China Abstract:Three homologous genes have evolved to encode the cardiac,slow and fast skeletal muscle troponin Ts(TnTs) in the vertebrate.Multiple isoforms in each type of TnT are generated through alternative mRNA splicing during the development and the modality of the fast skeletal TnT isoforms is the most complex.The TnT isoforms specifically expressed in avian adult fast skeletal muscle (especially in the adult pectoral muscle) of Galliforms have been characterized as follows:1.There exist a cluster of transition metal ion binding sites ［generally 4~7 repeats of a sequence motif His-(Glu/Ala)- Glu-Ala-His,designated as Tx］ in the NH2-terminal variable region.2.Compared with mammalian TnT and the neonatal or young avian TnT,these avian pectoral muscle TnTs prefer to express exon 16 in the COOH-terminal variable region.Furthermore,possible effects of the pectoral fTnT isoforms on the physiological activity are discussed in this article. Key words：Aves; troponin T; isoform     

纯种与杂种鸡之间肝脏组织基因差异表达及其与肉用性状杂种优势的关系

以白洛克肉鸡 (EE)、中国丝羽乌骨鸡 (CC)、农大褐 (DD)和白来航 (AA) 4个纯种鸡为材料 ,进行 4× 4完全双列杂交 ,共得到 16种杂交组合。应用mRNA差异显示技术 (DDRT PCR)检测了 8周龄纯种和杂种鸡之间肝脏组织基因的差异表达。结果表明 ,在纯种和杂种间共有 8种 15类基因差异表达模式 ,杂种和纯种之间基因表达存在明显的差异。对各种基因差异表达模式与 10个肉用性状的杂种优势率进行相关分析发现 ,表达一致型P8(t1111)与肉用性状的杂种优势率相关不显著 (P >0 0 5) ,这说明杂种优势的形成与某些基因的差异表达有关 ;正交或反交特异表达型P4(t0 10 0、t0 0 10 )与 8周龄个体重、腿肌重、半净膛重、全净膛重相关显著 (P <0 0 5) ,与胸肌重相关极显著 (P <0 0 1) ;单亲特异表达型P1(t10 0 0、t0 0 0 1)与腹脂重相关显著 (P <0 0 5) ,与体斜长相关极显著 (P <0 0 1) ;双亲特异表达型P7(t10 0 1)与腿肌重、翅重、半净膛重、肌间脂宽的杂种优势率相关显著 (P <0 0 5) ;正交或反交单亲表达一致型P2 (t110 0、t0 0 11、t10 10、t0 10 1)与肌间脂宽的杂种优势率相关显著 (P <0 0 5) ;单亲表达一致型P5(t1110、t0 111)胫骨长的杂种优势率相关显著 (P <0 0 5)。     

鸡蛋开窗法导入供体胚盘细胞对家鸡胚胎发育的影响研究

通过4批孵化实验,研究鸡蛋开窗法注射供体胚盘细胞对受体鸡胚发育及孵化率的影响。GLM方差分析表明,开窗处理极显著降低整个孵化期（21d)的活胚比例（P＜0．01）,至21日龄出壳时,处理组的孵化率为.8%-6.0%。导入供体胚盘细胞对受体鸡胚的发育仅为阶段性影响,表现在显著性孵化第8日龄左右的活胚比例（P＜0.05)。而对后期发育的影响不显著（P＞0．05）。因经,鸡蛋开窗处理是降低受体胚胎成活率和孵化率的主要原因,如何降低开窗处理对受体胚胎的应激和不利影响则是今后研究的一个课题。     

鸡H-FABP基因多态性及其与屠宰性能的关联分析

以90日龄草科鸡为实验材料, 对H-FABP基因进行PCR扩增, 采用PCR-SSCP技术结合测序分析了H-FABP基因在草科鸡中的多态性。结果表明: 草科鸡中存在332 G→A、534 G→A、835 C→T、1131→A、1294C→A、2329C→T、2372C→T、2636C→T等8处突变。经过基因型与屠宰性能的关联分析得知: 在7对产生多态的引物中, 只有第1对引物的各基因型与活重、屠体重、胸肌重、腿肌重和半净膛重差异显著(P<0.05); 全净膛重在不同基因型间差异极显著(P<0.01)。 由此推测, H-FABP可能对于鸡屠宰性能具有很大的影响或与控制屠宰性能的主基因连锁。     

