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Cao X, Ren Y, Lu Q, Wang K, Wu Y, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Cui XS, Yang Z, Chen Z. Lactoferrin: A glycoprotein that plays an active role in human health. Front Nutr 2023; 9:1018336. [PMID: 36712548 PMCID: PMC9875800 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1018336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Lactoferrin (Lf), existing widely in human and mammalian milk, is a multifunctional glycoprotein with many functions, such as immune regulation, anti-inflammation, antibacterial, antiviral, and antioxidant. These extensive functions largely attribute to its ability to chelate iron and interfere with the cellular receptors of pathogenic microorganisms and their hosts. Moreover, it is non-toxic and has good compatibility with other supplements. Thus, Lf has been widely used in food nutrition, drug carriers, biotechnology, and feed development. Although Lf has been continuously explored and studied, a more comprehensive and systematic compendium is still required. This review presents the recent advances in the structure and physicochemical properties of Lf as well as clinical studies on human diseases, with the aim of providing a reference for further research of Lf and the development of its related functional products.
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- Xiang Cao
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Animal Science, Laboratory of Animal Developmental Biology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China,International Joint Research Laboratory in Universities of Jiangsu Province of China for Domestic Animal Germplasm Resources and Genetic Improvement, Yangzhou, China,*Correspondence: Zhi Chen,
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Gnanesh Kumar B, Mattad S. Comprehensive analysis of lactoferrin N-glycans with site-specificity from bovine colostrum using specific proteases and RP-UHPLC-MS/MS. Int Dairy J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2021.104999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Wang Y, Morton JD, Bekhit AELDA, Carne A, Mason SL. Amino Acid Sequences of Lactoferrin from Red Deer ( Cervus elaphus) Milk and Antimicrobial Activity of Its Derived Peptides Lactoferricin and Lactoferrampin. Foods 2021; 10:1305. [PMID: 34200201 PMCID: PMC8228779 DOI: 10.3390/foods10061305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Although the bioactivities of bovine lactoferrin have been extensively investigated, little is known about deer milk lactoferrin bioactivity and its amino acid sequence. This research investigated the amino acid sequence of deer lactoferrin and the antimicrobial activities of two lactoferrin-encrypted peptides; lactoferricin (Lfcin) and lactoferrampin (Lfampin). Deer lactoferrin was found to have a molecular weight of 77.1 kDa and an isoelectric point of 7.99, which are similar to that of bovine lactoferrin, 78 kDa and pI 7.9. Deer lactoferrin contains 707 amino acids, one amino acid less than bovine lactoferrin, and has 92% homology with bovine lactoferrin. Deer lactoferricin exhibited strong antimicrobial activity against E. coli American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) 25922 and L. acidophilus ATCC 4356. The antimicrobial activities of deer and bovine Lfcin and Lfampin were compared. Based on MIC, deer Lfcin was found to be a more effective inhibitor of L. acidophilus ATCC 4356 than bovine Lfcin, but bovine Lfcin and Lfampin were more effective against E. coli ATCC 25922 than deer Lfcin and Lfampin. The deer Lfcin sequence differed at seven amino acids from bovine Lfcin and this decreased the net positive charge and increased the hydrophobicity. Deer Lfampin contained two differences in amino acid sequence compared to bovine Lfampin which decreased the net positive charge. These amino acid sequence differences likely account for differences in antibacterial activity. Positive charge and hydrophobic residues provide the amphipathic character of these helical peptides, and are considered important for binding of antimicrobial peptides. In silico modelling of deer Lfcin indicated an identical α-helical structure compared to bovine Lfcin.
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- Ye Wang
- Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, Lincoln 7674, New Zealand; (J.D.M.); (S.L.M.)
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- Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, Lincoln 7674, New Zealand; (J.D.M.); (S.L.M.)
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- Department of Food Science, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand;
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand;
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- Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, Lincoln 7674, New Zealand; (J.D.M.); (S.L.M.)
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Wang Y, Bekhit AEDA, Mason SL, Morton JD. Lactoferrin Isolation and Hydrolysis from Red Deer ( Cervus elaphus) Milk and the Antibacterial Activity of Deer Lactoferrin and Its Hydrolysates. Foods 2020; 9:E1711. [PMID: 33233386 PMCID: PMC7700581 DOI: 10.3390/foods9111711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lactoferrin (Lf) and other whey proteins have been isolated from red deer milk for the first time using a three-step anion and cation exchange chromatography protocol. The separated deer Lf was subject to in vitro gastric and duodenal digestions to generate peptides. The purity of the deer Lf and its hydrolysis products were analyzed by SDS-PAGE. The antibacterial activity of the deer Lf and its hydrolysates were investigated and was compared to cow counterpart. Gastric and duodenal digested deer Lf had strong bactericidal activity against E. coli ATCC 25922 with minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) of 280 µM and 402 µM, respectively. These results suggest that deer milk contains bioactive whey proteins and can generate bioactive peptides, which can benefit human health by inhibiting food-borne pathogenic bacteria.
