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Tissue expression analysis, cloning and characterization of the 5′-regulatory region of the bovine FABP3 gene

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Fatty acid binding protein 3 (FABP3) is a member of the FABP family which bind fatty acids and have an important role in fatty acid metabolism. A large number of studies have shown that the genetic polymorphisms of FABP3 are positively correlated with intramuscular fat (IMF) content in domestic animals, however, the function and transcriptional characteristics of FABP3 in cattle remain unclear. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that bovine FABP3 was highly expressed in cardiac tissue. The 5′-regulatory region of bovine FABP3 was cloned and its transcription initiation sites were identified. Sequence analysis showed that many transcriptional factor binding sites including TATA-box and CCAAT-box were present on the 5′-flanking region of bovine FABP3, and four CpG islands were found on nucleotides from −891 to +118. Seven serial deletion constructs of the 5′-regulatory region evaluated in dual-luciferase reporter assay indicated that its core promoter was 384 base pairs upstream from the transcription initiation site. The transcriptional factor binding sites RXRα, KLF15, CREB and Sp1 were conserved in the core promoter of cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs. These results provide further understanding of the function and regulation mechanism of bovine FABP3.

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This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31402042), the Technical Innovation Engineering Project of Shaanxi Province (Grant No. 2016KTCL02-15) and the Northwest A&F University Special Funds of Central Colleges Basic Scientific Research Operating Expenses (Grant Nos. 2014YB009 and 2452015296).

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      Anning Li, Xiaoyu Wang, Yaping Xin & Linsen Zan

    2. College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

      Lijuan Wu

    3. National Beef Cattle Improvement Center, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China

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    Li, A., Wu, L., Wang, X. et al. Tissue expression analysis, cloning and characterization of the 5′-regulatory region of the bovine FABP3 gene. Mol Biol Rep 43, 991–998 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-016-4026-7

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