[en] Pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAG) are structurally related to aspartic proteinases and belong to an extensive, rapidly evolving family of recently duplicated genes expressed in the placentas of artiodactyl species. The aim of the present study was to clone PAG from the goat, study their temporal and cell-specific expression, and determine their phylogenetic relationship to PAG from other species. RT-PCR was used to generate PAG cDNA from pooled placental RNA obtained between days 45 and 115 of pregnancy. A total of 11 cDNA, which differed by > 5% from each other, were selected for complete bidirectional sequencing from 60 clones analyzed. A group of nine (caPAG1, caPAG3-7(var), caPAG9-11), which displayed > 80% sequence identity with each other, were expressed after day 45 of pregnancy and were localized to trophoblast binucleate cells. These PAG demonstrated an unusually high ratio of nonsynonymous (amino acid changing) to synonymous nucleotide differences. CaPAG2, by contrast, was detectable only in early pregnancy (days 18 and 19) and expressed throughout trophectoderm. It was of more ancient origin than the PAG1 group, but more recent than caPAG8. The latter was expressed at all stages examined (days 18 to 115). The data confirm that many PAG genes, with different patterns of temporal and spatial expression, are transcribed in the placenta of the goat. The data also suggest that the recently duplicated PAG genes are being selected for rapid diversification of function.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Garbayo, Juana M.; Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
Green, Jonathan A.; Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
Manikkam, Mohan; Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
Beckers, Jean-François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences fonctionnelles (DSF) > Physiologie de la reproduction
Kiesling, David O.; Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO, United States
Ealy, Alan D.; Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
Roberts, R. Michael; Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States ; 158 ASRC, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
Language :
English
Title :
Caprine pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAG): their cloning, expression, and evolutionary relationship to other PAG.
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