TY - JOUR JO - Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences J2 - J. Anim. Feed Sci. SN - 1230-1388 VL - 15 IS - 1 PY - 2006 ID - Jiang2006 TI - Postnatal expression pattern of the C/EBP alpha gene in porcine subcutaneous adipose tissue AB - CCAAT/enhancer binding protein α (C/EBPα) has been implicated as a key regulator of adipocyte differentiation and lipid metabolism. The pattern of C/EBPα gene expression in different growth stages and its relation to adipose deposition was studied. Fifteen female Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire pigs in five groups of three pigs each, weighing 1, 30, 50, 70 and 90 kg were used to study developmental gene expression of C/EBPα in subcutaneous adipose tissue by means of semi-quantitative RT-PCR. The results showed that the C/EBPα mRNA levels in porcine adipose tissue continuously increased as the pigs grew and deposited fat from 1 to 90 kg body weight (BW) (P<0.05). The presented data show a close positive correlation between the levels of C/EBPα gene expression and the fat deposition rate in pigs. The experiment showed that total adipose weight increased significantly with BW (P<0.05). AU - Jiang, J. F. AU - Xu, Z. R. AU - Wang, Y. Z. AU - Han, X. Y. AU - Wang, L. SP - 61 EP - 70 DA - 2006 DO - 10.22358/jafs/66841/2006 UR - https://doi.org/10.22358/jafs/66841/2006 ER -