The aim of this study was to identify SNPs in leptin (LEP), leptin receptor (LEPR) and growth hormone (GH) genes in order to analyze genetic diversity of Slovak Spotted cattle. The total numbers of blood samples were taken from 353 Slovak Spotted cows originating from four farms. Genomic DNA was isolated by phenol-chloroform extraction method and analyzed by PCR-RFLP method. After digestion with restriction, enzymes were detected in whole population of cow's alleles with frequency: LEP/Sau3AI A 0.84 and B 0.16 (±0.0152); LEPR/BseGI C 0.95 and T 0.05 (±0.0089) and GH/AluI L 0.70 and V 0.30 (±0.0188). Based on the observed vs. expected genotypes frequencies populations across loci were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P\>0.05). Predominant for SNP LEP/Sau3AI was AA genotype (0.70), for SNP LEPR/T945M CC genotype (0.91), and LL genotype (0.48) was most frequent for SNP GH/AluI. The observed heterozygosity of SNPs across populations was also transferred to the low or median polymorphic information content 0.24 (He 0.28), 0.08 (He 0.09) and 0.33 (He 0.47) for LEP, LEPR and GH genes, respectively. Within genetic variability estimating negative values of fixation indexes FIS (-0.09-0.05) and FIT (-0.07-0.03) indicating heterozygote excess were observed. The value of FST indexes (0.018-0.023) shows very low levels of genetic differentiation in allele frequencies of loci among evaluated subpopulations. The low values of genetic distances (0.0018-0.0159) indicated high genetic relatedness among animals in subpopulations caused probably by common ancestry used in breeding program at farms.
Leptin and leptin receptor genes are considered as production traits markers in dairy or beef cattle. The aim of this study was to verify the associations of polymorphisms in bovine LEP and LEPR genes with production and reproduction traits in Slovak Spotted and Pinzgau cows. Long-life production was evaluated: milk, protein, and fat yield and reproduction traits: age at first calving, calving interval, days open, and insemination interval. In total, 296 blood samples of Slovak Spotted and 85 hair roots samples of Pinzgau cows were analyzed. In order to detect LEP/Sau3AI (BTA 4, inron 2) and LEPR/T945M (BTA 3, exon 20) genotypes PCR-RFLP method was used. In Slovak Spotted and Pinzgau cows allele frequencies were 0.838/0.162 and 0.694/0.306 for A and B LEP variants, and 0.954/0.046 and 0.912/0.088 for C and T LEPR variants, respectively. For testing the associations between SNPs LEP/Sau3AI and LEPR/T945M and evaluated traits, the General Linear Model procedure in SAS Software was used. Statistical analysis showed that SNP LEP/Sau3AI significantly affected milk, protein and fat yield (P<0.05), and age at first calving (P<0.01) in analyzed population of cows. Statistically, SNP LEPR/T945M affected significantly calving interval (P<0.01) only. Results of our study suggest that especially leptin is a candidate gene, which influences mainly milk production traits and might be implemented in breeding strategies to improve the production performance of both analyzed cattle breeds.
INTRODUCTION: Overweight and obesity have become serious public health problems. They are associated with leptin and the leptin receptor (LEPR). LEPR is one of the gp130 family proteins, which plays a great role in the human body. A number of studies have evaluated many LEPR polymorphisms. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included a group of 510 patients residing in the Upper Silesian Agglomeration (divided into healthy, overweight and obesity groups). The LEPR gene polymorphism was investigated using the Applied Biosystems 7300 Real-Time PCR System. The analysis was carried out with fluorescent-labeled probes by means of ready-to-use assay kits for single nucleotide polymorphism detection. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences in the distribution of genotypes in the healthy and overweight and obese subjects either in the whole group or in the male and female groups (p > 0.05). The incidence of allele A was 76.73% and allele G 23.27%. CONCLUSIONS: There were no significant differences in the distribution of the rs1137100 LEPR polymorphism for the development of overweight and obesity pathogenesis.
