Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
2009
Publication Source
Archiv Tierzucht (Archives Animal Breeding)
Volume
52
Issue
2
Start Page
113
Last Page
123
Abstract
The cardiac troponin complex, which is an important component of the contractile apparatus, is composed of the three subunits troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC) and troponin T (TnT). Troponin I is the inhibitory subunit and consists of three isoforms encoded by TNNI1, TNNI2 and TNNI3 genes, respectively. Due to the different types of cardiomyopathies caused by mutations in the TNNI3 gene and its fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping on bovine chromosome 18q26, which was shown to be linked to the recessively inherited bovine dilated cardiomyopathy (BDCMP), bovine TNNI3 was considered as candidate gene for BDCMP. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) TNNI3 expression analysis resulted in a significant difference between BDCMP affected and unaffected animals when normalized to ACTB gene expression, but there was no significant difference in expression when normalized to GAPDH. Northen blotting experiment was in agreement with the expression analysis and did not reveal a significant difference between the group of BDCMP affected and unaffected animals. Sequencing of the bovine TNNI3 gene revealed a single nucleotide polymorphism in intron 6 (c.378+315G>A), but this single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)was present regardless of the BDCMP status. In summary our data provide evidence to exclude the bovine TNNI3 gene as a candidate for BDCMP.
Copyright/Permission Statement
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Keywords
troponin complex, cardiactroponin I gene (TNNI3), bovine dilated cardiomyopathy (BDCMP), Swiss Fleckvieh, cattle
Recommended Citation
Owczarek-Lipska, M., Dolf, G., Guziewicz, K. E., Leeb, T., Shelling, C., Posthaus, H., & Braunschweig, M. H. (2009). Bovine Cardiac Troponin I Gene (TNNI3) as a Candidate Gene for Bovine Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Archiv Tierzucht (Archives Animal Breeding), 52 (2), 113-123. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/vet_papers/28
Date Posted: 20 August 2013
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