Cloning of bovine c-myc gene and its expression in skin fibroblast cells

Abstract:

In order to construct a eukaryotic expression vector of bovine c-myc gene, the coding sequence (CDS) of c-myc gene was amplified from bovine primordial genital ridges by RT-PCR. The CDS was subcloned into pMD19-T vector, and then inserted into vector pIRES2-AcGFP1-Nuc. After confirmed by restriction enzyme digestion and sequencing, the recombined plasmid was transfected into skin fibroblast cells. RT-PCR and Western Blotting were used to detect the expression of c-myc mRNA and protein, respectively. The results show that the complete CDS of c-myc gene was cloned from fetal bovine primordial genital ridges. The eukaryotic expression vector of bovine c-myc gene was constructed and efficiently expressed in the skin fibroblast cells. The present study will lay a good foundation for further study of c-myc gene function and bovine induced pluripotent stem cells from somatic cells by defined factors.