Cloning and Subcellular Localization of ApoA1 Gene in Congjiang Xiang Pig

This experiment was aimed to clone apolipoprotein A1(ApoA1) gene of Congjiang Xiang pig, and study the subcelluar localiztion of ApoA1 gene in eukaryocyte. The recombination plasmid pEGFP-C1-ApoA1 was constructed with RT-PCR and other methods, and detected by colony PCR,double digestion and sequencing, after successful construction of the recombination plasmid pEGFP-C1-ApoA1,the subcellular localization of ApoA1 protein were analyzed by fluorescence co-localization technique in the 36 h-transfected HEK-293T cells. Compared with ApoA1 gene of Sus scrofa submission in GenBank, the results showed that six base mutations were found in ApoA1 gene of Congjiang Xiang pig, five of above mentioned mutations were sense mutations, causing alanine to glutamic acid, histidine to glutamine, valine to leucine and aspartic acid to glycine in 180,185,186 and 209 amino acid residues, respectively. Using PSOR Ⅱ Prediction and fluorescence co-localization, it was found that the expression of ApoA1 protein was observed mainly in the extracellular matrix (77.8%). In conclusion, ApoA1 gene of Congjiang Xiang pig was cloned successfully, and the expression of ApoA1 protein was mainly concentrated in the extracellular matrix. These results would provide a knowledge for further constructing the ApoA1 gene transgenic animal models, and contribute to understanding the relation between ApoA1 gene and the human obesity-induced diseases.