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Wu X, Wang J, Hao Z, Zhen H, Hu J, Liu X, Li S, Zhao F, Li M, Zhao Z, Shi B, Ren C. Circular RNA_015343 sponges microRNA-25 to regulate viability, proliferation, and milk fat synthesis of ovine mammary epithelial cells via INSIG1. J Cell Physiol 2024. [PMID: 38828915 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.31332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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In our previous study, circ_015343 was found to inhibit the viability and proliferation of ovine mammary epithelial cells (OMECs) and the expression levels of milk fat synthesis marker genes, but the regulatory mechanism underlying the processes is still unclear. Accordingly in this study, the target relationships between circ_015343 with miR-25 and between miR-25 with insulin induced gene 1 (INSIG1) were verified, and the functions of miR-25 and INSIG1 were investigated in OMECs. The dual-luciferase reporter assay revealed that miR-25 mimic remarkably decreased the luciferase activity of circ_015343 in HEK293T cells cotransfected with a wild-type vector, while it did not change the activity of circ_015343 in HEK293T cells cotransfected with a mutant vector. These suggest that cic_015343 can adsorb and bind miR-25. The miR-25 increased the viability and proliferation of OMECs, and the content of triglycerides in OMECs. In addition, INSIG1 was found to be a target gene of miR-25 using a dual-luciferase reporter assay. Overexpression of INSIG1 decreased the viability, proliferation, and level of triglycerides of OMECs. In contrast, the inhibition of INSIG1 in expression had the opposite effect on activities and triglycerides of OMECs with overexpressed INSIG1. A rescue experiment revealed that circ_015343 alleviated the inhibitory effect of miR-25 on the mRNA and protein abundance of INSIG1. These results indicate that circ_015343 sponges miR-25 to inhibit the activities and content of triglycerides of OMECs by upregulating the expression of INSIG1 in OMECs. This study provided new insights for understanding the genetic molecular mechanism of lactation traits in sheep.
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- Xinmiao Wu
- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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Guo Y, Wei Z, Zhang Y, Cao J. Research Progress on the Mechanism of Milk Fat Synthesis in Cows and the Effect of Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Milk Fat Metabolism and Its Underlying Mechanism: A Review. Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:204. [PMID: 38254373 PMCID: PMC10812695 DOI: 10.3390/ani14020204] [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: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Milk fat synthesis in cows mainly includes the synthesis of short- and medium-chain fatty acids, the uptake, transport, and activation of long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs), the synthesis of triglycerides, and the synthesis of the genes, transcription factors, and signaling pathways involved. Although the various stages of milk fat synthesis have been outlined in previous research, only partial processes have been revealed. CLA consists of an aggregation of positional and geometric isomers of linoleic fatty acid, and the accumulated evidence suggests that the two isomers of the active forms of CLA (cis-9, trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid and trans-10, cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid, abbreviated as c9, t11-CLA and t10, c12-CLA) can reduce the fat content in milk by regulating lipogenesis, fatty acid (FA) uptake, oxidation, and fat synthesis. However, the mechanism through which CLA inhibits milk fat synthesis is unique, with most studies focusing only on the effects of CLA on one of the genes, transcription factors, or signaling pathways involved. In this study, we summarized the structure and function of classic genes and pathways (mTOR, SREBP, AMPK, and PPARG) and new genes or pathways (THRSP, METTL3, ELOVL, and LPIN1) involved in each stage of milk fat synthesis and demonstrated the interactions between genes and pathways. We also examined the effects of other substances (melanin, nicotinic acid, SA, etc.). Furthermore, we evaluated the influence of β-sitosterol, sodium butyrate, Met arginine, and Camellia oleifera Abel on milk fat synthesis to improve the mechanism of milk fat synthesis in cows and provide a mechanistic reference for the use of CLA in inhibiting milk fat biosynthesis.
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- Yuanyin Guo
- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (Y.G.); (Z.W.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (Y.G.); (Z.W.)
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; (Y.G.); (Z.W.)
