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- Title
Validation of PDE9A Gene Identified in GWAS Showing Strong Association with Milk Production Traits in Chinese Holstein.
- Authors
Shao-Hua Yang; Xiao-Jun Bi; Yan Xie; Cong Li; Sheng-Li Zhang; Qin Zhang; Dong-Xiao Sun
- Abstract
Phosphodiesterase9A (PDE9A) is a cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific enzyme widely expressed among the tissues, which is important in activating cGMP-dependent signaling pathways. In our previous genome-wide association study, a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (BTA-55340-no-rsb) located in the intron 14 of PDE9A, was found to be significantly associated with protein yield. In addition, we found that PDE9A was highly expressed in mammary gland by analyzing its mRNA expression in different tissues. The objectives of this study were to identify genetic polymorphisms of PDE9A and to determine the effects of these variants on milk production traits in dairy cattle. DNA sequencing identified 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and six SNPs in 51 regulatory region were genotyped to test for the subsequent association analyses. After Bonferroni correction for multiple testing, all these identified SNPs were statistically significant for one or more milk production traits (p < 0.0001~0.0077). Interestingly, haplotype-based association analysis revealed similar effects on milk production traits (p < 0.01). In follow-up RNA expression analyses, two SNPs (c.-1376 G>A, c.-724 A>G) were involved in the regulation of gene expression. Consequently, our findings provide confirmatory evidences for associations of PDE9A variants with milk production traits and these identified SNPs may serve as genetic markers to accelerate Chinese Holstein breeding program.
- Subjects
MILK yield; HOLSTEIN-Friesian cattle; GUANOSINE monophosphate phosphodiesterase; SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms; MESSENGER RNA; GENOTYPES
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 11, p26530
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms161125976