Hen uterine gene expression profiling during eggshell formation reveals putative proteins involved in the supply of minerals or in the shell mineralization process

BMC Genomics

Joël Gautron¹  Christelle Hennequet-Antier¹  Yves Nys¹  Aurélien Brionne¹ 

[1]INRA, UR83 Recherches Avicoles, F-37380 Nouzilly, France

关键词: Organic matrix;    Mineral supply;    Biomineralization;    Transcriptome;    Uterus;    Eggshell;    Chicken;   

Others  :  1217662
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2164-15-220

 received in 2013-12-12, accepted in 2014-03-11,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The chicken eggshell is a natural mechanical barrier to protect egg components from physical damage and microbial penetration. Its integrity and strength is critical for the development of the embryo or to ensure for consumers a table egg free of pathogens. This study compared global gene expression in laying hen uterus in the presence or absence of shell calcification in order to characterize gene products involved in the supply of minerals and / or the shell biomineralization process.

Results

Microarrays were used to identify a repertoire of 302 over-expressed genes during shell calcification. GO terms enrichment was performed to provide a global interpretation of the functions of the over-expressed genes, and revealed that the most over-represented proteins are related to reproductive functions. Our analysis identified 16 gene products encoding proteins involved in mineral supply, and allowed updating of the general model describing uterine ion transporters during eggshell calcification. A list of 57 proteins potentially secreted into the uterine fluid to be active in the mineralization process was also established. They were classified according to their potential functions (biomineralization, proteoglycans, molecular chaperone, antimicrobials and proteases/antiproteases).

Conclusions

Our study provides detailed descriptions of genes and corresponding proteins over-expressed when the shell is mineralizing. Some of these proteins involved in the supply of minerals and influencing the shell fabric to protect the egg contents are potentially useful biological markers for the genetic improvement of eggshell quality.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Brionne et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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