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Xia W, Liu Y, Loor JJ, Bionaz M, Jiang M. Dynamic Profile of the Yak Mammary Transcriptome during the Lactation Cycle. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13101710. [PMID: 37238139 DOI: 10.3390/ani13101710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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The objective of this study was to assess the transcriptome of the mammary tissue of four yaks during the whole lactation cycle. For this purpose, biopsies of the mammary gland were performed at -30, -15, 1, 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 days relative to parturition (d). The transcriptome analysis was performed using a commercial bovine microarray platform and the results were analyzed using several bioinformatic tools. The statistical analysis using an overall false discovery rate ≤ 0.05 for the effect of whole lactation and p < 0.05 for each comparison identified >6000 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) throughout lactation, with a large number of DEGs observed at the onset (1 d vs. -15 d) and at the end of lactation (240 d vs. 180 d). Bioinformatics analysis revealed a major role of genes associated with BTA3, BTA4, BTA6, BTA9, BTA14, and BTA28 in lactation. Functional analysis of DEG underlined an overall induction of lipid metabolism, suggesting an increase in triglycerides synthesis, likely regulated by PPAR signaling. The same analysis revealed an induction of amino acid metabolism and secretion of protein, with a concomitant decrease in proteasome, indicating a major role of amino acid handling and reduced protein degradation in the synthesis and secretion of milk proteins. Glycan biosynthesis was induced for both N-glycan and O-glycan, suggesting increased glycan content in the milk. The cell cycle and immune response, especially antigen processing and presentation, were strongly inhibited during lactation, suggesting that morphological changes are minimized during lactation, while the mammary gland prevents immune hyper-response. Transcripts associated with response to radiation and low oxygen were enriched in the down-regulated DEG affected by the stage of lactation. Except for this last finding, the functions affected by the transcriptomic adaptation to lactation in mammary tissue of yak are very similar to those observed in dairy cows.
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- Wei Xia
- College of Animal and Veterinary Science, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- College of Animal and Veterinary Science, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University, 112 Withycombe Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- College of Animal and Veterinary Science, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Bernard L, Chilliard Y, Hove K, Volden H, Inglingstad RA, Eknæs M. Feeding of palm oil fatty acids or rapeseed oil throughout lactation: Effects on mammary gene expression and milk production in Norwegian dairy goats. J Dairy Sci 2022; 105:8792-8805. [PMID: 36175242 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2021-21372] [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: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lipid added as rapeseed or palm oil to the diet of dairy goats over 8 mo of one lactation alters fat secretion and milk fatty acid (FA) and protein composition. In this study, we examined the contribution of mammary gene expression to these changes and included 30 multiparous goats of Norwegian dairy goat breed for a 230-d experimental period, with indoor feeding from 1 to 120 d in milk (DIM), mountain grazing from 120 to 200 DIM, and indoor feeding from 200 to 230 DIM. After an initial period (1-60 DIM) when the control diet was given to all goats, the animals were subdivided into 3 groups of 10 goats. Treatments (60-230 DIM) were basal concentrate (control) alone or supplemented with either 8% (by weight) hydrogenated palm oil enriched with palmitic acid (POFA) or 8% (by weight) rapeseed oil (RSO). Milk was sampled individually from all animals throughout lactation, at 60, 120, 190, and 230 DIM for milk yield and composition. On d 60, 120, 190, and 230, mammary tissue was collected by biopsy to measure mRNA abundance of 19 key genes. None of the 19 genes involved in milk protein, apoptosis, lipid metabolism, transcription factors, and protein of the milk fat globule membrane, as measured by mRNA abundance, were affected by the lipid supplements, although POFA increased milk fat content, and POFA and RSO affected milk FA composition. Over the experimental period (120-230 DIM), the mRNA abundance of 13 of the 19 studied genes was affected by lactation stage. For some genes, expression either gradually increased from 120 to 230 DIM (CSN2,CASP8,CD36,GLUT4) or increased from 120 to 200 and then remained stable (XDH), or decreased (CSN3,G6PD,SREBF1,PPARG1) or increased only at 230 DIM (SCD1,SCD5,ELF3). For a second group of genes (CSN1, LALBA, FABP3, FASN, LPL, MFGE8), expression was stable over the lactation period. Our results suggest that factors other than gene expression, such as substrate availability or posttranscriptional regulation of these genes, could play an important role in the milk fat and FA responses to dietary fat composition in the goat. In conclusion, mammary gene expression in goats was more regulated by stage of lactation than by the dietary treatments applied.