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- Ye Wang
- Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Bioscience, Lincoln University, PO Box 85084, Lincoln 7674, New Zealand; (S.L.M.); (J.D.M.)
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- Department of Food Science, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand;
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- Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Bioscience, Lincoln University, PO Box 85084, Lincoln 7674, New Zealand; (S.L.M.); (J.D.M.)
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- Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Bioscience, Lincoln University, PO Box 85084, Lincoln 7674, New Zealand; (S.L.M.); (J.D.M.)
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Lactoferrin and IgG levels in ovine milk throughout lactation: Correlation with milk quality parameters. Small Rumin Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2018.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wang J, Shi H, Zhang T, Huang J, Li Z, Ma G, Zhang X. The lactoferrin content variation and its related factors in milk of Xinong Saanen goats. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL RESEARCH 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2018.1453818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Jianjue Wang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yanglin, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yanglin, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yanglin, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yanglin, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yanglin, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yanglin, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yanglin, People’s Republic of China
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Singh K, Phyn C, Reinsch M, Dobson J, Oden K, Davis S, Stelwagen K, Henderson H, Molenaar A. Temporal and spatial heterogeneity in milk and immune-related gene expression during mammary gland involution in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2017; 100:7669-7685. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-12572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Singh K, Swanson K, Henderson H, Erdman R, Stelwagen K. The effect of milking reinitiation following extended nonmilking periods on lactation in primiparous dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2015; 98:7666-74. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Variability of the caprine whey protein genes and their association with milk yield, composition and renneting properties in the Sarda breed. 1. The LALBA gene. J DAIRY RES 2015; 82:434-41. [PMID: 26304038 DOI: 10.1017/s0022029915000461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The 5' flanking region and 3' UTR of the caprine LALBA gene were analysed by SSCP and sequencing. A total of nine SNPs were detected: three in the promoter region, two were synonymous coding SNPs at exon-1, and four SNPs were in exon-4, within the 3'UTR. The nucleotide changes located in the promoter region (c.-358T>C, c.-163G>A, c.-121T>G) were genotyped by SSCP in 263 Sarda goats to evaluate their possible effect on milk yield, composition and renneting properties. We observed an effect of the three SNPs on milk yield and lactose content. Genotypes TT and CT at c.-358T>C (P A (P C and c.-121T>G were part of transcription factors binding sites, potentially involved in modulating the LALBA gene expression. The LALBA genotype affected renneting properties (P < 0.001), as heterozygotes c.-358CT and c.-163GA were characterised by delayed rennet coagulation time and curd firming time and the lowest value of curd firmness. The present investigation increases the panel of SNPs and adds new information about the effects of the caprine LALBA gene polymorphism.
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Sharma N, Kim JH, Sodhi SS, Luong DH, Kim SW, Oh SJ, Jeong DK. Differentiation dynamics of mammary epithelial stem cells from Korean holstein dairy cattle under ECM-free conditions. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2015; 33:2633-54. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2014.1003197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The mammary gland (MG) lacks a mucosa but is part of the mucosal immune system because of its role in passive mucosal immunity. The MG is not an inductive site for mucosal immunity. Rather, synthesis of immunoglobulin (Ig)A by plasma cells stimulated at distal inductive sites dominate in the milk of rodents, humans, and swine whereas IgG1 derived from serum predominates in ruminants. Despite the considerable biodiversity in the role of the MG, IgG passively transfers the maternal systemic immunological experience whereas IgA transfers the mucosal immunological experience. Although passive antibodies are protective, they and other lacteal constituents can be immunoregulatory. Immune protection of the MG largely depends on the innate immune system; the monocytes–macrophages group together with intraepithelial lymphocytes is dominant in the healthy gland. An increase in somatic cells (neutrophils) and various interleukins signal infection (mastitis) and a local immune response in the MG. The major role of the MG to mucosal immunity is the passive immunity supplied to the suckling neonate.
