Polymorphism analysis of the hsp70 stress gene in Broiler chickens (Gallus gallus) of different breeds

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Carmen Maria Mazzi²  Jesus Aparecido Ferro²  Maria Inês Tiraboschi Ferro²  Vicente José Maria Savino¹  Antonio Augusto Domingos Coelho¹  Marcos Macari¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Departamento de TecnologiaJaboticabal SP ,Brazil

关键词: broiler chickens;    hsp70 gene;    naked neck (Na) gene;    polymorphism;    SSCP;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-47572003000300010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The promoter region and the beginning of the coding region of the hsp70 stress gene were analysed in broiler chickens of a commercial breed (Hubbard-Pettersen), a breed selected for weight gain (PP1) and a non-selected breed (naked-neck Label Rouge). The naked neck gene (Naked neck, Na), which reduces feathering in birds and is thus related to heat resistance, was present in both PP1 and Label Rouge breeds. Genomic DNA was restricted with PstI and Southern blotting analysis of the samples revealed the absence of polymorphic sites for that enzyme in the promoter region and beginning of the coding region of the hsp70 gene of studied birds. PCR-SSCP analysis of these regions, however, indicated the presence of polymorphisms in the beginning of the coding region and the sequencing of the PCR products confirmed and identified two polymorphic sites in this region: a transition A ® G in position +258 and a transversion C ® G in position +276. Both mutations were considered to be silent, since they did not modify the aminoacid sequence of the protein Hsp70. The promoter region of the hsp70 gene was identical in all studied birds, indicating that the regulation pattern of this gene must be the same in all birds at the promoter region. Three different alleles (hsp70-1, hsp70-2 and hsp70-3) were identified for the hsp70 gene from the observed mutations. The allele hsp70-3 was detected in only two breeds, Hubbard-Pettersen and PP1, but at a low frequency (0,016 and 0,006, respectively).

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