藏鸡IRX3基因表达与肌内脂肪的沉积关系

旨在构建藏鸡IRX3基因的组织及时序表达谱,确定该基因与肌内脂肪的沉积关系。利用荧光定量PCR技术检测IRX3基因在不同组织和不同发育阶段肌肉组织中的表达水平,同时采用单因素方差分析方法分析肌内脂肪含量,并分析其时序表达与肌内脂肪含量的相关性。结果表明,IRX3基因在藏鸡各个组织中均有表达,在藏鸡肺组织中相对表达水平较高,极显著高于其他各个组织(P0.01)。IRX3 mRNA在210日龄公藏鸡腿肌和胸肌中相对表达水平均极显著高于其他日龄的表达水平(P0.01),而在1日龄母藏鸡胸肌中相对表达水平极显著高于其他日龄(P0.01)。藏鸡不同发育阶段肌肉组织中IRX3 mRNA表达水平与其IMF含量的相关性分析显示,公藏鸡腿肌IRX3 mRNA表达量与肌内脂肪含量呈正相关(P0.01),而在母藏鸡胸肌IRX3 mRNA表达量与肌内脂肪含量呈负相关(P0.01)。IRX3基因表达与藏鸡肌内脂肪含量存在相关性,推测IRX3可能对肌内脂肪的沉积具有调控作用。     

鳜慢肌胚后发育与生长特征

鱼类快肌和慢肌分别占据骨骼肌的不同位置,表现不同的生长发育特征。为了解鳜(Sinipercachuatsi)慢肌纤维的胚后发育特征,本研究通过制作孵化后1～33日龄鳜个体的石蜡切片,采用慢肌特异抗体的免疫组织化学染色,观察了背鳍起点处躯干横切面慢肌的发育变化特征,并利用图像分析软件统计慢肌纤维的数目和面积。结果表明,孵化后鳜仔鱼慢肌位于水平肌隔附近,呈楔形,向背、腹两侧生长。孵化后1～9日龄为单层肌纤维,11日龄发育为多层肌纤维,19日龄覆盖侧线附近,33日龄延伸至背侧第2背肌节、腹侧腹部肌肉2/3处,并在水平肌隔和侧线处分别形成两个肌群。位于骨骼肌最外层的扁平状表层细胞,可能为慢肌增生生长的主要来源。躯干单侧慢肌肌纤维数目由孵化后6个增加至315个,总面积从13.18μm2增加到7 839.58μm2,孵化后13日龄的增生生长占优势,其他发育阶段,肥大生长一直占主导优势。     

粗纤维对定安鹅MSTN基因表达量及肌纤维发育的影响

为研究日粮粗纤维水平对生长中期定安鹅腿肌MSTN基因表达量及肌纤维发育的影响,选遗传背景相近、体重一致的30日龄定安鹅120只,采用单因子随机试验设计,共分3个处理组,每处理组设4个重复,每重复10只鹅.分别饲喂粗纤维水平为4.29％,5.29％和6.29％的三种日粮.试验期为35 d.结果表明:(1)日粮粗纤维水平为5.29％时,可以提高生长中期定安鹅试验末重和平均日增重,并且与6.29％组比较达到了显著水平(P＜0.05);(2)日粮粗纤维水平可以显著影响生长中期定安鹅腿肌中MSTN的基因表达量(P＜0.05),且腿肌中MSTN的基因表达量与生长中期定安鹅的试验末体重和平均日增重呈负相关关系;(3)日粮粗纤维水平为5.29％时,与6.29％组相比可显著提高生长中期定安鹅血清中IgA和IgG的含量(P＜0.05);(4)日粮粗纤维水平显著影响生长中期定安鹅腿肌纤维数量和腿肌纤维密度的影响(P＜0.05).综上所述,日粮粗纤维水平为5.29％可以显著影响生长中期定安鹅的试验末体重、平均日增重和腿肌中MSTN基因的表达水平,对腿肌纤维的发育也有一定的促进作用.     