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Effects of continuous lactation and short dry periods on mammary function and animal health. Animal 2012; 6:403-14. [DOI: 10.1017/s1751731111002461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Seyfert HM, Henke M, Interthal H, Klussmann U, Koczan D, Natour S, Pusch W, Senft B, Steinhoff UM, Tuckoricz A, Hobom G. Defining candidate genes for mastitis resistance in cattle: the role of lactoferrin and lysozyme. J Anim Breed Genet 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1996.tb00616.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Piantoni P, Wang P, Drackley JK, Hurley WL, Loor JJ. Expression of metabolic, tissue remodeling, oxidative stress, and inflammatory pathways in mammary tissue during involution in lactating dairy cows. Bioinform Biol Insights 2010; 4:85-97. [PMID: 20981268 PMCID: PMC2964046 DOI: 10.4137/bbi.s5850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Histological and functional changes associated with involution in the mammary gland are partly regulated by changes in gene expression. At 42 d postpartum, Holstein cows underwent a period of 5 d during which they were milked 1X daily until complete cessation of milking. Percutaneous mammary biopsies (n = 5/time point) were obtained on d 1, 5, 14, and 21 relative to the start of 1X milking for transcript profiling via qPCR of 57 genes associated with metabolism, apoptosis/proliferation, immune response/inflammation, oxidative stress, and tissue remodeling. Not surprisingly, there was clear downregulation of genes associated with milk fat synthesis (FASN, ACACA, CD36, FABP3, SCD) and lipid-related transcription regulation (SREBF1, SREBF2). Similar to milk fat synthesis-related genes, those encoding proteins required for glucose uptake (SLC2A1), casein synthesis (CSN2, CSN3), and lactose synthesis (LALBA) decreased during involution. Unlike metabolic genes, those associated with immune response and inflammation (C3, LTF, SAA3), oxidative stress (GPX1, SOD2), and pro-inflammatory cytokine signaling (SPP1, TNF) increased to peak levels by d 14 from the start of 1X milking. These adaptations appeared to be related with tissue remodeling as indicated by upregulation of proteins encoding matrix proteinases (MMP2), IGFBP3, and transcriptional regulation of apoptosis/cell proliferation (MYC). In contrast, the concerted upregulation of STAT3, TGFB1, and TGFB1R during the first 14 d was suggestive of an activation of these signaling pathways probably as an acute response to regulate differentiation and/or mammary cell survival upon the onset of a marked pro-inflammatory and oxidative stress response induced by the gradual reduction in milk removal. Results suggest a central role of STAT3, MYC, PPARG, SREBF1, and SREBF2 in regulating concerted alterations in metabolic and cell survival mechanisms, which were induced partly via oxidative stressed-triggered inflammation and the decline in metabolic activity.
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Sreedhara A, Flengsrud R, Prakash V, Krowarsch D, Langsrud T, Kaul P, Devold TG, Vegarud GE. A comparison of effects of pH on the thermal stability and conformation of caprine and bovine lactoferrin. Int Dairy J 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Pezeshki A, Capuco AV, De Spiegeleer B, Peelman L, Stevens M, Collier RJ, Burvenich C. REVIEW ARTICLE: An integrated view on how the management of the dry period length of lactating cows could affect mammary biology and defence. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2010; 94:e7-30. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2010.00991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Singh K, Erdman RA, Swanson KM, Molenaar AJ, Maqbool NJ, Wheeler TT, Arias JA, Quinn-Walsh EC, Stelwagen K. Epigenetic regulation of milk production in dairy cows. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 2010; 15:101-12. [PMID: 20131087 DOI: 10.1007/s10911-010-9164-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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It is well established that milk production of the dairy cow is a function of mammary epithelial cell (MEC) number and activity and that these factors can be influenced by diverse environmental influences and management practises (nutrition, milk frequency, photoperiod, udder health, hormonal and local effectors). Thus, understanding how the mammary gland is able to respond to these environmental cues provides a huge potential to enhance milk production of the dairy cow. In recent years our understanding of molecular events within the MEC underlying bovine lactation has been advanced through mammary microarray studies and will be further advanced through the recent availability of the bovine genome sequence. In addition, the potential of epigenetic regulation (non-sequence inheritable chemical changes in chromatin, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications, which affect gene expression) to manipulate mammary function is emerging. We propose that a substantial proportion of unexplained phenotypic variation in the dairy cow is due to epigenetic regulation. Heritability of epigenetic marks also highlights the potential to modify lactation performance of offspring. Understanding the response of the MEC (cell signaling pathways and epigenetic mechanisms) to external stimuli will be an important prerequisite to devising new technologies for maximising their activity and, hence, milk production in the dairy cow.
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- Kuljeet Singh
- AgResearch Ltd., Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand.
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In vitro impact of a whey protein isolate (WPI) and collagen hydrolysates (CHs) on B16F10 melanoma cells proliferation. J Dermatol Sci 2009; 56:51-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2009.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2008] [Revised: 06/15/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Molenaar AJ, Harris DP, Rajan GH, Pearson ML, Callaghan MR, Sommer L, Farr VC, Oden KE, Miles MC, Petrova RS, Good LL, Singh K, McLaren RD, Prosser CG, Kim KS, Wieliczko RJ, Dines MH, Johannessen KM, Grigor MR, Davis SR, Stelwagen K. The acute-phase protein serum amyloid A3 is expressed in the bovine mammary gland and plays a role in host defence. Biomarkers 2009; 14:26-37. [PMID: 19283521 DOI: 10.1080/13547500902730714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The serum amyloid A protein is one of the major reactants in the acute-phase response. Using representational difference analysis comparing RNA from normal and involuting quarters of a dairy cow mammary gland, we found an mRNA encoding the SAA3 protein (M-SAA3). The M-SAA3 mRNA was localized to restricted populations of bovine mammary epithelial cells (MECs). It was expressed at a moderate level in late pregnancy, at a low level through lactation, was induced early in milk stasis, and expressed at high levels in most MECs during mid to late involution and inflammation/mastitis. The mature M-SAA3 peptide was expressed in Escherichia coli, antibodies made, and shown to have antibacterial activity against E. coli, Streptococcus uberis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These results suggest that the mammary SAA3 may have a role in protection of the mammary gland during remodelling and infection and possibly in the neonate gastrointestinal tract.