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WSTĘP: Nadwaga i otyłość stały się w obecnych czasach poważnym problemem zdrowia publicznego. Patogenezę tych schorzeń można wiązać m.in. z hormonem tkankowym – leptyną, a także jej receptorem kodowanym przez gen LEPR. Receptor leptyny, należący do rodziny białek gp130, odgrywa ogromną rolę w ludzkim organizmie m.in. w patogenezie nadwagi i otyłości. MATERIAŁ I METODY: Badaniem objęto 510 osób. Grupę badaną podzielono na trzy grupy: kontrolną – zdrowych, z nadwagą oraz otyłością. Polimorfizm genu dla receptora leptyny K109R (rs1137100) zbadano w reakcji łańcuchowej polimerazy za pomocą aparatu 7300 Real Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems). Do genotypowania wykorzystano komplementarne do badanych alleli, fluorescencyjnie znakowane sondy TaqMan Predesigned SNP Genotyping Assay (Applied Biosystems). WYNIKI: Nie wykazano znamiennych statystycznie różnic w rozkładzie genotypów między pacjentami zdrowymi a badanymi z nadwagą i z otyłością zarówno w całej grupie, jak i w grupach kobiet i mężczyzn (p > 0,05). Częstość występowania allelu A wynosiła 76,73%, allelu G 23,27%. WNIOSKI: Brak znamiennych różnic w rozkładzie polimorfizmu rs1137100 LEPR w patogenezie nadwagi i otyłości.
INTRODUCTION: Overweight and obesity have become serious public health problems. They are associated with leptin and the leptin receptor (LEPR). LEPR is one of the gp130 family proteins, which plays a great role in the human body. A number of studies have evaluated many LEPR polymorphisms. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included a group of 510 patients residing in the Upper Silesian Agglomeration (divided into healthy, overweight and obesity groups). The LEPR gene polymorphism was investigated using the Applied Biosystems 7300 Real-Time PCR System. The analysis was carried out with fluorescent-labeled probes by means of ready-to-use assay kits for single nucleotide polymorphism detection. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences in the distribution of genotypes in the healthy and overweight and obese subjects either in the whole group or in the male and female groups (p > 0.05). The incidence of allele A was 76.73% and allele G 23.27%. CONCLUSIONS: There were no significant differences in the distribution of the rs1137100 LEPR polymorphism for the development of overweight and obesity pathogenesis.
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WSTĘP: Nadwaga i otyłość stały się w obecnych czasach poważnym problemem zdrowia publicznego. Patogenezę tych schorzeń można wiązać m.in. z hormonem tkankowym – leptyną, a także jej receptorem kodowanym przez gen LEPR. Receptor leptyny, należący do rodziny białek gp130, odgrywa ogromną rolę w ludzkim organizmie m.in. w patogenezie nadwagi i otyłości. MATERIAŁ I METODY: Badaniem objęto 510 osób. Grupę badaną podzielono na trzy grupy: kontrolną – zdrowych, z nadwagą oraz otyłością. Polimorfizm genu dla receptora leptyny K109R (rs1137100) zbadano w reakcji łańcuchowej polimerazy za pomocą aparatu 7300 Real Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems). Do genotypowania wykorzystano komplementarne do badanych alleli, fluorescencyjnie znakowane sondy TaqMan Predesigned SNP Genotyping Assay (Applied Biosystems). WYNIKI: Nie wykazano znamiennych statystycznie różnic w rozkładzie genotypów między pacjentami zdrowymi a badanymi z nadwagą i z otyłością zarówno w całej grupie, jak i w grupach kobiet i mężczyzn (p > 0,05). Częstość występowania allelu A wynosiła 76,73%, allelu G 23,27%. WNIOSKI: Brak znamiennych różnic w rozkładzie polimorfizmu rs1137100 LEPR w patogenezie nadwagi i otyłości.
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