为深入了解哺乳动物卵泡发育的机制,对小鼠卵巢颗粒细胞中干扰素诱导的跨膜蛋白1(interferon-induced transmembrane protein 1,Ifitm1)基因进行超表达和抑制表达分析,通过流式细胞术、荧光定量PCR、EdU法及western blot分析Ifitm1对小鼠颗粒细胞生长的影响及对小鼠排卵相关基因表达的调控作用,并用相关通路抑制剂处理颗粒细胞,探究Ifitm1影响小鼠卵泡发育及排卵的相关机制。结果显示,在小鼠卵巢颗粒细胞中成功地超表达和抑制表达了Ifitm1基因,干扰Ifitm1基因表达使细胞周期蛋白Ccnd1表达降低了63.5%,G0/G1期细胞占比也下降,使细胞阻滞在G2/M期,从而抑制颗粒细胞增殖;干扰Ifitm1基因还导致排卵标记基因Lhr、Ereg、Cyp19a1表达水平提高了1.95~6.76倍(P<0.05),并抑制PI3K/AKT信号通路上关键蛋白p-AKT(Ser473)的表达,而阻断PI3K/AKT信号通路后再抑制Ifitm1基因表达,Lhr、Ereg和Cyp19a1的mRNA水平则未出现明显改变,说明Ifitm1基因通过抑制PI3K/AKT信号通路活性影响排卵。以上结果表明,Ifitm1基因通过PI3K/AKT通路介导在小鼠颗粒细胞生长以及卵泡排卵过程中发挥重要作用。
Quantitative trait loci （QTL） were detected for 8 internal organ traits, 3 carcass length traits, and teat number trait in 214 pigs in a resource population that included 180 F2 individuals. A total of 39 microsatellite markers were examined on SSC4, SSC6, SSC7, SSC8, and SSC13. The genetic traits included heart weight （HW）, lung weight （LW）, liver and gallbladder weight （LGW）, spleen weight （SPW）, stomach weight （STW）, small intestine weight （S1W）, large intestine weight （LIW）, kidney weight （KW）, carcass length to the first cervical vertebra （CL1）, carcass length to the first thoracic vertebra （CL2）, rib numbers （RNS）, and teat numbers （TNS）. Results indicated that, 3 highly significant QTL （P≤0.01 at chromosome-wise level） for HW （at 30 cM on SSC6）, RNS （at 115 cM on SSC7）, TNS （at 110 cM on SSC7）, and 6 significant QTL （P≤0.05 at chromosome-wise level） for LW （at 119 cM on SSC13）, LGW （at 94 cM on SSC6）, SPW （at 106 cM on SSC8）, SIW （0 cM on SSC4）, LIW （170 cM on SSC 4）, and TNS （at 95 cM on SSC6） were detected. The phenotypic variances for which these QTL were accounted ranged from 0.04 % to 14.06 %. Most of these QTL had not been previously reported.