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- Adrian J Molenaar
- Dairy Science and Technology, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Chang JH, Chen CC, Chao MC, Chuang YC, Chang MC. Molecular cloning and characterization of Taiwan macaque lactoferrin. J Med Primatol 2009; 38:114-20. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2008.00318.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Differential expression of ABC transporters and their regulatory genes during lactation and dry period in bovine mammary tissue. J DAIRY RES 2008; 75:406-14. [PMID: 18700997 DOI: 10.1017/s002202990800335x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters play a pivotal role in human physiology, and mutations in these genes often result in severe hereditary diseases. ABC transporters are expressed in the bovine mammary gland but their physiological role in this organ remains elusive. Based on findings in the context of human disorders we speculated that candidate ABC transporters are implicated in lipid and cholesterol transport in the mammary gland. Therefore we investigated the expression pattern of selected genes that are associated with sterol transport in lactating and nonlactating mammary glands of dairy cows. mRNA levels from mammary gland biopsies taken during lactation and in the first and second week of the dry period were analysed using quantitative PCR. Five ABC transporter genes, namely ABCA1, ABCA7, ABCG1, ABCG2 and ABCG5, their regulating genes LXRalpha, PPARgamma, SREBP1 and the milk proteins lactoferrin and alpha-lactalbumin were assessed. A significantly enhanced expression in the dry period was observed for ABCA1 while a significant decrease of expression in this period was detected for ABCA7, ABCG2, SREBP1 and alpha-lactalbumin. ABCG1, ABCG5, LXRalpha, PPARgamma and lactoferrin expression was not altered between lactation and dry period. These results indicate that candidate ABC transporters involved in lipid and cholesterol transport show differential mRNA expression between lactation and the dry period. This may be due to physiological changes in the mammary gland such as immigration of macrophages or the accumulation of fat due to the loss of liquid in the involuting mammary gland. The current mRNA expression analysis of transporters in the mammary gland is the prerequisite for elucidating novel molecular mechanisms underlying cholesterol and lipid transfer into milk.
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The role of native bovine α-lactalbumin in bovine mammary epithelial cell apoptosis and casein expression. J DAIRY RES 2008; 75:319-25. [DOI: 10.1017/s0022029908003403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Folding variants of α-lactalbumin (α-la) are known to induce cell death in a number of cell types, including mammary epithelial cells (MEC). The native conformation of α-la however has not been observed to exhibit this biological activity. Here we report that native bovine α-la reduced the viability of primary bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMEC) and induced caspase activity in mammospheres, which are alveolar-like structures formed by culturing primary BMEC on extracellular matrix in the presence of lactogenic hormones. These observations suggest a possible role for bovine α-la in involution and/or maintaining the luminal space in mammary alveoli during lactation. In addition, co-incubation of bovine α-la in an in-vitro mammosphere model resulted in decreased β-casein mRNA expression and increased αs1- and κ-casein mRNA expression. This differential effect on casein expression levels is unusual and raises the possibility of manipulating expression levels of individual caseins to alter dairy processing properties. Manipulation of α-la levels could be further investigated for its potential to enhance milk protein expression and/or improve lactational persistency by influencing the balance between proliferation and apoptosis of BMEC, which has a major influence on the milk-producing capacity of the mammary gland.
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Singh K, Davis S, Dobson J, Molenaar A, Wheeler T, Prosser C, Farr V, Oden K, Swanson K, Phyn C, Hyndman D, Wilson T, Henderson H, Stelwagen K. cDNA Microarray Analysis Reveals that Antioxidant and Immune Genes Are Upregulated During Involution of the Bovine Mammary Gland. J Dairy Sci 2008; 91:2236-46. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Li Y, Limmon GV, Imani F, Teng C. Induction of lactoferrin gene expression by innate immune stimuli in mouse mammary epithelial HC-11 cells. Biochimie 2008; 91:58-67. [PMID: 18534195 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2008.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Lactoferrin (LF) is a multifunctional protein. While its functions and mechanism of actions are actively being investigated, the cellular signals that regulate LF expression have not been as explored. We have previously demonstrated that LF is upregulated by estrogen in the reproductive system. In this study, we show that the expression of LF was stimulated by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) in normal mouse mammalian HC-11 cells. When cells were exposed to either LPS or dsRNA, the mRNA and protein of LF were increased in a dose- and time-dependent manner, yet the kinetics of LF induction by dsRNA or LPS were different. The LPS and dsRNA-induced LF was mainly released into the culture medium where it blocked TNF-alpha production in exposed cells. We explored the mechanisms of LF induction by LPS and dsRNA using specific inhibitors and found that the induction could be attenuated by inhibitors to PKC, NF-kappaB, p38 and JNK, but not by an inhibitor to PKA. Interestingly, ERK inhibitor was effective against dsRNA but not against LPS induction of LF. These data suggest that LF was induced by LPS and dsRNA through PKC, NF-kappaB and MAPK pathways which in turn play an inhibitory role in the continuation of innate inflammation.