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- L Bernard
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR Herbivores, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR Herbivores, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), N-1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), N-1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), N-1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), N-1432 Ås, Norway.
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Liu E, Xiao W, Pu Q, Xu L, Wang L, Mao K, Hong W, Qu M, Xue F. Microbial and metabolomic insights into the bovine lipometabolic responses of rumen and mammary gland to zymolytic small peptide supplementation. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:875741. [PMID: 36187834 PMCID: PMC9515958 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.875741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Small peptides provide the easily utilized nitrogen for rumen microbial and promote acetate generation for milk fat synthesis. However, the impacts of peptide supplements on lipometabolic processes were still unclear. Therefore, a total of 800 multiparous dairy herds (with an average live weight of 667.6 ± 39.4 kg, an average lactation of 89.3 ± 18.8 days, and an average calving parity of 2.76 ± 0.47) were randomly allocated to the control (CON) and the small peptide (SP) supplement (100 g/day for each cow) treatments, respectively. A 35-day-long feeding procedure that includes a 7-day-long pretreatment test and a 28-day-long treatment test was followed for all cows. Dry matter intake (DMI) was recorded every day and calculated by the deviation between the supply and residue, while the daily milk production was automatically recorded through the rotary milking facilities. Milk samples were collected from each replicate on the last day, followed by the milk quality and milk lipid composition measurement. Rumen fluid samples were collected on the last day through esophageal tubing 3 h after morning feeding for the determination of the underlying mechanism of the small peptide on lipid metabolism through the measurement of rumen lipometabolic-related metabolites and rumen bacterial communities. Results indicated that dry matter intake showed an increasing trend, while milk production and the milk fat content remarkably increased after SP supplement (P < 0.05). Further detailed detection showed the mainly increased milk composition focused on monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA). Acetate-producing microbes, such as Acetitomaculum, Bifidobacterium, Succiniclasticum, and Succinivibrio, and butyrate-producing microbes, such as Shuttleworthia and Saccharofermentans, significantly proliferated, which causatively brought the increased ruminal content of acetate, isobutyrate, and butyrate after SP supplement (P < 0.05) compared with CON. Lipometabolic metabolites such as phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylserine (PS), triacylglycerol (TG), and Acetyl-CoA also significantly increased after SP supplement. In summary, SP supplements help to increase milk fat content through the proliferation of rumen bacterial communities, which provided more acetate and butyrate for milk fat synthesis combined with the promotion of ruminal lipometabolism.
