À procura do Ped bovino / Searching for the Ped gene
AUTOR(ES)
Raquel Zaneti Puelker
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2005
RESUMO
The aim of the present work was to identify bovine MHC class I genes similar to the murine Ped gene expressing during embryonic development and pregnancy. Bovine in vitro produced embryos and placentas obtained from natural mating or cloning-derived fetuses had their RNA extracted. cDNA was synthesized to isolate fragments showing similarity with the gene described in mice. Once isolated the fragments were purified or cloned into plasmids. The samples were sequenced and obtained sequences edited and compared to other sequences by means of the BLAST software. The expression of MHC-Ib protein was evaluated in embryos (D7) and in placentas using a FITC conjugated mouse monoclonal antibody anti-Qa-2. The consensus sequence amplified from blastocyst cDNA produced significant alignments with genes of the Bola complex, which is part of the bovine MHC class I. The alignment between the consensus sequence and the previously published Q7 and HLA-G sequences demonstrated little nucleotide variations among the sequences. The cDNA amplifications of embryos at the fourth cellular cicle in 48hpi (F8); 48-90hpi (S8) and embryos that reached blastocyst expanded stage in 7 days (FF); in 9 days (FS) showed that the Ped candidate gene is present in FF and FS but not in 8-cell embryos. In placentas, the PCR resulted in amplification of eight fragments at different pregnancy stages. Sequencing of the fragments generated nine consensus sequences, similar to the Ped gene and also to sequences obtained from bovine embryos. The alignment of the sequences showed the existence of two isoforms containing an alternative splicing on exon 2 or 3. This result indicates the existence of polymorphisms or that more than one gene with high similarity to the Q7 gene are transcribed during pregnancy. Expression of MHC-Ib protein was verified in trophoblast membrane and embryos inner cell mass cells and in the maternal-fetal portion in placentas, with a greater expression in the fetal portion. Cloned fetuses placentas presented grater fluorescence compared to natural mated. Overall this work identified in bovine embryos a possible gene homologous to the murine Ped and the expression of protein similar to that coded by this gene and concluded that there are many transcripts similar to the Q7 gene being expressed in the maternal-fetal region of the placenta during pregnancy in bovine and such as in embryos
ASSUNTO(S)
placenta bovinos embryo mhc class i placenta bovine embrião mhc classe i
