©FUNPEC-RP www.funpecrp.com.br Genetics and Molecular Research 18 (4): gmr18307 M.C. Montenegro et al. 2 T15, respectively. Three male piglets of the Uruguayan creole breed Pampa Rocha were used per treatment, which lasted from weaning at 42 days until 77 days of age. The animals were reared in confinement on deep bedding and were slaughtered at the end of the experiment, when muscle samples were collected. Intramuscular fat content (IMF) and fatty acid composition were analyzed to determine if diets had a phenotypic effect. Gene expression analysis was performed with RNA-seq methodology to carrying out a functional analysis of genes with differential expression between treatments. The added fat to the diet did not affect IMF or fatty acid composition. However, we identified 359 genes with differential expression between treatments. These genes participate in various metabolic pathways, some of them affecting meat quality. The most relevant genes identified in this regard were PDK4 (up-regulated with T15), which is associated with energy metabolism, FOS, ATF3, MYOD1 and MAFF (all downregulated with T15), which are associated with skeletal muscle growth, and TNC (up-regulated with T15), which is associated with extracellular matrix-receptor interactions. This study of the skeletal muscle transcriptome in pigs can help understand the genetic basis of how diet affects important production traits.
ResumenEn Uruguay el diagnóstico de rutina de Neospora caninum se realiza fundamentalmente por estudios histopatológicos de los fetos abortados, complementando esta información con resultados de serología y/o Inmunohistoquímica (IHQ). El objetivo de este estudio fue estandarizar un protocolo de amplificación de secuencias mediante PCR (polymerase chain reaction) para la detección de Neospora caninum en órganos de fetos abortados espontáneamente en bovinos para su incorporación a la rutina diagnóstica. Con este propósito se realizó un estudio retrospectivo utilizando muestras congeladas de archivo, de un periodo comprendido entre los años 2013 y 2016, con diagnóstico positivo o negativo a Neospora caninum. Los resultados mostraron que de 31 muestras positivas a Neospora caninum por las técnicas de rutina, 26 fueron positivas por PCR (84%), demostrando una alta sensibilidad de diagnóstico de esta técnica. Todas las muestras con diagnóstico negativo mediante histopatología (n=20) fueron confirmadas como negativo mediante PCR. La comparación de los resultados de PCR con los de histopatología, mediante el test de Cohen's Kappa, señalaron un acuerdo muy alto (81%, p<0.001) entre ambos diagnósticos. Dichos resultados sumados a la simplicidad y rapidez de la técnica podrían sugerir a la PCR como alternativo de la IHQ como técnica confirmatoria en el diagnóstico de rutina. También permitiría realizar análisis retrospectivos de muestras archivadas, paso fundamental para futuros estudios genéticos de la población de Neospora caninum presente en Uruguay.
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