Molecular characterization and association analysis of FBXO40 with partial hematological indexes in pig

Mol Biol Rep. 2010 Oct;37(7):3393-400. doi: 10.1007/s11033-009-9928-1. Epub 2009 Nov 27.

Abstract

F-box proteins are quite significant ubiquitin-proteasome pathway regulators in eukaryotic cells. FBXO40, a member of this large family, alters its expression pattern in muscle atrophy. Here we isolated most of the verified porcine FBXO40 coding sequence (CDS) (2258 bp) and assigned it to the porcine chromosome 13q4.1-4.6 by using the INRA-Minnesota porcine radiation hybrid panel, and we also explored the tissue expression distributions, which is relatively high in longissimus dorsi muscle, heart, low in kidney, small intestine, brain, hypophysis, lymphonode, thymus, spleen, large intestine, ovary, stomach, and undetectable in testis, liver, uterus and thyroid gland. Inferring phylogenetic tree was constructed to study the evolutionary implications. Moreover, a HindII (HincII)-RFLP (A/C) polymorphism in 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of porcine FBXO40 gene was demonstrated by sequencing and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis. Statistical analysis result of this polymorphism showed that the allele A was predominant in all detected indigenous breeds, but C in western introduced commercial breeds. The SNP was further analyzed in our experimental pig population including Tongcheng, Landrace, Large White, and crossbreds of Large White × (Landrace × Tongcheng) and Landrace × (Large White × Tongcheng). The association analysis results indicated that the A/C base substitution was associate with some hematological indexes, the hemoglobin concentration (P < 0.0001), mean corpuscular volume hemoglobin concentration (P = 0.0002) and mean corpuscular volume (P = 0.0138).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 3' Untranslated Regions / genetics
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Blood Physiological Phenomena / genetics*
  • Breeding
  • DNA, Complementary / genetics
  • F-Box Proteins / chemistry
  • F-Box Proteins / genetics*
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Gene Frequency / genetics
  • Genetic Association Studies*
  • Genotype
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics
  • Radiation Hybrid Mapping
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sus scrofa / genetics*

Substances

  • 3' Untranslated Regions
  • DNA, Complementary
  • F-Box Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EU743742