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- Yin Li
- Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Sorensen MT, Nørgaard JV, Theil PK, Vestergaard M, Sejrsen K. Cell Turnover and Activity in Mammary Tissue During Lactation and the Dry Period in Dairy Cows. J Dairy Sci 2006; 89:4632-9. [PMID: 17106095 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(06)72513-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Milk yield of the dairy cow follows a pattern termed the lactation curve. We have investigated the cellular background for this pattern. Seven mammary biopsies were obtained from each of 10 cows: at the end of lactation (d 347, equal to d 77 before next parturition); during the dry period at d 48 (4 d after dry off); 16 d before parturition; and during lactation at d 14, 42, 88, and 172. The fraction of proliferating (staining positive for Ki-67) alveolar cells was higher during the dry period (8.6%) than during lactation (0.5%). The fraction of apoptotic (staining positive by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling) alveolar cells was higher immediately after dry off (0.37%) and in early lactation (0.76%) than during other periods (0.15%). The enzyme activities of fatty acid synthetase, acetyl CoA-carboxylase, and galactosyl transferase were approximately 12-, 11-, and 4-fold higher, respectively, during lactation than during the dry period. In conclusion, mammary cell proliferation is substantial in a period near parturition but otherwise low, and apoptosis is elevated at dry off and in early lactation. The increase in apoptosis in early lactation may be due to discarding nonfunctional or senescent cells or to removal of a surplus of newly synthesized cells. The activity of selected enzymes central for milk synthesis is probably not limiting for milk production.
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- M T Sorensen
- Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, PO Box 50, DK-8830, Tjele, Denmark.
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Dong ZY, Zhang YZ. Molecular cloning and expression of yak (Bos grunniens) lactoferrin cDNA in Pichia pastoris. Biotechnol Lett 2006; 28:1285-92. [PMID: 16810449 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9092-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2006] [Accepted: 04/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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cDNA encoding lactoferrin from yak was isolated by RT-PCR and then sequenced. The cloned cDNA (2127 bp) encodes a 709 amino acid precursor molecule of yak lactoferrin with a signal peptide of 19 amino acids. The yak lactoferrin cDNA was expressed in Pichia pastoris. The recombinant protein, purified by Ni-NTA affinity column, had a molecular weight of 76 kDa and reacted with an antibody raised against native bovine lactoferrin. The iron-binding behavior and antimicrobial activity of the purified protein indicated that it was correctly folded and functional.
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- Zhao-Yong Dong
- College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Chengdu 610064, PR China
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Baumrucker CR, Schanbacher F, Shang Y, Green MH. Lactoferrin interaction with retinoid signaling: cell growth and apoptosis in mammary cells. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2006; 30:289-303. [PMID: 16168621 DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2005.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2005] [Revised: 07/22/2005] [Accepted: 07/23/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lactoferrin (Lf) is a multifunctional iron-binding protein that was first identified in mammary secretions, but is synthesized by most mammalian tissues. The protein has a signal sequence that dictates secretion; it also has a nuclear localization sequence that facilitates entry into the cell nucleus. The mechanism of the latter action is currently unknown, but is thought to occur via a Lf receptor. Lactoferrin content of mammary tissue and secretions varies with developmental state; it is synthesized in mammary tissue at high levels during both pregnancy and involution, and during mammary infections. Using fluorescent (FITC)-labeled holo-bLf, we show that bovine primary epithelial cells and MCF-7 breast cancer cells do not translocate the exogenously added Lf to the nucleus after culture in serum free media (SFM). However, the supplementation of SFM with 1microM all-trans retinoic acid (atRA) caused breast cancer cells to gain the capacity to take up labeled bLf into the cell nucleus. Primary bovine mammary cells (MeBo) exhibited similar capacity in culture. This suggests that in addition to Lf, one or more components modulated by atRA, are necessary for nuclear translocation to occur. Transfection experiments with atRA treated MCF-7 cells containing retinoic acid response element reporter constructs showed that the extracellular application of lactoferrin alters reporter gene expression. Lactoferrin increased a DR5 luciferase response element in a dose-dependent manner only when atRA was applied. Immunocytochemical markers for the cell cycle (Ki67) and apoptotic events (Caspase-3 and PARP-85) showed that lactoferrin alters the atRA-induced phenotype, blocking apoptosis and maintaining cell cycle activity in both MCF-7 and MeBo cells in the presence of 1muM atRA. We propose that nuclear lactoferrin interacts with retinoic acid signaling pathways in cells and alters/blocks the signals so that cells remain in the cell cycle and/or do not enter the apoptotic pathway.
