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Puig-Oliveras A, Revilla M, Castelló A, Fernández AI, Folch JM, Ballester M. Author Correction: Expression-based GWAS identifies variants, gene interactions and key regulators affecting intramuscular fatty acid content and composition in porcine meat. Sci Rep 2022; 12:4902. [PMID: 35318384 PMCID: PMC8941149 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08878-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Anna Puig-Oliveras
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain. .,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Genètica i Millora Animal, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Torre Marimon, 08140, Caldes de Montbui, Spain
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Revilla M, Puig-Oliveras A, Crespo-Piazuelo D, Criado-Mesas L, Castelló A, Fernández AI, Ballester M, Folch JM. Expression analysis of candidate genes for fatty acid composition in adipose tissue and identification of regulatory regions. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2045. [PMID: 29391556 PMCID: PMC5794915 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20473-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The aim of this work was to study the genetic basis of the backfat expression of lipid-related genes associated with meat quality traits in pigs. We performed a genome-wide association study with the backfat gene expression measured in 44 genes by qPCR and the PorcineSNP60 BeadChip genotypes in 115 Iberian x Landrace backcross animals. A total of 193 expression-associated SNPs located in 19 chromosomal regions were associated with expression levels of ACSM5, ELOVL6, FABP4, FADS2, and SLC27A4 genes. Three expression quantitative trail loci (eQTLs) corresponding to ACSM5, FABP4, and FADS2 were classified as cis-acting eQTLs, whereas the remaining 16 eQTLs have trans-regulatory effects. Remarkably, a SNP in the ACSM5 promoter region and a SNP in the 3′UTR region of FABP4 were the most associated polymorphisms with the ACSM5 and FABP4 expression levels, respectively. Moreover, relevant lipid-related genes mapped in the trans-eQTLs regions associated with the ACSM5, FABP4, FADS2, and SLC27A4 genes. Interestingly, a trans-eQTL hotspot on SSC13 regulating the gene expression of ELOVL6, ELOLV5, and SCD, three important genes implicated in the elongation and desaturation of fatty acids, was identified. These findings provide new data to further understand the functional regulatory mechanisms implicated in the variation of fatty acid composition in pigs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Manuel Revilla
- Animal Genomics Department, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain. .,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.
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- Animal Genomics Department, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Animal Genomics Department, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Animal Genomics Department, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Animal Genomics Department, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica i Millora Animal, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Torre Marimon, 08140, Caldes de Montbui, Spain
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- Animal Genomics Department, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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Ballester M, Puig-Oliveras A, Castelló A, Revilla M, Fernández AI, Folch JM. Association of genetic variants and expression levels of porcine FABP4 and FABP5 genes. Anim Genet 2017; 48:660-668. [PMID: 29076225 DOI: 10.1111/age.12620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The FABP4 and FABP5 genes, coding for fatty acid transport proteins, have long been studied as positional candidate genes for SSC4 QTL affecting fat deposition and composition traits in pigs. Polymorphisms in these genes, FABP4:g.2634_2635insC and FABP5:g.3000T>G, have previously been associated with fatness traits in an Iberian by Landrace cross (IBMAP). The aim of the present work was to evaluate the functional implication of these genetic variants. For this purpose, FABP4 and FABP5 mRNA expression levels in 114 BC1_LD animals (25% Iberian × 75% Landrace) were analyzed using real-time quantitative PCR in backfat and muscle. FABP4 gene expression in backfat, but not in muscle, was associated with FABP4:g.2634_2635insC. In contrast, FABP5:g.3000T>G was not associated with gene expression levels. An expression-based genome-wide association study highlighted the FABP4:g.2634_2635insC polymorphism as the polymorphism most associated with FABP4 gene expression in backfat. Furthermore, other genomic regions associated in trans with the mRNA expression of FABP4 in backfat and FABP5 in muscle were also identified. Finally, two putative transcription binding sites for PPARG and NR4A2 may be affected by the FABP4:g.2634_2635insC polymorphism, modifying FABP4 gene expression. Our results reinforce FABP4 as a candidate gene for fatness traits on SSC4.
