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Effect of Upregulation of Transcription Factor TFDP1 Binding Promoter Activity Due to RBP4 g.36491960G>C Mutation on the Proliferation of Goat Granulosa Cells

Journal

CELLS
Volume 11, Issue 14, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells11142148

Keywords

goat; fertility; RBP4; TFDP1; granulosa cell proliferation

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [32102509, 31960654]
  2. Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of China [CAASZDRW202106, ASTIP-IAS13]
  3. China Agriculture Research System of MOF [CARS-38]
  4. China Agriculture Research System of MARA [CARS-38]
  5. Basic Research Foundation Key Project of Yunnan Province [202001AS070002]
  6. Major Science and Technology Project of Yunnan Province [202102AE090039]

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The G>C mutation in the RBP4 gene was found to be closely associated with reproductive traits in goats, and this mutation can enhance the transcriptional activity and expression of RBP4, thereby improving the fertility of goats.
Retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4), a member of the lipocalin family, is a specific carrier of retinol (vitamin A) in the blood. Numerous studies have shown that RBP4 plays an important role in mammalian embryonic development and that mutations in RBP4 can be used for the marker-assisted selection of animal reproductive traits. However, there are few studies on the regulation of reproduction and high-prolificacy traits by RBP4 in goats. In this study, the 5 ' flanking sequence of RBP4 was amplified, and a G>C polymorphism in the promoter region -211 bp (g.36491960) was detected. An association analysis revealed that the respective first, second and third kidding number and mean kidding number of nanny goats with CC and GC genotypes (2.167 +/- 0.085, 2.341 +/- 0.104, 2.529 +/- 0.107 and 2.189 +/- 0.070 for CC and 2.052 +/- 0.047, 2.206 +/- 0.057, 2.341 +/- 0.056 and 2.160 +/- 0.039 for GC) were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than those with the GG genotype (1.893 +/- 0.051, 2.027 +/- 0.064, 2.107 +/- 0.061 and 1.74 +/- 0.05). The luciferase assay showed that luciferase activity was increased in C allele individuals compared with that in G allele individuals. A competitive electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) showed that individuals with the CC genotype had a stronger promoter region binding capacity than those with the GG genotype. In addition, transcription factor prediction software showed that the RBP4 g.36491960G>C mutation added a novel binding site for transcription factor DP-1 (TFDP1). RT-qPCR results showed that the expression of TFDP1 was significantly higher in the high-prolificacy group than in the low-prolificacy group, and the expression of RBP4 was higher in both the CC and GC genotypes than that in the GG genotype. TFDP1 overexpression significantly increased the expression of RBP4 mRNA (p < 0.05) and the expression of the cell proliferation factors cyclin-D1, cyclin-D2 and CDK4 (p < 0.05). The opposite trend was observed after interference with TFDP1. Both the EdU and CCK-8 results showed that TFDP1 expression could regulate the proliferation of goat ovarian granulosa cells. In summary, our results showed that RBP4 g.36491960G>C was significantly associated with fecundity traits in goats. The g.36491960G>C mutation enhanced the transcriptional activity of RBP4 and increased the expression of RBP4, thus improving the fertility of Yunshang black goats.

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