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- En Liu
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Chengdu Mytech Biotech Co., Ltd., Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Mytech Biotech Co., Ltd., Chengdu, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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- Shanghai Menon Animal Nutrition Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
- *Correspondence: Mingren Qu
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- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
- Nanchang Key Laboratory of Animal Health and Safety Production, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
- Fuguang Xue
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Wu X, Zhen H, Liu Y, Li L, Luo Y, Liu X, Li S, Hao Z, Li M, Hu L, Qiao L, Wang J. Tissue-Specific Expression of Circ_015343 and Its Inhibitory Effect on Mammary Epithelial Cells in Sheep. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:919162. [PMID: 35836501 PMCID: PMC9275140 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.919162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a kind of non-coding RNA that have an important molecular function in mammary gland development and lactation of mammals. In our previous study, circ_015343 was found to be highly expressed in the ovine mammary gland tissue at the peak-lactation period by using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). In the present study, the authenticity of circ_015343 was confirmed by using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis and Sanger sequencing. The circ_015343 was derived from the complete 10 exons of aminoadipic semialdehyde synthase (AASS), ranging from exon 2 to exon 11 and mainly located in cytoplasm of ovine mammary epithelial cells. The circRNA was found to be expressed in eight ovine tissues, with the highest expression level in the mammary gland and the least expression in Longissimus dorsi muscle. The circ_015343 had a lower level of expression in a sheep breed with higher milk yield and milk fat content. The disturbed circ_015343 increased the viability and proliferation of the ovine mammary epithelial cells. The inhibition of circ_015343 also increased the expression levels of three milk fat synthesis marker genes: acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alpha (ACACA), fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4), and sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP1), as well as three proliferation-related genes: cyclin dependent kinase 2 (CDK2), cyclin dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), but decreased the expression level of its parent gene AASS. A circRNA-miRNA-mRNA interaction network showed that circ_015343 would bind some microRNAs (miRNAs) to regulate the expression of functional genes related to the development of mammary gland and lactation. This study contributes to a better understanding of the roles of circ_015343 in the mammary gland of sheep.
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Sledzieski S, Singh R, Cowen L, Berger B. D-SCRIPT translates genome to phenome with sequence-based, structure-aware, genome-scale predictions of protein-protein interactions. Cell Syst 2021; 12:969-982.e6. [PMID: 34536380 PMCID: PMC8586911 DOI: 10.1016/j.cels.2021.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We combine advances in neural language modeling and structurally motivated design to develop D-SCRIPT, an interpretable and generalizable deep-learning model, which predicts interaction between two proteins using only their sequence and maintains high accuracy with limited training data and across species. We show that a D-SCRIPT model trained on 38,345 human PPIs enables significantly improved functional characterization of fly proteins compared with the state-of-the-art approach. Evaluating the same D-SCRIPT model on protein complexes with known 3D structure, we find that the inter-protein contact map output by D-SCRIPT has significant overlap with the ground truth. We apply D-SCRIPT to screen for PPIs in cow (Bos taurus) at a genome-wide scale and focusing on rumen physiology, identify functional gene modules related to metabolism and immune response. The predicted interactions can then be leveraged for function prediction at scale, addressing the genome-to-phenome challenge, especially in species where little data are available.
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- Samuel Sledzieski
- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
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- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Che L, Xu M, Gao K, Zhu C, Wang L, Yang X, Wen X, Xiao H, Jiang Z, Wu D. Valine increases milk fat synthesis in mammary gland of gilts through stimulating AKT/MTOR/SREBP1 pathway†. Biol Reprod 2020; 101:126-137. [PMID: 30985894 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioz065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Lactating mammary glands are among the most active lipogenic organs and provide a large percentage of bioactive lipids and calories for infant growth. The branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) valine is known to modulate fatty acids synthesis in adipose tissue; however, its effects on fat metabolism and the underlying mechanisms in mammary glands remain to be determined. Valine supplementation during late pregnancy significantly increased the contents of total milk fat, triglyceride, sphingomyelin, and polyunsaturated fatty acids in the colostrum of gilts. Further study in porcine mammary epithelial cells (PMECs) confirmed that valine upregulated the phosphorylation levels of AKT-activated MTOR and subsequently induced the nuclear accumulation of sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 (SREBP1), thus increasing the expression of proteins related to fatty acids synthesis and intracellular triacylglycerol content. Inhibition of AKT/MTOR signaling or silencing of SREBP1 in PMECs downregulates the expression of proteins related to fatty acids synthesis and intracellular triacylglycerol content. Our findings indicated that valine enhanced milk fat synthesis of colostrum in porcine mammary glands via the AKT/MTOR/SREBP1 signaling pathway.