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- M Ballester
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Genètica i Millora Animal, IRTA, Torre Marimon, 08140, Caldes de Montbui, Spain
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Revilla M, Puig-Oliveras A, Castelló A, Crespo-Piazuelo D, Paludo E, Fernández AI, Ballester M, Folch JM. A global analysis of CNVs in swine using whole genome sequence data and association analysis with fatty acid composition and growth traits. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0177014. [PMID: 28472114 PMCID: PMC5417718 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Copy number variations (CNVs) are important genetic variants complementary to SNPs, and can be considered as biomarkers for some economically important traits in domestic animals. In the present study, a genomic analysis of porcine CNVs based on next-generation sequencing data was carried out to identify CNVs segregating in an Iberian x Landrace backcross population and study their association with fatty acid composition and growth-related traits. A total of 1,279 CNVs, including duplications and deletions, were detected, ranging from 106 to 235 CNVs across samples, with an average of 183 CNVs per sample. Moreover, we detected 540 CNV regions (CNVRs) containing 245 genes. Functional annotation suggested that these genes possess a great variety of molecular functions and may play a role in production traits in commercial breeds. Some of the identified CNVRs contained relevant functional genes (e.g., CLCA4, CYP4X1, GPAT2, MOGAT2, PLA2G2A and PRKG1, among others). The variation in copy number of four of them (CLCA4, GPAT2, MOGAT2 and PRKG1) was validated in 150 BC1_LD (25% Iberian and 75% Landrace) animals by qPCR. Additionally, their contribution regarding backfat and intramuscular fatty acid composition and growth–related traits was analyzed. Statistically significant associations were obtained for CNVR112 (GPAT2) for the C18:2(n-6)/C18:3(n-3) ratio in backfat and carcass length, among others. Notably, GPATs are enzymes that catalyze the first step in the biosynthesis of both triglycerides and glycerophospholipids, suggesting that this CNVR may contribute to genetic variation in fatty acid composition and growth traits. These findings provide useful genomic information to facilitate the further identification of trait-related CNVRs affecting economically important traits in pigs.
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- Manuel Revilla
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Animal Science, Santa Catarina State University, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Madrid, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica i Millora Animal, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Torre Marimon, Caldes de Montbui, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain
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Casellas J, Cañas-Álvarez JJ, González-Rodríguez A, Puig-Oliveras A, Fina M, Piedrafita J, Molina A, Díaz C, Baró JA, Varona L. Bayesian analysis of parent-specific transmission ratio distortion in seven Spanish beef cattle breeds. Anim Genet 2016; 48:93-96. [PMID: 27650416 DOI: 10.1111/age.12509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Transmission ratio distortion (TRD) is the departure from the expected Mendelian ratio in offspring, a poorly investigated biological phenomenon in livestock species. Given the current availability of specific parametric methods for the analysis of segregation data, this study focused on the screening of TRD in 602 402 single nucleotide polymorphisms covering all autosomal chromosomes in seven Spanish beef cattle breeds. On average, 0.13% (n = 786) and 0.01% (n = 29) of genetic markers evidenced sire- or dam-specific TRD respectively. There were no single nucleotide polymorphisms accounting for both sire- and dam-specific TRD at the same time, and only one marker (rs43147474) accounted for (sire-specific) TRD in all seven breeds. It must be noted that rs43147474 is located in the fourth intronic region of the GTP-binding protein 10 gene, and this locus has been previously linked to the maintenance of mitochondria and nucleolar architectures. Alternatively, other candidate genes surround this hot-spot for sire-specific TRD in the cattle genome, and they are related to embryonic and postnatal lethality as well as prostate cancer, among others. This research characterized the distribution of TRD in the bovine genome, highlighting heterogeneous results when comparing across breeds.
