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Novel SNP in 5′ flanking region of EDG1 associated with marbling in Japanese Black beef cattle
Author(s) -
YAMADA Takahisa,
SASAKI Seiki,
SUKEGAWA Shin,
MIYAKE Takeshi,
FUJITA Tatsuo,
KOSE Hiroyuki,
MORITA Mitsuo,
TAKAHAGI Youichi,
MURAKAMI Hiroshi,
MORIMATSU Fumiki,
SASAKI Yoshiyuki
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
animal science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.606
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1740-0929
pISSN - 1344-3941
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2009.00665.x
Subject(s) - marbled meat , single nucleotide polymorphism , snp , biology , beef cattle , genetics , three prime untranslated region , intramuscular fat , population , untranslated region , gene , genotype , zoology , medicine , messenger rna , environmental health
Marbling, defined by the amount and distribution of intramuscular fat, is an economically important trait of beef cattle in Japan. The endothelial differentiation , sphingolipid G‐protein‐coupled receptor , 1 ( EDG1 ) gene has been considered as a positional functional candidate for the gene responsible for marbling. We have recently reported that 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), c.‐312A > G in the 5′ untranslated region (UTR) and c.*446G > A in the 3′ UTR in EDG1 were associated with marbling in Japanese Black beef cattle, but this was not functional and a causal mutation for marbling. In the present study, we detected 2 novel SNPs, referred to as g.1475435G > A and g.1471620G > T , in the 5′ flanking region of the EDG1 between low‐marbled and high‐marbled steer groups, which were previously shown to have EDG1 expression differences in musculus longissimus muscle. The g.1475435G > A SNP seemed not to segregate in Japanese Black beef cattle. The g.1471620G > T SNP was associated with the predicted breeding value for beef marbling standard number by the analyses using Japanese Black beef cattle population. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that the g.1471620G > T SNP might have an impact on EDG1 expression and also marbling.