title: Gene expression profiling in the pituitary gland of laying period and ceased period huoyan geese.
abstract: Huoyan goose is a Chinese local breed famous for its higher laying performance, but the problems of variety degeneration have emerged recently, especially a decrease in the number of eggs laid. In order to better understand the molecular mechanism that underlies egg laying in Huoyan geese, gene profiles in the pituitary gland of Huoyan geese taken during the laying period and ceased period were investigated using the suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) method. Total RNA was extracted from pituitary glands of ceased period and laying period geese. The cDNA in the pituitary glands of ceased geese was subtracted from the cDNA in the pituitary glands of laying geese (forward subtraction); the reverse subtraction was also performed. After sequencing and annotation, a total of 30 and 24 up and down-regulated genes were obtained from the forward and reverse SSH libraries, respectively. These genes mostly related to biosynthetic process, cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process, transport, cell differentiation, cellular protein modification process, signal transduction, small molecule metabolic process. Furthermore, eleven genes were selected for further analyses by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). The qRT-PCR results for the most part were consistent with the SSH results. Among these genes, Synaptotagmin-1 (SYT1) and Stathmin-2 (STMN2) were substantially over-expressed in laying period compared to ceased period. These results could serve as an important reference for elucidating the molecular mechanism of higher laying performance in Huoyan geese.
authors: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
authors: Xinhong
authors: X
authors: Luan
authors: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
authors: Zhongzan
authors: Z
authors: Cao
authors: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
authors: Wen
authors: W
authors: Xu
authors: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
authors: Ming
authors: M
authors: Gao
authors: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
authors: Laiyou
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.
authors: Shuwei
authors: S
authors: Zhang
keywords: Ceased; Huoyan Goose; Laying; Pituitary Gland; Quantitative Real-time PCR; Suppression Subtractive Hybridization