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- J Casellas
- Grup de Recerca en Millora Genètica Molecular Veterinària, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Remugants, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía, Embriología y Genética, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Millora Genètica Molecular Veterinària, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Remugants, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Remugants, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- MERAGEM, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071, Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales, Universidad de Valladolid, 34004, Palencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía, Embriología y Genética, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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Revilla M, Ballester M, Puig-Oliveras A, Castelló A, Fernández AI, Folch JM. P3018 Gene expression analysis in backfat and identification of eQTL regions for fatness and fatty acid composition candidate genes in pigs. J Anim Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.2527/jas2016.94supplement460x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Puig-Oliveras A, Revilla M, Castelló A, Fernández AI, Folch JM, Ballester M. Expression-based GWAS identifies variants, gene interactions and key regulators affecting intramuscular fatty acid content and composition in porcine meat. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31803. [PMID: 27666082 PMCID: PMC4989154 DOI: 10.1038/srep31803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The aim of this work is to better understand the genetic mechanisms determining two complex traits affecting porcine meat quality: intramuscular fat (IMF) content and its fatty acid (FA) composition. With this purpose, expression Genome-Wide Association Study (eGWAS) of 45 lipid-related genes associated with meat quality traits in swine muscle (Longissimus dorsi) of 114 Iberian × Landrace backcross animals was performed. The eGWAS identified 241 SNPs associated with 11 genes: ACSM5, CROT, FABP3, FOS, HIF1AN, IGF2, MGLL, NCOA1, PIK3R1, PLA2G12A and PPARA. Three expression Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTLs) for IGF2, ACSM5 and MGLL were identified, showing cis-acting effects, whereas 16 eQTLs had trans regulatory effects. A polymorphism in the ACSM5 promoter region associated with its expression was identified. In addition, strong candidate genes regulating ACSM5, FOS, PPARA, PIK3R1, PLA2G12A and HIF1AN gene expression were also seen. Notably, the analysis highlighted the NR3C1 transcription factor as a strong candidate gene involved in the regulation of the 45 genes analysed. Finally, the IGF2, MGLL, MC2R, ARHGAP6, and NR3C1 genes were identified as potential regulators co-localizing within QTLs for fatness and growth traits in the IBMAP population. The results obtained increase our knowledge in the functional regulatory mechanisms involved in these complex traits.
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- Anna Puig-Oliveras
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Genètica i Millora Animal, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Torre Marimon, 08140 Caldes de Montbui, Spain
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Ballester M, Revilla M, Puig-Oliveras A, Marchesi JAP, Castelló A, Corominas J, Fernández AI, Folch JM. Analysis of the porcine APOA2 gene expression in liver, polymorphism identification and association with fatty acid composition traits. Anim Genet 2016; 47:552-9. [PMID: 27296287 DOI: 10.1111/age.12462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
APOA2 is a protein implicated in triglyceride, fatty acid and glucose metabolism. In pigs, the APOA2 gene is located on pig chromosome 4 (SSC4) in a QTL region affecting fatty acid composition, fatness and growth traits. In this study, we evaluated APOA2 as a candidate gene for meat quality traits in an Iberian × Landrace backcross population. The APOA2:c.131T>A polymorphism, located in exon 3 of APOA2 and determining a missense mutation, was associated with the percentage of hexadecenoic acid [C16:1(n-9)], linoleic acid [C18:2(n-6)], α-linolenic acid [C18:3(n-3)], dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid [C20:3(n-6)] and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in backfat. Furthermore, this SNP was associated with the global mRNA expression levels of APOA2 in liver and was used as a marker to determine allelic expression imbalance by pyrosequencing. We determined an overexpression of the T allele in heterozygous samples with a mean ratio of 2.8 (T/A), observing a high variability in the allelic expression among individuals. This result suggests that complex regulatory mechanisms, beyond a single polymorphism (e.g. epigenetic effects or multiple cis-acting polymorphisms), may be regulating APOA2 gene expression.
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- M Ballester
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain. .,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain. .,IRTA, Genètica i Millora Animal, Torre Marimon, 08140, Caldes de Montbui, Spain.