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- Craig R Baumrucker
- Department of Dairy & Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
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Wang Y, Tu Y, Han F, Xu Z, Wang J. Developmental gene expression of lactoferrin and effect of dietary iron on gene regulation of lactoferrin in mouse mammary gland. J Dairy Sci 2006; 88:2065-71. [PMID: 15905437 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(05)72883-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study evaluated the developmental gene expression of lactoferrin (LF) and the effect of supplementary iron on gene expression of LF in the mammary gland of mice using semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. In experiment 1, a total of 12 female mice were used to determine the effect of different lactating stages on mRNA expression of LF. The Institute of Cancer Research mice were divided into 4 groups; each group of 3 mice was tested on d 1, 9, 17, and 25 of lactation. In experiment 2, 6 groups of mice (total of 24 female mice at d 12 after mating) were fed purified diets (without iron or supplement iron) and were assigned to 2 treatments (control and treatment). The experimental feeding period lasted 35 d. During the feeding experiment, 6 mice (3 animals in each group) were chosen on d 1, 9, 17, and 25 of lactation to determine the effect of iron on LF mRNA expression of mice at different stages of lactation. The results of experiment 1 showed that LF mRNA had strong expression on d 1 of lactation, decreased gradually on d 9 and 17 of lactation, and then increased again markedly on d 25 of lactation. These results imply that the expression of LF in the mammary gland at different lactating stages is consistent with the changes in LF concentrations in milk. Iron significantly increased LF mRNA expression on d 1 and 25 of lactation. Iron did not statistically increase LF gene expression on d 9 and 17 of lactation. These findings raised the possibility that iron supplementation may play a role in regulation of LF levels in vivo.
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- Y Wang
- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Institute of Feed Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
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Kim HK, Chun DS, Kim JS, Yun CH, Lee JH, Hong SK, Kang DK. Expression of the cationic antimicrobial peptide lactoferricin fused with the anionic peptide in Escherichia coli. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 72:330-8. [PMID: 16421719 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0266-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2005] [Revised: 10/17/2005] [Accepted: 10/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Direct expression of lactoferricin, an antimicrobial peptide, is lethal to Escherichia coli. For the efficient production of lactoferricin in E. coli, we developed an expression system in which the gene for the lysine- and arginine-rich cationic lactoferricin was fused to an anionic peptide gene to neutralize the basic property of lactoferricin, and successfully overexpressed the concatemeric fusion gene in E. coli. The lactoferricin gene was linked to a modified magainin intervening sequence gene by a recombinational polymerase chain reaction, thus producing an acidic peptide-lactoferricin fusion gene. The monomeric acidic peptide-lactoferricin fusion gene was multimerized and expressed in E. coli BL21(DE3) upon induction with isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside. The expression levels of the fusion peptide reached the maximum at the tetramer, while further increases in the copy number of the fusion gene substantially reduced the peptide expression level. The fusion peptides were isolated and cleaved to generate the separate lactoferricin and acidic peptide. About 60 mg of pure recombinant lactoferricin was obtained from 1 L of E. coli culture. The purified recombinant lactoferricin was found to have a molecular weight similar to that of chemically synthesized lactoferricin. The recombinant lactoferricin showed antimicrobial activity and disrupted bacterial membrane permeability, as the native lactoferricin peptide does.
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- Ha-Kun Kim
- Department of Genetic Engineering, PaiChai University, 439-6, Doma-dong, Seo-ku, Daejon, 302-735, South Korea
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Zheng J, Ather JL, Sonstegard TS, Kerr DE. Characterization of the infection-responsive bovine lactoferrin promoter. Gene 2005; 353:107-17. [PMID: 15935571 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2004] [Revised: 03/09/2005] [Accepted: 04/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The concentration of lactoferrin in bovine milk is dramatically increased in response to infection. The high levels of lactoferrin may have a role in the prevention of microbial infection of the mammary gland. However, molecular mechanisms of how the lactoferrin gene is regulated in the mammary gland in response to infection remain unknown. In this study, we isolated and characterized the 5' flanking region of the bovine lactoferrin gene. An 8.2 kilobase (kb) fragment of the bovine lactoferrin gene, containing 4.4 kb of 5' flanking region, exon 1, intron 1, and exon 2, was isolated from a bovine genomic library on two overlapping bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones. Sequence analysis of the isolated lactoferrin gene revealed that the promoter region contains a high GC content, a non-canonical TATA box, multiple stimulating protein 1 (SP1)/GC elements, and other putative binding sites for transcription factors including nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), activator protein 1 (AP1), signal transducer and activator of transcriptions 3 and 5 (STAT3 and STAT5), and steroid hormone receptors. To demonstrate that the isolated promoter is functional, 4.4 kb of 5' flanking region was inserted upstream from the firefly luciferase gene and the chimeric construct was transiently transfected into murine mammary epithelial cells. Transfection studies showed that the basal promoter activity is quite potent, being similar in strength to that of the simian virus 40 (SV40) promoter/enhancer. In addition, a 24-h treatment with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) significantly stimulated its activity up to 2.3-fold in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, promoter deletion analysis indicated that the sequence up to -543 was sufficient for basal activity, whereas the sequence up to -1029 was required for maximal basal activity. The basal activity of the promoter is affected by both positive regulatory regions (-2462/-1879 and -1029/-75) and a negative regulatory region (-1407/-1029). LPS-responsive regions of the promoter were localized to the region from -1029 to -543 containing one STAT3 site and two NF-kappaB sites, and the region from -4355 to -2462 containing three AP1 sites and six NF-kappaB sites. Taken together, our findings suggested that the lactoferrin promoter responds to infection via the NF-kappaB pathway.
