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Greco G, Amasheh S, Shen Z, Lu Z, Aschenbach JR. Effects of glucagon-like peptides 1 and 2 and epidermal growth factor on the epithelial barrier of the rumen of adult sheep. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2019; 103:1727-1738. [PMID: 31498510 DOI: 10.1111/jpn.13200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Revised: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and glucagon-like peptides (GLP) modulate the tight junctions (TJ) of the intestinal epithelial barrier (EB) of monogastric animals. This work tried to elucidate whether GLP-1, GLP-2 and EGF can affect the EB of the rumen. Ovine ruminal epithelia were incubated in Ussing chambers for 7 hr with 25 or 250 nM of either GLP-1 or GLP-2 on the serosal side, with 2.5 nM of EGF on the serosal side or with 0.25 or 2.5 nM EGF on the mucosal side. No treatment affected tissue conductance. Short-circuit current (Isc ) was affected by time and treatment and their interactions. Only 250 nM of either GLP-1 or GLP-2 decreased Isc in certain periods compared with 25 nM GLP-1 or 0.25 nM mucosally applied EGF; however, not when compared to control epithelia. Fluorescein flux rates (Jfluor ) of ruminal epithelia were affected by treatment, time and time × treatment interaction. The time × treatment interaction was based on an increase in Jfluor between the first and last hour in epithelia incubated with 25 nM GLP-1 or GLP-2 and in epithelia incubated with EGF. After 7 hr incubation, claudin-7 mRNA expression was downregulated in all treatments. Claudin-1 mRNA was upregulated after incubation with 2.5 nM EGF on the serosal side, claudin-4 mRNA was downregulated by 2.5 nM EGF on the mucosal side, and occludin mRNA was increased after incubation with 250 nM GLP-2. The protein abundance of all tested TJ proteins was not influenced by treatment. We conclude that GLP-1, GLP-2, and EGF have no obvious acute effects on the EB of ruminal epithelia under simulated physiological conditions ex vivo. However, by decreasing the mRNA expression of claudin-7 and partly affecting other TJ proteins, they may modulate EB in the longer term or under certain conditions.
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- Gabriele Greco
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Wang B, Wang D, Wu X, Cai J, Liu M, Huang X, Wu J, Liu J, Guan L. Effects of dietary physical or nutritional factors on morphology of rumen papillae and transcriptome changes in lactating dairy cows based on three different forage-based diets. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:353. [PMID: 28477620 PMCID: PMC5420399 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3726-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Rumen epithelial tissue plays an important role in nutrient absorption and rumen health. However, whether forage quality and particle size impact the rumen epithelial morphology is unclear. The current study was conducted to elucidate the effects of forage quality and forage particle size on rumen epithelial morphology and to identify potential underlying molecular mechanisms by analyzing the transcriptome of the rumen epithelium (RE). To achieve these objectives, 18 mid-lactation dairy cows were allocated to three groups (6 cows per group), and were fed with one of three different forage-based diets, alfalfa hay (AH), corn stover (CS), and rice straw (RS) for 14 weeks, respectively. Ruminal volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and epithelial thickness were determined, and RNA-sequencing was conducted to identify the transcriptomic changes of rumen epithelial under different forage-based diets. RESULTS The RS diet exhibited greater particle size but low quality, the AH diet was high nutritional value but small particle size, and CS diet was low quality and small particle size. The ruminal total VFA concentration was greater in AH compared with those in CS or RS. The width of the rumen papillae was greater in RS-fed cows than in cows fed AH or CS. In total, 31, 40, and 28 differentially expressed (DE, fold change > 2, FDR < 0.05) genes were identified via pair-wise comparisons including AH vs. CS, AH vs. RS, and RS vs. CS, respectively. Functional classification analysis of DE genes revealed dynamic changes in ion binding (such as DSG1) between AH and CS, proliferation and apoptotic processes (such as BAG3, HLA-DQA1, and UGT2B17) and complement activation (such as C7) between AH or RS and CS. The expression of HLA-DQA1 was down-regulated in RS compared with AH and CS, and the expression of UGT2B17 was down-regulated in RS compared with CS, with positive (R = 0.94) and negative (R = -0.96) correlation with the width of rumen epithelial papillae (P < 0.05), respectively. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that both nutrients (VFAs) and particle sizes can alter expression of genes involved in cell proliferation/apoptosis process and complement complex. Our results suggest that particle size may be more important in regulating rumen epithelial morphology when animals are fed with low-quality forage diets and the identified DE genes may affect the RE nutrient absorption or morphology of RE. Our findings provide insights into the effects of the dietary particle size in the future management of dairy cow feeding, that when cows were fed with low-quality forage (such as rice straw), smaller particle size may be beneficial for nutrients absorption and milk production.
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- Bing Wang
- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,MoE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,Current address: Beijing Key Laboratory for Dairy Cow Nutrition, College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,MoE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,MoE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,MoE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,MoE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.,MoE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China. .,MoE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada.
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Steele MA, Croom J, Kahler M, AlZahal O, Hook SE, Plaizier K, McBride BW. Bovine rumen epithelium undergoes rapid structural adaptations during grain-induced subacute ruminal acidosis. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2011; 300:R1515-23. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00120.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Alterations in rumen epithelial structure and function during grain-induced subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) are largely undescribed. In this study, four mature nonlactating dairy cattle were transitioned from a high-forage diet (HF; 0% grain) to a high-grain diet (HG; 65% grain). After feeding the HG diet for 3 wk, the cattle were transitioned back to the original HF diet, which was fed for an additional 3 wk. Continuous ruminal pH was measured on a weekly basis, and rumen papillae were biopsied during the baseline and at the first and final week of each diet. The mean, minimum, and maximum daily ruminal pH were depressed ( P < 0.01) in the HG period compared with the HF period. During the HG period, SARA was diagnosed only during week 1, indicating ruminal adaptation to the HG diet. Microscopic examination of the papillae revealed a reduction ( P < 0.01) in the stratum basale, spinosum, and granulosum layers, as well as total depth of the epithelium during the HG period. The highest ( P < 0.05) papillae lesion scores were noted during week 1 when SARA occurred. Biopsied papillae exhibited a decline in cellular junctions, extensive sloughing of the stratum corneum, and the appearance of undifferentiated cells near the stratum corneum. Differential mRNA expression of candidate genes, including desmoglein 1 and IGF binding proteins 3, 5, and 6, was detected between diets using qRT-PCR. These results suggest that the structural integrity of the rumen epithelium is compromised during grain feeding and is associated with the differential expression of genes involved in epithelial growth and structure.
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- Michael A. Steele
- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina; and
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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