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.,Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Corominas J, Marchesi JAP, Puig-Oliveras A, Revilla M, Estellé J, Alves E, Folch JM, Ballester M. Epigenetic regulation of the ELOVL6 gene is associated with a major QTL effect on fatty acid composition in pigs. Genet Sel Evol 2015; 47:20. [PMID: 25887840 PMCID: PMC4371617 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-015-0111-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Background In previous studies on an Iberian x Landrace cross, we have provided evidence that supported the porcine ELOVL6 gene as the major causative gene of the QTL on pig chromosome 8 for palmitic and palmitoleic acid contents in muscle and backfat. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) ELOVL6:c.-533C > T located in the promoter region of ELOVL6 was found to be highly associated with ELOVL6 expression and, accordingly, with the percentages of palmitic and palmitoleic acids in longissimus dorsi and adipose tissue. The main goal of the current work was to further study the role of ELOVL6 on these traits by analyzing the regulation of the expression of ELOVL6 and the implication of ELOVL6 polymorphisms on meat quality traits in pigs. Results High-throughput sequencing of BAC clones that contain the porcine ELOVL6 gene coupled to RNAseq data re-analysis showed that two isoforms of this gene are expressed in liver and adipose tissue and that they differ in number of exons and 3’UTR length. Although several SNPs in the 3’UTR of ELOVL6 were associated with palmitic and palmitoleic acid contents, this association was lower than that previously observed with SNP ELOVL6:c.-533C > T. This SNP is in full linkage disequilibrium with SNP ELOVL6:c.-394G > A that was identified in the binding site for estrogen receptor alpha (ERα). Interestingly, the ELOVL6:c.-394G allele is associated with an increase in methylation levels of the ELOVL6 promoter and with a decrease of ELOVL6 expression. Therefore, ERα is clearly a good candidate to explain the regulation of ELOVL6 expression through dynamic epigenetic changes in the binding site of known regulators of ELOVL6 gene, such as SREBF1 and SP1. Conclusions Our results strongly suggest the ELOVL6:c.-394G > A polymorphism as the causal mutation for the QTL on pig chromosome 8 that affects fatty acid composition in pigs. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12711-015-0111-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jordi Corominas
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain. .,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain.
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain.
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain. .,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain.
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain. .,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain.
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- INRA, UMR 1313, Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas F, 78352, France. .,AgroParisTech, UMR 1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Jouy-en-Josas F, 78352, France. .,CEA, DSV/iRCM/SREIT/LREG, Jouy-en-Josas F, 78352, France.
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Ctra. de la Coruña km. 7, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain. .,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain.
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- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Edifici CRAG, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain. .,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain.
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Puig-Oliveras A, Ballester M, Corominas J, Revilla M, Estellé J, Fernández AI, Ramayo-Caldas Y, Folch JM. A co-association network analysis of the genetic determination of pig conformation, growth and fatness. PLoS One 2014; 9:e114862. [PMID: 25503799 PMCID: PMC4263716 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Several QTLs have been identified for major economically relevant traits in livestock, such as growth and meat quality, revealing the complex genetic architecture of these traits. The use of network approaches considering the interactions of multiple molecules and traits provides useful insights into the molecular underpinnings of complex traits. Here, a network based methodology, named Association Weight Matrix, was applied to study gene interactions and pathways affecting pig conformation, growth and fatness traits. RESULTS The co-association network analysis underpinned three transcription factors, PPARγ, ELF1, and PRDM16 involved in mesoderm tissue differentiation. Fifty-four genes in the network belonged to growth-related ontologies and 46 of them were common with a similar study for growth in cattle supporting our results. The functional analysis uncovered the lipid metabolism and the corticotrophin and gonadotrophin release hormone pathways among the most important pathways influencing these traits. Our results suggest that the genes and pathways here identified are important determining either the total body weight of the animal and the fat content. For instance, a switch in the mesoderm tissue differentiation may determinate the age-related preferred pathways being in the puberty stage those related with the miogenic and osteogenic lineages; on the contrary, in the maturity stage cells may be more prone to the adipocyte fate. Hence, our results demonstrate that an integrative genomic co-association analysis is a powerful approach for identifying new connections and interactions among genes. CONCLUSIONS This work provides insights about pathways and key regulators which may be important determining the animal growth, conformation and body proportions and fatness traits. Molecular information concerning genes and pathways here described may be crucial for the improvement of genetic breeding programs applied to pork meat production.
