To investigate the histological morphology changes, differential gene expression and functional gene enrichment in the ovaries of rabbits in response to pregnant mare serum gonadotropin(PMSG), in this study, nine female Japanese white rabbits aged 4-5 months were randomly and evenly divided into three groups(CK, T1, and T2). 50 IU PMSG was injected to the test groups at 10:00 am at the first experimental day, and the CK group was injected with an equal amount of saline. The CK and T1 group were slaughtered 24 hours after injection, and the T2 group was slaughtered 72 hours after injection. Both sides of ovaries were removed after dissection. The left ovary was fixed in 4% of paraformaldehyde solution for sectioning and HE staining, and the right ovary was frozen for transcriptome sequencing. The results showed that after PMSG treatment, the ovarian weight and ovarian index showed an increasing trend, but there was no significant difference among the groups. There was no significant difference in the number of primary follicles and secondary follicles among the groups, and the number of mature follicles in the T2 group was significantly higher than that in the CK group and the T1 group. The total number of reads obtained by transcriptome sequencing was 45,530,086 on average, the number of clean reads was 42,402,397 on average, the Q20 was 97.68%, the Q30 was 93.55%. The sequencing quality met the requirements of subsequent analysis. The results of differential gene analysis showed that a total of 536 differentially expressed genes were identified in the CK group compared to T1 group, 668 differentially expressed genes were identified in the CK group compared to T2 group, 407 differentially expressed genes were identified in the T1 group compared to T2 group. Among them, there were 13 common differentially expressed genes appeared in the three groups, involving genes closely related to reproduction, such as the genes of CA11, FAT2 and RUNX2. KEGG pathway analysis enriched a series of pathways related to reproduction, including steroid hormone synthesis, MAPK signaling pathway, oxytocin signaling pathway, folate biosynthesis and other processes. Synchronized estrus of rabbit was successfully induced by PMSG in this study, and 13 common differentially expressed genes were identified in 3 groups, which were closely related with a series of reproduction gene and pathways.
在诱导同期发情外源激素剂量方面,杨喜喜等[14]研究了不同剂量的PMSG对家兔卵巢组织形态的影响,分别注射50、70、90 IU的PMSG后测定卵巢形态和组织参数,结果表明,随着注射剂量增加,次级卵泡和三级卵泡的直径均表现出缩小的趋势,其中,90 IU会导致卵巢的不良反应。冉兴荣等[16]研究了PMSG对成年獭兔超排和胚胎质量的影响,结果表明,使用50 IU PMSG+100 IU hCG的外源激素组合处理效果最好。因此,本研究选择肌肉注射50 IU PMSG诱导日本大耳白兔同期发情。
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