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- Jiamao Zheng
- Lactation and Mammary Gland Biology Group, Department of Animal Science, 213 Terrill Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Oho T, Bikker FJ, Nieuw Amerongen AV, Groenink J. A peptide domain of bovine milk lactoferrin inhibits the interaction between streptococcal surface protein antigen and a salivary agglutinin peptide domain. Infect Immun 2004; 72:6181-4. [PMID: 15385529 PMCID: PMC517587 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.10.6181-6184.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The peptide domain of salivary agglutinin responsible for its interaction with cell surface protein antigen (PAc) of Streptococcus mutans or bovine lactoferrin was found in the same peptide, scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain peptide 2 (SRCRP2). Inhibition studies suggest that PAc and lactoferrin, of which residues 480 to 492 seem important, competitively bind to the SRCRP2 domain of salivary agglutinin.
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- Takahiko Oho
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Taylor S, Brock J, Kruger C, Berner T, Murphy M. Safety determination for the use of bovine milk-derived lactoferrin as a component of an antimicrobial beef carcass spray. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2004; 39:12-24. [PMID: 14746776 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2003.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bovine milk-derived lactoferrin (BMDL), an iron-binding glycoprotein, is known to be an effective natural antimicrobial. It is used as a spray, applied electrostatically, to raw beef carcasses to detach bacteria adhering to the surface in order to reduce microbial contamination. The use of BMDL as a component (at not more than 2% by weight) of an antimicrobial spray was determined Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) (GRN 67) for three proposed uses (i.e., beef carcasses, subprimals, and finished cuts), provided that the ingredient statement of food products that contain milk-derived lactoferrin identifies the source of the protein. The use of BMDL spray on only beef carcasses (not subprimals or finished cuts) at a level not to exceed 0.20 ml of formulation per kg of beef was determined safe without the requirement of labeling of food products so treated. The two key components of the assessment are: (1) a determination that exogenous lactoferrin exposure (resulting from its application to beef carcasses) is in the range of existing background exposures of lactoferrin as a result of lactoferrin found naturally in beef, and (2) a determination that this potentially small incremental increase in lactoferrin is safe (i.e., there is no reasonable expectation that BMDL will become an allergen under the conditions of its intended use).
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- Steve Taylor
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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Farrell HM, Jimenez-Flores R, Bleck GT, Brown EM, Butler JE, Creamer LK, Hicks CL, Hollar CM, Ng-Kwai-Hang KF, Swaisgood HE. Nomenclature of the Proteins of Cows’ Milk—Sixth Revision. J Dairy Sci 2004; 87:1641-74. [PMID: 15453478 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(04)73319-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 736] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This report of the American Dairy Science Association Committee on the Nomenclature, Classification, and Methodology of Milk Proteins reviews changes in the nomenclature of milk proteins necessitated by recent advances of our knowledge of milk proteins. Identification of major caseins and whey proteins continues to be based upon their primary structures. Nomenclature of the immunoglobulins consistent with new international standards has been developed, and all bovine immunoglobulins have been characterized at the molecular level. Other significant findings related to nomenclature and protein methodology are elucidation of several new genetic variants of the major milk proteins, establishment by sequencing techniques and sequence alignment of the bovine caseins and whey proteins as the reference point for the nomenclature of all homologous milk proteins, completion of crystallographic studies for major whey proteins, and advances in the study of lactoferrin, allowing it to be added to the list of fully characterized milk proteins.
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- H M Farrell
- US Department of Agriculture, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA.
