Journal of Integrative Agriculture ›› 2023, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (11): 3489-3499.DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2023.05.014

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梅山猪的高繁殖力性状形成的遗传基础：妊娠中期的类固醇生物合成效率和生殖激素水平的平衡

  

  • 收稿日期:2022-09-09 接受日期:2022-10-09 出版日期:2023-11-20 发布日期:2023-11-09

High serum reproductive hormone levels at mid-pregnancy support Meishan pig prolificacy

ZHOU Rong1, 2*, YANG Ya-lan3, 4*, LIU Ying1, CHEN Jie5, YANG Bing1, TANG Zhong-lin3, 4#   

  1. 1 MOE Laboratory of Biosystem Homeostasis and Protection, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P.R.China
    2 State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China
    3 Kunpeng Institute of Modern Agriculture at Foshan, Institute of Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Foshan 528226, P.R.China
    4 Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Shenzhen 518000, P.R.China
    5 Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R.China
  • Received:2022-09-09 Accepted:2022-10-09 Online:2023-11-20 Published:2023-11-09
  • About author:ZHOU Rong, E-mail: zhourong03@caas.cn; #Correspondence TANG Zhong-lin, E-mail: tangzhonglin@caas.cn * These authors contributed equally to this study.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31972541 and 31830090), the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund, China (Y2021XK20), the Special Construction Project Fund for Shandong Province Taishan Scholars, China and the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program, China (ASTIP-IAS05).

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摘要：

提高我国种猪生产效率是当务之急，尽管与母猪总产仔数性状相关的候选位点已逐步被揭示，但其分子机制尚不清晰。梅山猪是享誉世界的高产猪种，其繁殖力高于瘦肉型的大白猪等西方引进猪种。卵巢合成和分泌雌二醇、孕酮等类固醇激素，指导着猪卵母细胞发育、妊娠建立和维持、泌乳等生殖过程，是决定妊娠期生殖特征的关键器官。本研究关注妊娠中期第二个胎儿丢失的关键时期，妊娠第49天的卵巢生理过程，通过转录组、蛋白质组和代谢组的多组学比较研究，旨在确定梅山猪和大白郡猪卵巢黄体的基因组、蛋白质组学和代谢组学差异，以揭示母猪高繁殖力的潜在分子遗传机制。结果显示：梅山猪在妊娠中期的转录组和蛋白质组水平上都表现出卵巢类固醇生物合成和丁酸代谢的普遍下调，但血清胆固醇、雌二醇和孕酮水平均高于大白猪；鉴定出类固醇激素途径基因中与猪总产仔数、猪初生窝重和胎重相关的位点；揭示了梅山猪的高繁殖力性状形成的关键因素之一：调控妊娠中期较低的类固醇物质生物合成效率和较高的生殖激素血清水平的平衡，减少妊娠期的胎儿丢失。

Abstract: Increasing prolificacy is an important aim in the pig industry.  Regions associated with litter size have been revealed, but detailed molecular mechanisms are unclear.  The Meishan pig is one of the most prolific breeds, with higher prolificacy than the Yorkshire pig, which exhibits high feeding efficiency and lean meat yield.  The ovary is the key organ determining reproductive traits during pregnancy by synthesizing and secreting reproductive hormones essential for conceptus maintenance.  In this comparative multi-omics study of the ovary transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome on day 49 of pregnancy, we aimed to identify genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic differences between the ovaries of Meishan and Yorkshire pigs to reveal potential molecular mechanisms conferring high prolificacy.  Meishan pigs demonstrated general downregulation of steroid biosynthesis and butanoate metabolism in the ovary during mid-pregnancy at both transcriptome and proteome levels but exhibited higher serum cholesterol, estradiol, and progesterone levels than Yorkshire pigs.  We also identified several single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the genes of the steroid hormone pathway associated with litter number, average birth weight, and total litter weight.  Lower biosynthesis rates but elevated serum levels of reproductive hormones during mid- and late pregnancy are essential for the greater prolificacy of Meishan pigs.

Key words: ovary ,  progesterone ,  Meishan ,  steroid biosynthesis ,  multi-omics