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              21-07-2015) 
              13.  
              
              Association of ATP1A1 gene 
              polymorphism with thermotolerance in Tharparkar and Vrindavani 
              cattle - 
              Neeraj Kashyap, 
              Pushpendra Kumar, Bharti Deshmukh, Sandip Bhat, Amit Kumar, Anuj 
              Chauhan, Bharat Bhushan, Gyanendra Singh and Deepak Sharma 
              
              Veterinary World, 8(7): 892-897   
              
   
                
                
doi: 
              10.14202/vetworld.2015.892-897   Neeraj 
              Kashyap: 
              
              Division of Animal Genetics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, 
              Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India;
              
              
              neeraj.vety@gmail.com 
              Pushpendra Kumar: 
              
              Division of Animal Genetics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, 
              Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India;
              
              
              pushpendra64@gmail.com Bharti 
              Deshmukh: 
              Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Govind Ballabh Pant 
              University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 
              Uttarakhand, India; bharti.vet@gmail.com Sandip 
              Bhat: 
              
              Division of Animal Genetics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, 
              Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India;
              
              
              sandipivri@gmail.com Amit 
              Kumar: 
              
              Division of Animal Genetics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, 
              Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India;
              
              
              vetamitchandan07@gmail.com Anuj 
              Chauhan: 
              
              Division of Animal Genetics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, 
              Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India;
              
              
              anuj_vet99@rediffmail.com Bharat 
              Bhushan: 
              
              Division of Animal Genetics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, 
              Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India;
              
              
              bbhushan_ivri2003@yahoo.co.in 
              Gyanendra Singh: 
              Division of Physiology and Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research 
              Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India;
              
              
              gyanendra@ivri.res.in Deepak 
              Sharma: Dvision of Animal Genetics, Indian Veterinary Research 
              Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India;
              
              ds7758@yahoo.co.in   Received: 
              19-03-2015, Revised: 13-06-2015, Accepted: 20-06-2015, Published 
              Online: 21-07-2015   
              
              
              Corresponding author: 
              
              Neeraj Kashyap, e-mail: neeraj.vety@gmail.com 
 
              Citation:Kashyap N, Kumar P, 
              Deshmukh B, Bhat S, Kumar A, Chauhan A, Bhushan B, Singh G, Sharma 
              D (2015) Association of ATP1A1 gene polymorphism with 
              thermo tolerance in Tharparkar and Vrindavani cattle, 
              Veterinary World 8(7): 892-897. 
 
              Abstract 
 Aim:
              One of the major biochemical aspects of thermoregulation is 
              equilibrium of ion gradient across biological membranes. Na+/K+-ATPase, 
              a member of P type-ATPase family, is a major contributor to the 
              mechanism that actively controls crossmembrane ion gradient. Thus, 
              we examined ATP1A1 gene that encodes alpha-1 chain of Na+/K+-ATPase, 
              for genetic polymorphisms. 
              Materials and Methods: A total of 100 Vrindavani (composite 
              cross strain of Hariana x Holstein-Friesian/Brown Swiss/Jersey) 
              and 64 Tharparkar (indigenous) cattle were screened for genetic 
              polymorphism in ATP1A1 gene, using polymerase chain 
              reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism and DNA 
              sequencing. For association studies, rectal temperature (RT) and 
              respiration rate (RR) of all animals were recorded twice daily for 
              3 seasons. 
              Results: A SNP (C2789A) was identified in exon 17 of ATP1A1
              gene. Three genotypes namely CC, CA, and AA were observed in 
              both, Vrindavani and Tharparkar cattle. The gene frequencies in 
              Tharparkar and Vrindavani for allele A were 0.51 and 0.48, and for 
              allele C were 0.49 and 0.52, respectively, which remained at 
              intermediate range. Association study of genotypes with RT and RR 
              in both cattle population revealed that the animals with genotype 
              CC exhibited significantly lower RT and higher heat tolerance 
              coefficient than CA and AA genotypes. 
              Conclusion: Differential thermoregulation between different 
              genotypes of ATP1A1 gene indicate that the ATP1A1 
              gene could be potentially contributing to thermotolerance in both, 
              Tharparkar, an indigenous breed and Vrindavani, a composite 
              crossbred cattle. 
              Keywords: ATP1A1 gene, cattle, 
              polymorphism, thermotolerance, Tharparkar, Vrindavani 
 
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