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Association of CAST Gene Polymorphisms with Carcass and Meat Quality Traits in Chinese Commercial Cattle Herds

  • Li, Jiao (Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Zhang, Lu-Pei (Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Gan, Qian-Fu (Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Li, Jun-Ya (Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Gao, Hui-Jiang (Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Yuan, Zheng-Rong (Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Gao, Xue (Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Chen, Jin-Bao (Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Xu, Shang-Zhong (Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
  • Received : 2009.12.01
  • Accepted : 2010.03.21
  • Published : 2010.11.01
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Abstract

Calpastatin (CAST), an endogenous inhibitor of the calpains, plays an important role in post-mortem tenderization of meat. The objectives of this study were to investigate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the bovine CAST gene and association with carcass and meat quality traits. A total of 212 cattle from commercial herds were tested in this study including 2 pure introduced breeds, 4 cross populations, and 3 pure Chinese native breeds. Five SNPs were identified at position 2959 (A/G), 2870 (G/A), 3088 (C/T), 3029 (G/A) and 2857 (C/T) in the CAST gene (GenBank Accession No. AF159246). Allele frequencies of SNP2959 and SNP2870 were 0.701 (A) and 0.462 (A), respectively. A general linear model was used to evaluate the associations between the two markers and 7 traits. The results showed that both SNP2959 and SNP2870 were significantly (p<0.01) associated with the Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF), while they had no significant association with the other 6 traits in the whole population. However, in Chinese native pure breeds, only SNP2870 had significant association with WBSF (p<0.05). The simultaneous analysis of two-marker genotype effects indicated animals containing the A/G haplotype (A for SNP2959 and G for SNP2870) tended to have lower shear force than those containing the G/A haplotype, and, especially, animals homozygous for the A/G haplotype had approximately 2 kg lower shear force than those homozygous for the G/A haplotype (p<0.01). These results suggested that both markers may be effective for the marker-assisted selection of meat quality traits in Chinese commercial herds, especially SNP2870 which can be used for Chinese native cattle.

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