鸡胚性腺内黄体生成素受体和类固醇激素合成酶基因的性别差异性表达(英文)

促性腺激素受体,包括黄体生成素受体（LHR）和卵泡刺激素受体,通过调节类固醇激素合成和细胞增殖从而对性腺的发育和功能起重要作用。虽然鸟类的性别由性染色体所决定;但性腺的发育要受到很多诸如类固醇激素这样因素的影响。既然雄性和雌性的性腺有不同的形态特征和功能,促性腺激素和类固醇激素对它们发育的调节作用可能是不同的。本实验的目的是研究鸡胆发育过程中性腺内LHRmRNA表达的变化及其与类固醇激素合成酶mRNA表达的相关性。在孵化的第10天至孵化后第14天之间取出鸡胚的性腺,然后用Northern杂交法检测LHR和P450c17及P450arommRNA的表达。结果显示：在孵化期间LHRmRNA有3．0和1．5kb两种转录产物,孵化后还出现7．0kb的转录物（Fig．1）。在孵化期间1．5kb转录物的含量高于3．0kb的转录物,而孵化之后则相反。卵巢内LHRmRNA（3．0kb）的水平从孵化的第12天开始升高,两天之后达一高峰,此后一直保持在较高水平。与此不同的是睾丸内LHRmRNA的表达量在孵化期间较低,孵化后立即升高（Fig．2）。P45c17mRNA的表达与LHRmRNA相似（Figs．3＆4）。P450arommRNA在卵巢内的表达量较高,孵化后其主带从2．0kb转变为4．0kb。睾丸内P450arommRNA的表达量极低（Figs．5＆6）。在相应的时期,左侧和右侧     

厦门鸡屿岛白鹭几种繁殖活动的观察

于 2 0 0 1年 3～ 7月采用颜色标记法 ,记录厦门白鹭保护区内鸡屿岛白鹭 (Egrettagarzetta)卵产出和孵出的顺序和时间 ,并称重卵和雏鸟。有 91 4 %的窝卵数为 4～ 5枚 ,产卵期 7 0± 1 9d ,出壳期 4 2± 1 4d ;卵孵化时间与产卵顺序显著负相关 ;不同产出顺序卵重无差异 ;不同孵出顺序雏鸟早期 (≤ 5d)发育无差异 ,之后差异显著 ,第 4出壳的雏鸟发育水平和成活率较低 ,而第 5出壳的雏鸟最低 ;亲鸟在产卵期的孵化是非连续的 ,而产卵结束后相对连续。如此 ,可以调节孵化时间 ,进而调控异步孵化的程度 ,使雏鸟在生长阶段形成适当的等级差别 ,以获得最大的繁殖收益。     

Tissue-specific distribution of breast-muscle-type and leg-muscle-type troponin T isoforms in birds

In order to show the tissue-specific distribution of troponin T (TnT) isoforms in avian skeletal muscles, their expression was examined by electrophoresis of the breast and leg muscles of seven avian species and immunoblotting with the antiserum against fast skeletal muscle TnT. It has been reported in the chicken that breast-muscle-type (B-type) and leg-muscle-type (L-type) TnT isoforms are expressed specifically in the adult breast and leg muscles, respectively. Their differential expression patterns were confirmed in all birds examined in this study. The expression of a segment encoded by the exon x series of TnT was also examined by immunoblotting with the antiserum against a synthetic peptide derived from the exon x3 sequence, because the segment has been shown to be included exclusively in the B-type, but not in the L-type TnT. The expression of the segment was found only in the breast muscle, but not in the leg muscle of all birds examined. TnT cDNA sequences from the duck breast and leg muscles were determined and showed that only B-type TnT had an exon x-related sequence, suggesting that the expression of B-type TnT containing the exon x-derived segment is conserved consistently in the birds.     

Immunochemical analysis of troponin T isoforms in adult, embryonic, regenerating, and denervated chicken fast skeletal muscles

Using monoclonal antibodies (McAbs) which can distinguish between breast- and leg-type troponin T (TnT), we studied the spatial distribution of TnT isoforms in adult chicken fast skeletal muscles. The breast (pectoralis major) and leg (iliotibialis posterior) muscles were composed predominantly of homogeneous fibers containing breast- and leg-type TnT, respectively. The posterior latissimus dorsi muscle was composed of heterogeneous fibers of at least two types, namely breast and leg types. In developing and regenerating fast muscles, only leg-type TnT was expressed at early stages, and later breast-type TnT appeared either transiently or permanently. This led ultimately to several distinct adult fast muscle breast/leg TnT isoform profiles. Since both types of TnT were synthesized in embryonic and regenerating muscles with nerves intact as well as in regenerating muscles with nerves resected, the switching on of their expression during fast muscle development appears to be independent of nerves. However, its full development ("fine tuning" of the protein isoform distribution within the fast fiber types) and the maintenance of the adult state are presumed to be dependent on the nerves, since, although regenerating fibers in denervated muscles could exhibit the early and then the later embryonic stainabilities, they again returned to the early embryonic state; further, the denervation of adult muscles caused the replacement of TnT isoform from the adult to the early embryonic state.     

