Rapid and Sensitive Detection of BLAD in Cattle Population

Authors

  • Daniela Elena Ilie Research and Development Station for Bovine - Arad, 310059, Arad, Bodrogului 32, Romania
  • Ada Cean Research and Development Station for Bovine - Arad, 310059, Arad, Bodrogului 32, Romania
  • Oana Isabella Gavriliuc University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes" Timisoara, 300041, Eftimie Murgu 2, Romania
  • Nicolae Păcală Banat´s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania" from Timisoara, Faculty of Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 300645, Timisoara, Calea Aradului 119, Romania

Keywords:

BLAD, CD18, genotyping, high-resolution melting

Abstract

Bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency (BLAD) is an autosomal recessive disorder with negative impact on dairy cattle breeding. The molecular basis of BLAD is a single point mutation (A→G), resulting in a single amino acid substitution (aspartic acid → glycine) at amino acid 128 in the adhesion molecule CD18. The object of this study was to establish a fast and sensitive molecular genotyping assay to detect BLAD carriers using high-resolution melting (HRM) curve analysis. We tested animals with known genotypes for BLAD that were previously confirmed by PCR-RFLP method, and then examined the sensitivity of mutation detection using PCR followed by HRM curve analysis. BLAD carriers were readily detectable using HRM assay. Thus, the PCR-HRM genotyping method is a rapid, easily interpretable, reliable and cost-effective assay for BLAD mutant allele detection. This assay can be useful in cattle genotyping and genetic selection.

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2023-09-05