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Effects of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) genes STAT1 and STAT3 genotypic combinations on fertilization and embryonic survival rates in Holstein cattle.

J. Dairy Sci.2009 Dec;92(12):6186-91
H Khatib 1 , W Huang , D Mikheil , V Schutzkus , R L Monson
H Khatib 1 , W Huang , D Mikheil , V Schutzkus , R L Monson

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  • 1 Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison 53706, USA. hkhatib@wisc.edu

摘要


Infertility is a major cause of dairy cow culling and economic loss. Signal transducer and activator of transcription proteins are transcription factors that play an important role in fertility and early embryonic development, among many other functions. Previous studies have reported the association of several genes from the signaling pathway with fertility traits in cattle. The and genes are members of this pathway and are known to interact with each other by forming a heterodimer complex that enters the nucleus and controls expression of specific genes. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of the interactions between polymorphisms in these genes on fertilization and early embryonic survival rates using an in vitro fertilization system. A total of 7,519 oocytes, collected from 445 ovaries, were exposed to sperm and a total of 5,075 embryos were produced. Fertilization rate was calculated as the number of cleaved embryos at 48 h post-fertilization out of the total number of oocytes exposed to sperm. Early embryonic survival rate of embryos was calculated as the number of blastocysts on d 7 of development out of the total number of embryos cultured. Effects of ovary genotypes on fertilization and early embryonic survival rates were evaluated. Single-SNP analysis revealed a statistically significant association between SNP25402 in duanyu18133 and fertilization rate. Oocytes produced from ovaries with AA genotype showed a 0.701 fertilization rate versus 0.666 and 0.663 for oocytes produced from AC and CC ovaries, respectively. The interaction between duanyu18133 SNP (SNP19069/SNP25402) was highly significant for survival rate but not for fertilization rate. Also, the interaction between duanyu18131 SNP and SNP19069 was highly significant for survival rate. Genotype combinations found to promote fertilization and embryonic survival could be incorporated into breeding programs aimed at improving fertility performance in dairy cattle.