Developmental changes of cardiac and slow skeletal muscle troponin T expression in chicken cardiac and skeletal muscles

Numerous troponin T (TnT) isoforms are produced by alternative splicing from three genes characteristic of cardiac, fast skeletal, and slow skeletal muscles. Apart from the developmental transition of fast skeletal muscle TnT isoforms, switching of TnT expression during muscle development is poorly understood. In this study, we investigated precisely and comprehensively developmental changes in chicken cardiac and slow skeletal muscle TnT isoforms by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting with specific antisera. Four major isoforms composed of two each of higher and lower molecular weights were found in cardiac TnT (cTnT). Expression of cTnT changed from high- to low-molecular-weight isoforms during cardiac muscle development. On the other hand, such a transition was not found and only high-molecular-weight isoforms were expressed in the early stages of chicken skeletal muscle development. Two major and three minor isoforms of slow skeletal muscle TnT (sTnT), three of which were newly found in this study, were expressed in chicken skeletal muscles. The major sTnT isoforms were commonly detected throughout development in slow and mixed skeletal muscles, and at developmental stages until hatching-out in fast skeletal muscles. The expression of minor sTnT isoforms varied from muscle to muscle and during development.     

Regulation of myostatin expression is associated with growth and muscle development in commercial broiler and DMC muscle

Myostatin is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth. Muscle tissue is the largest tissue in the body and influences body growth. Commercial Avian broiler chickens are selected for high growth rate and muscularity. Daweishan mini chickens are a slow growing small-sized chicken breed. We investigated the relations between muscle (breast and leg) myostatin mRNA expression and body and muscle growth. Twenty chickens per breed were slaughtered at 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 days of age. Body and muscle weights were higher at all times in Avian chickens. Breast muscle myostatin expression was higher in Avian chickens than in Daweishan mini chickens at day 30. Myostatin expression peaked at day 60 in Daweishan mini chickens and expression remained higher in breast muscle. Daweishan mini chickens myostatin expression correlated positively with carcass weight, breast and leg muscle weight from day 0 to 60, and correlated negatively with body weight from day 90 to 150, while myostatin expression in Avian chickens was negatively correlated with carcass and muscle weight from day 90 to 150. The results suggest that myostatin expression is related to regulation of body growth and muscle development, with two different regulatory mechanisms that switch between days 30 and 60.     

Many isoforms of fast muscle troponin T from chicken legs

Troponin T from fast muscle of chicken legs was found to be composed of about 40 kinds of isoforms by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in conjunction with immunoblotting tests with an antiserum to chicken breast muscle troponin T. Almost all of the isoforms were found in the myofibril preparation and troponin preparation from the leg muscle, and they showed complex-forming ability with troponin I and troponin C. These isoforms existed in most of the fast muscle except pectoralis and posterior latissimus dorsi muscles, and they changed in composition during development. The breast muscle troponin T also showed different types of isoforms in the period soon after hatching. Since proteolysis was completely inhibited during two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and since the many isoforms were observed consistently in various muscles of chicken leg, they are most probably products of mRNAs generated by differential gene splicing.     

Cardiac troponin T in developing, regenerating and denervated rat skeletal muscle

Fetal rat skeletal muscles express a troponin T (TnT) isoform similar to the TnT isoform expressed in the embryonic heart with respect to electrophoretic mobility and immunoreactivity with cardiac TnT-specific monoclonal antibodies. Immunoblotting analyses reveal that both the embryonic and the adult isoforms of cardiac TnT are transiently expressed during the neonatal stages. In addition, other TnT species, different from both cardiac TnTs and from the TnT isoforms expressed in adult muscles, are present in skeletal muscles during the first two postnatal weeks. By immunocytochemistry, cardiac TnT is detectable at the somitic stage and throughout embryonic and fetal development, and disappears during the first weeks after birth, persisting exclusively in the bag fibers of the muscle spindles. Cardiac TnT is re-expressed in regenerating muscle fibers following a cold injury and in mature muscle fibers after denervation. Developmental regulation of this TnT variant is not coordinated with that of the embryonic myosin heavy chain with respect to timing of disappearance and cellular distribution. No obligatory correlation between the two proteins is likewise found in regenerating and denervated muscles.     

