Investigating structural impact of a valine to isoleucine substitution on anti-Müllerian hormone in silico and genetic association of the variant and AMH expression with egg production in chickens  

作　　者：DANG Li-ping LIU Rui-fang ZHAO Wen-yan ZHOU Wen-xin MIN Yu-na WANG Zhe-peng 

机构地区：[1]College of Animal Science and Technology,Northwest A&F University,Yangling 712100,P.R.China [2]Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics,Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province,Yangling 712100,P.R.China

出　　处：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》2020年第6期1635-1643,共9页农业科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：This work was supported by the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Provinee of China(2018JM3002),the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2452019202)and the China Scholarship Council Scholarship(201906305010).The authors thank Chen Hang and Wang Peijie for collection of blood samples and egg production data.

摘　　要：Anti-Mullerian hormone(AMH)acts in maintaining orderly cyclic recruitment of early follicles,suggesting that it is a promising can didate for in flue ncing an imal reproductive efficiency.This study aimed to elucidate the effect of a missense mutati on of Val566lle on the structure of AMH protein and the genetic association of Val566lle and AMH expression with egg production in chickens.Structural perturbations of Val566lle were predicted by homology modeling.The association of the variant with the number of eggs was tested using a quantitative trait transmission disequilibrium test model.AMH expression in granulosa cells in Lueyang black-boned chickens was compared with that in Nick chickens.The Vai566 of AMH is a non?conservative amino acid among mammals and birds,but its hydrophobicity is completely conservative.The substitution of Vai566 for lie566 pote ntially disrupted hydroge n bonds and solve nt accessibility of 22 residues and created a short a-helix in the C terminus of AMH.Despite having striking structure-disrupting potential,the variant was not statistically associated with the number of eggs(P>0.05)in the Lueyang black-boned chickens.We did not detect differential expression of AMH betwee n Lueya ng black-b oned chicke ns and Nick chickens(P>0.05).These results con firmed the structural impact of Val566lle,but suggested that Val566lle and AMH expression might not be the major genetic determinants for egg production in Lueyang black-boned chickens.

关 键 词：chicken EGG production anti-Mullerian HORMONE follicle RECRUITMENT 

分 类 号：S831.2[农业科学—畜牧学]