Molecular cloning, expression analysis and developmental changes in ovarian follicles of goose 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1
Yingying Zhang A , Hehe Liu A , Mingjun Yang A , Shengqiang Hu A , Liang Li A and Jiwen Wang A B
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A Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an 625014, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China.
B Corresponding author. Email: wjw2886166@163.com
Animal Production Science 54(8) 992-998 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN13315
Submitted: 21 March 2013 Accepted: 10 September 2013 Published: 26 November 2013
Abstract
The enzyme 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase1 (3βHSD1) can catalyse the conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone in the 
4-3-ketosteroid metabolic pathway. The aim of the present study was to clone 3βHSD1 and to determine whether this enzyme in the follicular wall has an effect on yolk progesterone in geese (Anser cygnoides). A putative coding sequence of 3βHSD1, which was 1134 nucleotides in length, was successfully obtained by using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR). A comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence with chicken, quail, zebra finch, cattle, horse, pig, human and mouse 3βHSD1 showed 89.7%, 88.4%, 87.3%, 55.6%, 54.0%, 53.5%, 55.3% and 52.9% similarity, respectively. The detection of 3βHSD1 mRNA levels in several tissues by quantitative real-time PCR showed that the highest level of 3βHSD1 was in the adrenal gland, followed by the ovary, which indicated that the gene we obtained was the adrenal gland/gonad-specific one. We measured the level of 3βHSD1 mRNA in the follicular wall and determined the concentration of progesterone in the yolk of these ovarian follicles; the concentration of progesterone in the yolk had a pattern of expression similar to that of 3βHSD1 in the follicular wall during follicular development. This result suggests that the expression of 3βHSD1 in the follicular wall may be a main factor that contributes to the accumulation of yolk progesterone.
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