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- Long Che
- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition and Feed Science, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding; Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition and Feed Science, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding; Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding; Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528231, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding; Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding; Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding; Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding; Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding; Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture; Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition; Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition and Feed Science, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Bhat SA, Ahmad SM, Ibeagha-Awemu EM, Bhat BA, Dar MA, Mumtaz PT, Shah RA, Ganai NA. Comparative transcriptome analysis of mammary epithelial cells at different stages of lactation reveals wide differences in gene expression and pathways regulating milk synthesis between Jersey and Kashmiri cattle. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211773. [PMID: 30721247 PMCID: PMC6363229 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Jersey and Kashmiri cattle are important dairy breeds that contribute significantly to the total milk production of the Indian northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Kashmiri cattle germplasm has been extensively diluted through crossbreeding with Jersey cattle with the goal of enhancing its milk production ability. However, crossbred animals are prone to diseases resulting to unsustainable milk production. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive transcriptome profile of mammary gland epithelial cells at different stages of lactation and to find key differences in genes and pathways regulating milk traits between Jersey and Kashmiri cattle. Mammary epithelial cells (MEC) isolated from milk obtained from six lactating cows (three Jersey and three Kashmiri cattle) on day 15 (D15), D90 and D250 in milk, representing early, mid and late lactation, respectively were used. RNA isolated from MEC was subjected to next-generation RNA sequencing and bioinformatics processing. Casein and whey protein genes were found to be highly expressed throughout the lactation stages in both breeds. Largest differences in differentially expressed genes (DEG) were between D15 vs D90 (1,805 genes) in Kashmiri cattle and, D15 vs D250 (3,392 genes) in Jersey cattle. A total of 1,103, 1,356 and 1,397 genes were differentially expressed between Kashmiri and Jersey cattle on D15, D90 and D250, respectively. Antioxidant genes like RPLPO and RPS28 were highly expressed in Kashmiri cattle. Differentially expressed genes in both Kashmiri and Jersey were enriched for multicellular organismal process, receptor activity, catalytic activity, signal transducer activity, macromolecular complex and developmental process gene ontology terms. Whereas, biological regulation, endopeptidase activity and response to stimulus were enriched in Kashmiri cattle and, reproduction and immune system process were enriched in Jersey cattle. Most of the pathways responsible for regulation of milk production like JAK-STAT, p38 MAPK pathway, PI3 kinase pathway were enriched by DEG in Jersey cattle only. Although Kashmiri has poor milk production efficiency, the present study suggests possible physicochemical and antioxidant properties of Kashmiri cattle milk that needs to be further explored.
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- Shakil Ahmad Bhat
- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir, India
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- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir, India
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Life Science, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir, India
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- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir, India
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- Division of Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir, India
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- Division of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir, India
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Xu H, Luo J, Tian H, Li J, Zhang X, Chen Z, Li M, Loor JJ. Rapid communication: lipid metabolic gene expression and triacylglycerol accumulation in goat mammary epithelial cells are decreased by inhibition of SREBP-1. J Anim Sci 2018; 96:2399-2407. [PMID: 29846631 DOI: 10.1093/jas/sky069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
In mammals, sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1) is the master regulator of fatty acid and triacylglycerol synthesis. Recent gene silencing studies in mammary cells indicate that SREBP-1 has a central role in milk fat synthesis. However, SREBP-1 knockdown studies in goat mammary cells have not been performed; hence, its direct role in controlling mRNA expression of lipid metabolism genes and triacylglycerol synthesis remains unknown. Inhibition of SREBP-1 in goat mammary epithelial cells (GMEC) by small interference RNA (siRNA) markedly reduced the content of cellular triacylglycerol (~50% decrease, P < 0.05) and was partly related to downregulation of AGPAT6, LPIN1, and DGAT2 (-23%, -28% and -19%, respectively. P < 0.05), which are key enzymes involved in triacylglycerol synthesis, cellular triacylglycerol content and lipid droplet accumulation all decreased by SREBP-1 inhibition. The expression of lipid droplet formation and secretion genes was not altered in response to treatment. Although the lack of effect on expression of ACACA and FASN (rate-limiting enzymes for de novo fatty acid synthesis) with SREBP-1 knockdown was unexpected (P > 0.05), the downregulation of genes related to synthesis of acetyl-CoA and acetate activation (ACLY, ACSS2, and IDH1, P < 0.05) suggests that lipogenesis was inhibited. SREBP-1 knockdown also resulted in decreased expression of genes associated with fatty acid desaturation and elongation (SCD1 and ELOVL6, P < 0.05), long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) activation and transport (ACSL1, FABP3, and SLC27A6, P < 0.05). The results underscored the essential role of SREBP-1 not only in fatty acid synthesis but also in desaturation, elongation, and esterification in GMEC. Clearly, the lack of effect on ACACA and FASN, both of which are considered the key lipogenic enzymes, implies that there may be different regulatory mechanisms in goat compared with bovine mammary cells.