Expression of multiple troponin T isoforms in chicken breast muscle regeneration induced by sub-serous implantation

Chicken fast-muscle type (F-type) troponin T (TnT) isoforms are classified into two types, leg-muscle type (L-type) and breast-muscle type (B-type), which are generated by exclusion and inclusion of exon x series-derived sequences in mRNAs, respectively. The B-type isoforms are further classified into neonatal breast-muscle (BN), young chicken breast-muscle (BC), and adult chicken breast-muscle (BA) subtypes. It is known that the multiple F-type TnT isoforms are transiently expressed in the breast muscle tissue during normal development. To examine whether the transition of the isoforms was fixed in muscle cell lineage, breast muscle pieces (pectoralis major) of 1-day old chicks were cultured under gizzard serous membrane of the same chicks for 60 days at the longest. TnT isoform expression of the implants was monitored by immunoblotting and immunostaining using anti-F-type TnT against both L-type and B-type isoforms, anti-exon x3 against only B-type isoforms, and anti-S-type TnT against slow-muscle-type (S-type) isoforms. Muscle fibers in the implant degenerated first, and then new myotubes expressing L-type isoforms were formed by the fusion of myoblasts from surviving satellite cells. When the maturation of the myotubes into myofibers proceeded, BN-, BC-, and BA-subtype isoforms were expressed in the order of developmental stage specific-manner, indicating that the order of appearance of these isoforms was fixed in muscle cell lineage. In immunostaining of the implants recovered on the 60th day after implantation, at least three kinds of the regenerated myofibers were observed, expressing mainly B-type, both B-type and L-type, and only L-type isoforms. The immunohistochemical results suggested that the regulation of alternative splicing of F-type TnT pre-mRNAs was different among individual myofibers, and that the regulation was programmed in myogenic cells, probably satellite cells, which were the primary source of the fibers.     

Immunohistochemical studies on regulation of alternative splicing of fast skeletal muscle troponin T: non-uniform distribution of the exon x3 epitope in a single muscle fiber

Troponin T (TnT) isoforms of chicken fast skeletal muscle are classified into two types, breast-muscle-type (B-type) and leg-muscle-type (L-type) isoforms. These isoforms are produced from a single gene by differential alternative splicing of pre-mRNA. We investigated immunohistochemically the distribution of B-type TnT isoforms in chicken leg muscle (musculus biceps femoris), using anti-exon x3 that was raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to exon x3 and recognized B-type, but not the L-type, TnT isoforms. Mosaic patterns of immunostaining showing locally different expression of B-type TnT isoforms in a single fiber were observed among fibers, and the non-uniform distribution of the isoforms was also detected in sectioned fibers and myofibrils from the muscle. The results indicated that regulation of pre-mRNA splicing of fast skeletal muscle TnT was different not only among the muscle fibers but also within a single fiber, suggesting that heterogeneous myonuclei in regulation of alternative splicings occur in a single muscle fiber.     

Expression pattern of skeletal muscle troponin T isoforms is fixed in cell lineage.

The expression of fast-muscle-type troponin T isoforms in chicken skeletal muscles was studied by two-dimensional SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. According to the pattern of troponin T isoform expression, chicken fast muscle was classified into two groups: One group expressed breast-fast-muscle-type troponin T in addition to leg-fast-muscle-type troponin T, the other expressed only leg-fast-muscle-type troponin T. To the former group belong breast and wing fast muscles and some of the back fast muscles, and to the latter group belong the fast muscles in leg, abdomen, and neck. Transplantation of breast muscle into leg was performed in order to change the physical environment and to investigate the mechanism of isoform expression. Histological observation of the transplant revealed severe degeneration of muscle cells, followed by differentiation of myoblasts in which breast-muscle-type troponin T was eventually expressed. The results showed that the pattern of troponin T isoform expression is primarily fixed in the cell lineage, although nerves modulate it.