Identification of Polymorphism within Exon 8 of Bovine HSP90AA1 Gene using PCR-SSCP Technique

Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a type of molecular chaperones that aid in the recovery of stressed cells and serve as a major system for intracellular self-defense. A study was conducted during the year 2018–19 at College of Veterinary Science Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telengana State, India to find polymorphisms in exon 8 of the bovine HSP90AA1 gene in Sahiwal (n=50) and crossbred (n=50) cows. Blood samples were collected from the experimental animals and genomic DNA was isolated. Physiological parameters like body temperature and respiration rate for each animal were taken during the experimental period and the heat tolerance coefficient was calculated. The data on production and reproduction traits were obtained from the history sheets of the animals. To detect the polymorphism, a 539 bp fragment of the HSP90AA1 gene covering exon 8 was subjected to the Polymerase Chain Reaction-Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) technique.The PCR-SSCP of exon 8 of HSP90AA1 gene yielded two genotypic patterns AA and AB corresponding to two allelic variants with frequencies of 0.85, 0.15, 0.81 and 0.19 in Sahiwal and crossbred cows, respectively. The PCR-SSCP patterns obtained were correlated with the physiological, productive, and reproductive traits in both Sahiwal and crossbred cows. The association analysis of SSCP patterns of the exon 8 of HSP90AA1 gene revealed non-significant effect in Sahiwal cows, although the AB genotype had a significantly longer service period in crossbred cows.