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- Anna Puig-Oliveras
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative UMR1313 (GABI), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative UMR1313 (GABI), AgroParisTech, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Etude du Génome (LREG), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Departamento de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
- Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative UMR1313 (GABI), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative UMR1313 (GABI), AgroParisTech, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Etude du Génome (LREG), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
- Plant and Animal Genomics, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), 08193, Bellaterra, Spain
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Puig-Oliveras A, Ramayo-Caldas Y, Corominas J, Estellé J, Pérez-Montarelo D, Hudson NJ, Casellas J, Folch JM, Ballester M. Differences in muscle transcriptome among pigs phenotypically extreme for fatty acid composition. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99720. [PMID: 24926690 PMCID: PMC4057286 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Besides having an impact on human health, the porcine muscle fatty acid profile determines meat quality and taste. The RNA-Seq technologies allowed us to explore the pig muscle transcriptome with an unprecedented detail. The aim of this study was to identify differentially-expressed genes between two groups of 6 sows belonging to an Iberian × Landrace backcross with extreme phenotypes according to FA profile. RESULTS We sequenced the muscle transcriptome acquiring 787.5 M of 75 bp paired-end reads. About 85.1% of reads were mapped to the reference genome. Of the total reads, 79.1% were located in exons, 6.0% in introns and 14.9% in intergenic regions, indicating expressed regions not annotated in the reference genome. We identified a 34.5% of the intergenic regions as interspersed repetitive regions. We predicted a total of 2,372 putative proteins. Pathway analysis with 131 differentially-expressed genes revealed that the most statistically-significant metabolic pathways were related with lipid metabolism. Moreover, 18 of the differentially-expressed genes were located in genomic regions associated with IMF composition in an independent GWAS study in the same genetic background. Thus, our results indicate that the lipid metabolism of FAs is differently modulated when the FA composition in muscle differs. For instance, a high content of PUFA may reduce FA and glucose uptake resulting in an inhibition of the lipogenesis. These results are consistent with previous studies of our group analysing the liver and the adipose tissue transcriptomes providing a view of each of the main organs involved in lipid metabolism. CONCLUSIONS The results obtained in the muscle transcriptome analysis increase the knowledge of the gene regulation of IMF deposition, FA profile and meat quality, in terms of taste and nutritional value. Besides, our results may be important in terms of human health.
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- Anna Puig-Oliveras
- Departament de Genètica Animal, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
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- Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative UMR1313 (GABI), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Departament de Genètica Animal, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
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- Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative UMR1313 (GABI), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative UMR1313 (GABI), AgroParisTech, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Etude du Génome (LREG), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Departamento de Genética Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Madrid, Spain
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- Computational and Systems Biology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Animal, Food and Health SciencesQLD, Brisbane, Australia
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Genètica i Millora Animal, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologies Agroalimentàries (IRTA), Lleida, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica Animal, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica Animal, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bellaterra, Spain
