1Key Laboratory for Animal Production, Product Quality and Safety of Ministry of Education, China
2Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology College, Jilin132101, People’s Republic of China
Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Xincheng Street, No: 2888. Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun-130118, People’s Republic of China.
*Corresponding Authors: Yongfeng Sun and Yujian Sui, Key Laboratory for Animal Production, Product Quality and Safety of Ministry of Education, China. Email: sunyongfeng@jlau.edu.cn;
Online published on 1 August, 2022.
In recent years, it has been reported that melatonin plays an important role in the development of skin hair follicles in mammals. The down we often use is mainly from the skin feather follicles of geese, but their production is not high. Therefore, the study of skin feather follicles is of great significance.
The skin feather follicle tissues of goose dorsal skin at three developmental nodes (E14, E18 and E28) were collected; the differential expression and distribution of melatonin receptor genes were detected by fluorescence quantitative PCR, Western Blot and immunohistochemical methods, respectively. The results showed that melatonin receptor gene was expressed in varying degrees at three time points of goose embryonic skin feather follicle development. The expression sites and Protein expression level of Mel1a and RORα were regularly changed by immunohistochemistry and Western Blot.
Our research showed that melatonin receptor genes can play an important regulatory role in the development of goose skin feather follicles.
Development, Goose, Mel1a, Mel1b, Mel1c, Melatonin, RORα, Skin feather follicles
