Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (12): 2629-2639.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.12.06

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Relationship between MC1R c.676A>G and goat skin pigmentation and its effect on melanin synthesis

JIANG Jing1,2(), REN Hangxing1,2, ZHOU Peng1,2, SUN Xiaoyan1,2, LI Jie1,2, FU Lin1,2, ZHANG Li1,2, LIU Liangjia1,2, WANG Gaofu1,2,*()   

  1. 1. Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences, Rongchang 402460, Chongqing, China
    2. Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Goat, Rongchang 402460, Chongqing, China
  • Received:2022-01-12 Online:2022-12-25 Published:2022-12-26
  • Contact: WANG Gaofu

Abstract:

In order to reveal the relationship between goat MC1R gene c.676A>G mutation and goat skin pigmentation, and the effect of mutation on melanin synthesis and the expression of pigment-related genes in the downstream of the cAMP signaling pathway: on the one hand, the direct sequencing was used to detect the MC1R c.676A>G mutation of Youzhou dark-skin goats and the hybrid offsprings (120 individuals), and the abdominal skin color of individuals of different genotypes was determined with the colorimeter, and the relationship between c.676A>G mutation and skin pigmentation was analyzed; on the other hand, the eukaryotic expression vectors of wild type (MC1R c.676A) and mutant type (MC1R c.676G) were constructed and transfected into B16-F10 cells for overexpression by liposome-mediated method, and the differences of melanin in each group were detected by the microplate reader and the expression differences of pigment-related genes in the downstream of the cAMP signaling pathway (MITF, TYR, TYRP1, DCT) in cells were detected by quantitative real-time PCR. The results showed that the c.676A>G site of Youzhou dark-skin goats and their hybrid offsprings was dominated by the GG genotype, and the skin color values of different genotype populations did not show significant difference (P>0.05). The melanin in mutant group cells (MC1R c.676G) showed significantly (P<0.01) higher value than that of the wild group cells (MC1R c.676A). The relative expression of MITF, TYRP1 and DCT in the mutant group cells was significantly (P<0.01) higher than that of the wild group, and the relative expression of TYR in the mutant group was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that of the wild group. In summary, MC1R c.676A>G did not directly affect goat skin pigmentation. However, MC1R c.676G could promote the synthesis of melanin in B16-F10 cells and could increase the expression of MITF, TYR, TYRP1 and DCT genes in the downstream of cAMP signaling pathway, indicating that MC1R c.676A>G was closely related to melanin synthesis.

Key words: goats, MC1R gene, mutation, melanin synthesis, cAMP signaling pathway

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