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Revilla M, Ramayo-Caldas Y, Castelló A, Corominas J, Puig-Oliveras A, Ibáñez-Escriche N, Muñoz M, Ballester M, Folch JM. New insight into the SSC8 genetic determination of fatty acid composition in pigs. Genet Sel Evol 2014; 46:28. [PMID: 24758572 PMCID: PMC4043687 DOI: 10.1186/1297-9686-46-28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background Fat content and fatty acid composition in swine are becoming increasingly studied because of their effect on sensory and nutritional quality of meat. A QTL (quantitative trait locus) for fatty acid composition in backfat was previously detected on porcine chromosome 8 (SSC8) in an Iberian x Landrace F2 intercross. More recently, a genome-wide association study detected the same genomic region for muscle fatty acid composition in an Iberian x Landrace backcross population. ELOVL6, a strong positional candidate gene for this QTL, contains a polymorphism in its promoter region (ELOVL6:c.-533C < T), which is associated with percentage of palmitic and palmitoleic acids in muscle and adipose tissues. Here, a combination of single-marker association and the haplotype-based approach was used to analyze backfat fatty acid composition in 470 animals of an Iberian x Landrace F2 intercross genotyped with 144 SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) distributed along SSC8. Results Two trait-associated SNP regions were identified at 93 Mb and 119 Mb on SSC8. The strongest statistical signals of both regions were observed for palmitoleic acid (C16:1(n-7)) content and C18:0/C16:0 and C18:1(n-7)/C16:1(n-7) elongation ratios. MAML3 and SETD7 are positional candidate genes in the 93 Mb region and two novel microsatellites in MAML3 and nine SNPs in SETD7 were identified. No significant association for the MAML3 microsatellite genotypes was detected. The SETD7:c.700G > T SNP, although statistically significant, was not the strongest signal in this region. In addition, the expression of MAML3 and SETD7 in liver and adipose tissue varied among animals, but no association was detected with the polymorphisms in these genes. In the 119 Mb region, the ELOVL6:c.-533C > T polymorphism showed a strong association with percentage of palmitic and palmitoleic fatty acids and elongation ratios in backfat. Conclusions Our results suggest that the polymorphisms studied in MAML3 and SETD7 are not the causal mutations for the QTL in the 93 Mb region. However, the results for ELOVL6 support the hypothesis that the ELOVL6:c.-533C > T polymorphism has a pleiotropic effect on backfat and intramuscular fatty acid composition and that it has a role in the determination of the QTL in the 119 Mb region.
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- Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica (CRAG), Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Spain.
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Corominas J, Ramayo-Caldas Y, Puig-Oliveras A, Pérez-Montarelo D, Noguera JL, Folch JM, Ballester M. Polymorphism in the ELOVL6 gene is associated with a major QTL effect on fatty acid composition in pigs. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53687. [PMID: 23341976 PMCID: PMC3544903 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The ELOVL fatty acid elongase 6 (ELOVL6), the only elongase related to de novo lipogenesis, catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the elongation cycle by controlling the fatty acid balance in mammals. It is located on pig chromosome 8 (SSC8) in a region where a QTL affecting palmitic, and palmitoleic acid composition was previously detected, using an Iberian x Landrace intercross. The main goal of this work was to fine-map the QTL and to evaluate the ELOVL6 gene as a positional candidate gene affecting the percentages of palmitic and palmitoleic fatty acids in pigs. Methodology and Principal Findings The combination of a haplotype-based approach and single-marker analysis allowed us to identify the main, associated interval for the QTL, in which the ELOVL6 gene was identified and selected as a positional candidate gene. A polymorphism in the promoter region of ELOVL6, ELOVL6:c.-533C>T, was highly associated with the percentage of palmitic and palmitoleic acids in muscle and backfat. Significant differences in ELOVL6 gene expression were observed in backfat when animals were classified by the ELOVL6:c.-533C>T genotype. Accordingly, animals carrying the allele associated with a decrease in ELOVL6 gene expression presented an increase in C16:0 and C16:1(n-7) fatty acid content and a decrease of elongation activity ratios in muscle and backfat. Furthermore, a SNP genome-wide association study with ELOVL6 relative expression levels in backfat showed the strongest effect on the SSC8 region in which the ELOVL6 gene is located. Finally, different potential genomic regions associated with ELOVL6 gene expression were also identified by GWAS in liver and muscle, suggesting a differential tissue regulation of the ELOVL6 gene. Conclusions and Significance Our results suggest ELOVL6 as a potential causal gene for the QTL analyzed and, subsequently, for controlling the overall balance of fatty acid composition in pigs.
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- Jordi Corominas
- Departament de Genètica Animal, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica, Bellaterra, Spain.
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