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Islam MS, Takagi M, Lee KW, Chang HS, Okawa H, Yunus M, Lestari TD, Tacharina MR, Pervin S, Rakib TM, Yabuki A, Yamato O. Frequency of an X-Linked Maternal Variant of the Bovine FOXP3 Gene Associated with Infertility in Different Cattle Breeds: A Pilot Study. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:1044. [PMID: 35454290 PMCID: PMC9030747 DOI: 10.3390/ani12081044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Immune adaptation plays an essential role in determining pregnancy, which has been shown to be dependent on sufficient immunological tolerance mediated by FOXP3+ regulatory T cells. Recently, an X-linked maternal single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), located 2175 base pairs upstream of the start codon in the bovine FOXP3 gene (NC_037357.1: g.87298881A>G, rs135720414), was identified in Japanese Black (JB: Bos taurus) cows in association with recurrent infertility. However, with the exception of JB cows, the frequency of this SNP has yet to be studied in other cow populations. In this study, we thus aimed to evaluate the frequency of this SNP in different cow breeds. Between 2018 and 2021, a total of 809 DNA samples were obtained from 581 JB, 73 Holstein Friesian (HF: B. taurus), 125 Korean Hanwoo (KH: B. taurus coreanae), and 30 Indonesian Madura (IM: a crossbreed between B. indicus and B. javanicus) cows, which were genotyped using a TaqMan probe-based real-time polymerase chain reaction assay designed in this study. The frequency of the G allele was found to be relatively high in local IM (0.700), moderate in dairy HF (0.466), and low in beef JB (0.250) and KH (0.112) cows, with differences in the frequencies between each group being shown to be statistically significant (p < 0.005) using Fisher’s exact test. The results obtained in this study indicate that the G allele frequencies of the identified the SNP differ markedly in different breeds of taurine and indicine cattle. Given these findings, it would thus be important to evaluate the relationships between high frequencies of the G allele and infertility in different breeds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Md Shafiqul Islam
- Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; (M.S.I.); (H.-S.C.); (S.P.); (T.M.R.); (A.Y.)
- Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Khulshi, Chattogram 4225, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Theriogenology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8511, Japan;
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- Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 80, Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, North Gyeongsang, Korea;
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; (M.S.I.); (H.-S.C.); (S.P.); (T.M.R.); (A.Y.)
- Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 177, Hyeoksin 8-ro, Gimcheon-si 39660, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea
| | - Hiroaki Okawa
- Guardian Co., Ltd., 2794-127 Nishi-Beppu-cho, Kagoshima 890-0033, Japan;
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Airlangga University, Campus C, Mulyorejo, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia; (M.Y.); (T.D.L.); (M.R.T.)
| | - Tita Damayanti Lestari
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Airlangga University, Campus C, Mulyorejo, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia; (M.Y.); (T.D.L.); (M.R.T.)
| | - Martia Rani Tacharina
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Airlangga University, Campus C, Mulyorejo, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia; (M.Y.); (T.D.L.); (M.R.T.)
| | - Shahnaj Pervin
- Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; (M.S.I.); (H.-S.C.); (S.P.); (T.M.R.); (A.Y.)
| | - Tofazzal Md Rakib
- Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; (M.S.I.); (H.-S.C.); (S.P.); (T.M.R.); (A.Y.)
- Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Khulshi, Chattogram 4225, Bangladesh
| | - Akira Yabuki
- Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; (M.S.I.); (H.-S.C.); (S.P.); (T.M.R.); (A.Y.)
| | - Osamu Yamato
- Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan; (M.S.I.); (H.-S.C.); (S.P.); (T.M.R.); (A.Y.)
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Airlangga University, Campus C, Mulyorejo, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia; (M.Y.); (T.D.L.); (M.R.T.)
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