Table 6. Correlation coefficients (r) between muscle mRNA expression of several cis- and trans- regulated genes and intramuscular fat content, fatty acid profile and cholesterol content of the gluteus medius muscle.
High group2 | Low group2 | Whole dataset2 | ||||||
Regulated gene | QTL trait1 | R | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | |
DNAJB6 | Linoleic FA | −0.08 | 0.5729 | −0.30 | 0.0339 | −0.18 | 0.0670 | |
HOXA10 | Palmitoleic FA | 0.39 | 0.0037 | 0.01 | 0.9643 | 0.19 | 0.0526 | |
Linoleic FA | 0.35 | 0.0100 | −0.22 | 0.1250 | 0.08 | 0.4191 | ||
Stearic FA | −0.32 | 0.0227 | −0.09 | 0.5429 | −0.21 | 0.0388 | ||
cis- acting | IL12RB2 | IMF | 0.37 | 0.0062 | 0.16 | 0.2565 | 0.32 | 0.0008 |
eQTL | Muscle Cholesterol | 0.16 | 0.2377 | −0.31 | 0.0261 | 0.13 | 0.1713 | |
NEDD4L | Myristic FA | 0.28 | 0.0367 | 0.30 | 0.0310 | 0.33 | 0.0006 | |
Palmitoleic FA | 0.28 | 0.0425 | −0.04 | 0.7929 | −0.03 | 0.7984 | ||
NUDT6 | Palmitic FA | 0.04 | 0.7829 | −0.33 | 0.0293 | −0.14 | 0.1602 | |
PPP1CB | Palmitic FA | 0.29 | 0.0380 | −0.13 | 0.4082 | 0.14 | 0.1712 | |
Linoleic FA | −0.22 | 0.1035 | 0.36 | 0.0099 | −0.02 | 0.8783 | ||
ACACA | IMF | 0.15 | 0.2669 | 0.43 | 0.0016 | 0.42 | 0.0001 | |
ACLY | IMF | −0.02 | 0.8688 | 0.31 | 0.0248 | 0.18 | 0.0623 | |
Palmitic FA | 0.04 | 0.7942 | 0.37 | 0.0123 | 0.23 | 0.0264 | ||
CAST | Palmitoleic FA | −0.32 | 0.0189 | −0.25 | 0.0713 | −0.32 | 0.0010 | |
Myristic FA | 0.25 | 0.0708 | −0.29 | 0.0381 | 0.09 | 0.3623 | ||
Linoleic FA | −0.23 | 0.0832 | 0.35 | 0.0107 | −0.06 | 0.5432 | ||
Palmitic FA | 0.31 | 0.0297 | −0.04 | 0.7828 | 0.22 | 0.0310 | ||
CS | Palmitoleic FA | 0.29 | 0.0318 | −0.03 | 0.8497 | 0.15 | 0.1237 | |
Linoleic FA | 0.39 | 0.0039 | −0.33 | 0.0188 | 0.07 | 0.4947 | ||
CYP24A1 | Palmitic FA | 0.25 | 0.0468 | 0.38 | 0.0108 | 0.26 | 0.0100 | |
trans- acting | Muscle Cholesterol | −0.32 | 0.0172 | −0.34 | 0.0134 | −0.17 | 0.0890 | |
eQTL | FABP5 | Palmitoleic FA | −0.41 | 0.0023 | 0.18 | 0.2045 | 0.05 | 0.6454 |
Linoleic FA | −0.35 | 0.0086 | 0.12 | 0.4153 | 0.07 | 0.4594 | ||
Stearic FA | 0.44 | 0.0014 | 0.01 | 0.9986 | 0.15 | 0.1449 | ||
Muscle Cholesterol | −0.27 | 0.0453 | 0.05 | 0.7523 | −0.12 | 0.2088 | ||
LRP6 | Palmitoleic FA | 0.27 | 0.0444 | 0.08 | 0.5585 | 0.08 | 0.4374 | |
Myristic FA | 0.01 | 0.9834 | 0.31 | 0.0286 | 0.16 | 0.1023 | ||
Linoleic FA | 0.24 | 0.0859 | −0.41 | 0.0027 | −0.15 | 0.1392 | ||
RRM2B | Linoleic FA | −0.29 | 0.0312 | 0.40 | 0.0032 | 0.04 | 0.6706 | |
Stearic FA | 0.29 | 0.0385 | 0.05 | 0.7690 | 0.18 | 0.0755 | ||
YWHAZ | Palmitoleic FA | 0.33 | 0.0148 | 0.21 | 0.1494 | 0.28 | 0.0040 | |
Linoleic FA | 0.33 | 0.0151 | −0.17 | 0.2205 | 0.11 | 0.2434 |
IMF – intramuscular fat content; FA – Fatty Acid content (%).
Significant correlation coefficients are indicated in bold.