Measurement of the relative expression pattern of the UCP2 gene in different tissues of the Raini Cashmere goat.

Abstract

The Raini cashmere goat is one of the most momentous Iranian goat breeds. These animals are bred for production of not only cashmere but also meat. Factors such as lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress, and changes in membrane properties are among the factors that cause the death of germ cells at different stages of development and ultimately have a negative effect on production and reproduction. To investigate this process, the UCP2 gene, a protein from the inner membrane of the mitochondrial organelle that pertains to uncoupling proteins family that performs a dominant function in reducing the membrane potential of the mitochondrial organelle and the loss of metabolic energy by preventing the accumulation of oxidative stress, was studied.