The invention belongs to the technical field of
cell engineering and
genetic engineering, and particularly relates to application of a Dickkopf-3 (DKK3)
gene in improving beef quality and a method. The DKK3
gene is applied to improvement of beef quality, the
intramuscular fat content of beef can be changed, and the application of the DKK3
gene to preparation of products for promoting differentiation of
beef cattle intramuscular preadipocytes is further provided. The result of the embodiment shows that the DKK3 has a promoting effect on 3T3-L1 adipogenic differentiation, and after the DKK3 is over-expressed in the preadipocytes in the primary
bovine muscle, the effects of increasing
lipid droplet aggregation and remarkably increasing the expression quantity of adipogenic differentiation marker genes C / EBP alpha, C / EBP beta and PPAR gamma are achieved, so that the DKK3 has an important regulating effect on the adipogenic differentiation of the preadipocytes and can be used for preparing a
medicine for treating the adipogenic differentiation of the preadipocytes. And a new gene resource is provided for improving the variety of high-quality
beef cattle and improving the beef quality.