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- Huifen Xu
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China.,College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, P.R. China
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- Mammalian NutriPhysioGenomics, Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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Pasquini M, Osimani A, Tavoletti S, Moreno I, Clementi F, Trombetta MF. Trends in the quality and hygiene parameters of bulk Italian Mediterranean buffalo (
Bubalus bubalis
) milk: A three year study. Anim Sci J 2017; 89:176-185. [DOI: 10.1111/asj.12916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Marina Pasquini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona Italy
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Janmeda M, Kharadi V, Pandya G, Brahmkshtri B, Ramani U, Tyagi K. Relative gene expression of fatty acid synthesis genes at 60 days postpartum in bovine mammary epithelial cells of Surti and Jafarabadi buffaloes. Vet World 2017; 10:467-476. [PMID: 28620248 PMCID: PMC5465758 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2017.467-476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Aim: Aim of the study was to study the relative gene expression of genes associated with fatty acid synthesis at 60 days postpartum (pp) in bovine mammary epithelial cells (MECs) of Surti and Jafarabadi buffaloes. Materials and Methods: A total of 10 healthy Surti and Jafarabadi buffaloes of each breed were selected at random from Livestock Research Station, Navsari and Cattle Breeding Farm, Junagadh, Gujarat, respectively, for this study. Milk sample was collected from each selected buffalo at day 60 pp from these two breeds to study relative gene expression of major milk fat genes using non-invasive approach of obtaining primary bovine MECs (pBMEC) from milk samples. Results: In this study overall, the relative expression of the six major milk lipogenic genes butyrophilin subfamily 1 member A1 (BTN1A1), stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase mitochondrial (GPAM), acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase alpha (ACACA), and lipin (LPIN) did not show changes in expression patterns at 60th day of lactation in both Surti and Jafarabadi buffaloes. Conclusion: The pBMEC can be successfully recovered from 1500 ml of milk of Surti and Jafarabadi buffaloes using antibody-mediated magnetic bead separation and can be further used for recovering RNA for down step quantification of major milk lipogenic gene expression. The relative expression of the six major milk lipogenic genes BTN1A1, SCD, LPL, GPAM, ACACA, and LPIN did not show changes in expression patterns in both Surti and Jafarabadi buffaloes, suggesting expression levels of lipogenic genes are maintained almost uniform till peak lactation without any significant difference.
