Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (3): 556-564.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2023.03.08

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Correlation of PRLR gene polymorphisms and reproductive traits in Kele pig

YANG Suan1(), GUO Xiaojiang2, YANG Hongwen2, XIONG Li2, LI Chen2, TAN Yuancheng1, WANG Chunyuan1, ZHANG Yiyu1,*()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Plateau Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    2. Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550001, China
  • Received:2022-05-07 Online:2023-03-25 Published:2023-04-07

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the polymorphisms of the prolactin receptor gene (PRLR) and their effects on reproductive performance in Kele pigs, with a view to finding molecular markers for improving reproductive performance in Kele pigs. In this study, SNPs in the exon region of the PRLR gene were screened in 204 Kele pigs and identified by direct PCR product sequencing. At the same time, the correlation between different genotypes and diplotypes of SNPs and seven reproductive traits was analysed by single-factor variance method in SPSS software, and the influence of base variation on the secondary structure of mRNA was analysed by online software. The results showed that g.20655220C>T mutation was detected in the 8th exon of PRLR gene, which caused serine to proline change, which was a missense mutation. Two synonymous mutations g.20648859C>T and g.20648931C>T were detected in the fourth intron. There were three genotypes in all three SNPs, g.20648931C>T was low polymorphism and the other two loci were medium polymorphism. Chi-squared test showed that the genotype distribution of g.20655220C>T loci was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P>0.05). The genotypes of g.20648859C>T and g.20648931C>T deviated significantly(P<0.01) from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; g.20655220C>T locus led to changes in the secondary structure of the PRLR gene mRNA sequence, resulting in decreased stability of the secondary structure of the mRNA; the three SNPs consisted of 5 haplotypes and 9 diplotypes. The dominant haplotype H1 (CCC) frequency was 0.610 and the dominant diplotype H1H1 (CCCCCC) frequency was 0.382. Correlation analysis showed that the average birth weight, weaning litter weight and weaning average weight of CC genotype were significantly(P<0.05) higher than those of CT genotype. CT genotype of g.20648931c>T locus had significantly (P<0.05) higher birth weight, birth litter weight and weaning litter weight than those of CC genotype and TT genotype, and CC genotype had significantly (P<0.05) higher birth weight than that of TT genotype. H1H5 (CTCTCT) was the dominant doublet type in terms of litter size and live litter size, whereas H2H3 (CCTTCT) was the superior doublet type in terms of litter weight and average weaning weight. In conclusion, PRLR gene could be used as a candidate gene for molecular marker-assisted selection of breeding traits in Kele pig.

Key words: PRLR gene, KeLe pig, polymorphism, reproductive traits

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