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- Mamta Janmeda
- Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Sciences, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India
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- Livestock Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Sciences, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Sciences, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India
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- Livestock Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India
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Lv Y, Guan W, Qiao H, Wang C, Chen F, Zhang Y, Liao Z. Veterinary Medicine and Omics (Veterinomics): Metabolic Transition of Milk Triacylglycerol Synthesis in Sows from Late Pregnancy to Lactation. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2016; 19:602-16. [PMID: 26484979 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2015.0102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Mammalian milk is a key source of lipids, providing not only important calories but also essential fatty acids. Veterinary medicine and omics systems sciences intersection, termed as "veterinomics" here, has received little attention to date but stands to offer much promise for building bridges between human and animal health. We determined the changes in porcine mammary genes and proteomics expression associated with milk triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis and secretion from late pregnancy to lactation. TAG content and fatty acid (FA) composition were determined in porcine colostrum (the 1st day of lactation) and milk (the 17th day of lactation). The mammary transcriptome for 70 genes and 13 proteins involved in TAG synthesis and secretion from six sows, each at d -17(late pregnancy), d 1(early lactation), and d 17 (peak lactation) relative to parturition were analyzed using quantitative real-time PCR and Western blot analyses. The TAG content and the concentrations of de novo synthesized FAs, saturated FAs, and monounsaturated FAs were higher in milk than in colostrum (p<0.05). Robust upregulation with high relative mRNA abundance was evident during lactation for genes associated with FA uptake (VLDLR, LPL, CD36), FA activation (ACSS2, ACSL3), and intracellar transport (FABP3), de novo FA synthesis (ACACA, FASN), FA elongation (ELOVL1), FA desaturation (SCD, FADS1), TAG synthesis (GPAM, AGPAT1, LPIN1, DGAT1), lipid droplet formation (BTN2A1, XDH, PLIN2), and transcription factors and nuclear receptors (SREBP1, SCAP, INSIG1/2). In conclusion, a wide variety of lipogenic genes and proteins regulate the channeling of FAs towards milk TAG synthesis and secretion in porcine mammary gland tissue. These findings inform future omics strategies to increase milk fat production and lipid profile and attest to the rise of both veterinomics and lipidomics in postgenomics life sciences.
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- Yantao Lv
- 1 College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- 1 College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China .,2 National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- 1 College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- 1 College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- 1 College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- 1 College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- 1 College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Herve L, Quesnel H, Lollivier V, Boutinaud M. Regulation of cell number in the mammary gland by controlling the exfoliation process in milk in ruminants. J Dairy Sci 2016; 99:854-63. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-9964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Boutinaud M, Herve L, Lollivier V. Mammary epithelial cells isolated from milk are a valuable, non-invasive source of mammary transcripts. Front Genet 2015; 6:323. [PMID: 26579195 PMCID: PMC4623414 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Milk is produced in the udder by mammary epithelial cells (MEC). Milk contains MEC, which are gradually exfoliated from the epithelium during lactation. Isolation of MEC from milk using immunomagnetic separation may be a useful non-invasive method to investigate transcriptional regulations in ruminants' udder. This review aims to describe the process of isolating MEC from milk, to provide an overview on the studies that use this method to analyze gene expression by qRT PCR and to evaluate the validity of this method by analyzing and comparing the results between studies. In several goat and cow studies, consistent reductions in alpha-lactalbumin mRNA levels during once-daily milking (ODM) and in SLC2A1 mRNA level during feed restriction are observed. The effect of ODM on alpha-lactalbumin mRNA level was similarly observed in milk isolated MEC and mammary biopsy. Moreover, we and others showed decreasing alpha-lactalbumin and increasing BAX mRNA levels with advanced stages of lactation in dairy cows and buffalo. The relevance of using the milk-isolated MEC method to analyze mammary gene expression is proven, as the transcript variations were also consistent with milk yield and composition variations under the effect of different factors such as prolactin inhibition or photoperiod. However, the RNA from milk-isolated MEC is particularly sensitive to degradation. This could explain the differences obtained between milk-isolated MEC and mammary biopsy in two studies where gene expression was compared using qRT-PCR or RNA Sequencing analyses. As a conclusion, when the RNA quality is conserved, MEC isolated from milk are a valuable, non-invasive source of mammary mRNA to study various factors that impact milk yield and composition (ODM, feeding level, endocrine status, photoperiod modulation, and stage of lactation).
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- Marion Boutinaud
- UMR 1348 PEGASE, Institut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueSaint Gilles, France
- UMR 1348 PEGASE, AGROCAMPUS OUESTRennes, France
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- UMR 1348 PEGASE, Institut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueSaint Gilles, France
- UMR 1348 PEGASE, AGROCAMPUS OUESTRennes, France
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- UMR 1348 PEGASE, Institut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueSaint Gilles, France
- UMR 1348 PEGASE, AGROCAMPUS OUESTRennes, France
- Université Européenne de BretagneRennes, France
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