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Clarkson RWE, Wayland MT, Lee J, Freeman T, Watson CJ. Gene expression profiling of mammary gland development reveals putative roles for death receptors and immune mediators in post-lactational regression. Breast Cancer Res 2003; 6:R92-109. [PMID: 14979921 PMCID: PMC400653 DOI: 10.1186/bcr754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2003] [Revised: 11/15/2003] [Accepted: 11/21/2003] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION In order to gain a better understanding of the molecular processes that underlie apoptosis and tissue regression in mammary gland, we undertook a large-scale analysis of transcriptional changes during the mouse mammary pregnancy cycle, with emphasis on the transition from lactation to involution. METHOD Affymetrix microarrays, representing 8618 genes, were used to compare mammary tissue from 12 time points (one virgin, three gestation, three lactation and five involution stages). Six animals were used for each time point. Common patterns of gene expression across all time points were identified and related to biological function. RESULTS The majority of significantly induced genes in involution were also differentially regulated at earlier stages in the pregnancy cycle. This included a marked increase in inflammatory mediators during involution and at parturition, which correlated with leukaemia inhibitory factor-Stat3 (signal transducer and activator of signalling-3) signalling. Before involution, expected increases in cell proliferation, biosynthesis and metabolism-related genes were observed. During involution, the first 24 hours after weaning was characterized by a transient increase in expression of components of the death receptor pathways of apoptosis, inflammatory cytokines and acute phase response genes. After 24 hours, regulators of intrinsic apoptosis were induced in conjunction with markers of phagocyte activity, matrix proteases, suppressors of neutrophils and soluble components of specific and innate immunity. CONCLUSION We provide a resource of mouse mammary gene expression data for download or online analysis. Here we highlight the sequential induction of distinct apoptosis pathways in involution and the stimulation of immunomodulatory signals, which probably suppress the potentially damaging effects of a cellular inflammatory response while maintaining an appropriate antimicrobial and phagocytic environment.
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The introduction of specific genes into the genome of farm animals and its stable incorporation into the germ line has been a major technological advance in agriculture. Transgenic technology provides a method to rapidly introduce "new" genes into cattle, swine, sheep, and goats without crossbreeding. It is a more extreme methodology, but in essence, not really different from crossbreeding or genetic selection in its result. Methods to produce transgenic animals have been available for more than 20 yr, yet recently lines of transgenic livestock have been developed that have the potential to improve animal agriculture and benefit producers and/or consumers. There are a number of methods that can be used to produce transgenic animals. However, the primary method to date has been the microinjection of genes into the pronuclei of zygotes. This method is one of an array of rapidly developing transgenic methodologies. Another method that has enjoyed recent success is that of nuclear transfer or "cloning." The use of this technique to produce transgenic livestock will profoundly affect the use of transgenic technology in livestock production. Cell-based, nuclear transfer or cloning strategies have several distinct advantages for use in the production of transgenic livestock that cannot be attained using pronuclear injection of DNA. Practical applications of transgenesis in livestock production include enhanced prolificacy and reproductive performance, increased feed utilization and growth rate, improved carcass composition, improved milk production and/or composition, and increased disease resistance. One practical application of transgenics in swine production is to improve milk production and/or composition. To address the problem of low milk production, transgenic swine over-expressing the milk protein bovine alpha-lactalbumin were developed and characterized. The outcomes assessed were milk composition, milk yield, and piglet growth. Our results indicate that transgenic overexpression of milk proteins may provide a means to improve swine lactation performance.
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- M B Wheeler
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.
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Pfaffl MW, Wittmann SL, Meyer HHD, Bruckmaier RM. Gene expression of immunologically important factors in blood cells, milk cells, and mammary tissue of cows. J Dairy Sci 2003; 86:538-45. [PMID: 12647960 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(03)73632-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cytokines, eicosanoids, and lactoferrin are involved in the mammary gland's immune response to invading microorganisms. The goal of this work was to investigate the synthesis of these immunologically important factors in somatic milk cells, blood cells, and mammary tissue of cows with different somatic cell count levels, i.e., different immunological activity. On the level of mRNA expression, the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), lactoferrin (Lf), and specific key enzymes of leukotriene and prostaglandin biosynthesis, 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO), and cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and -2 (COX-2), respectively, were determined. All 15 experimental cows were clinically healthy with no visible mammary disease. Eight cows were defined as control group with all quarters <150,000 cells/ml (C), whereas seven cows had partially elevated quarter somatic cell counts, with at least one quarter >150,000 cells/ml (H) and one quarter <150,000 cells/ml (L). Total quarter milk from one quarter of control group and from two quarters of cows with partially elevated cell counts (one of H and one of L) was collected at one milking and a blood sample was taken simultaneously. In addition, mammary tissue samples were taken from the respective quarters on the following day during slaughter. Total RNA from milk, blood, and tissue cells was isolated and reverse transcription and quantitative polymerase chain reaction was carried out. All factors investigated were not significantly different between groups in blood cells and between C and L quarters in milk cells and mammary tissue. TNFalpha and COX-2 mRNA expression was higher in milk cells and mammary tissue of H than in L quarters, except for COX-2 in mammary tissue. Generally, TNFalpha and COX-2 showed their highest expression in milk cells, 5-LO in blood cells, whereas lactoferrin was mainly expressed by the mammary tissue. COX-1 was similarly expressed in all tested samples.
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- M W Pfaffl
- Institute of Physiology, Technical University Munich, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, D-85350 Freising, Germany
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Kerr DE, Wellnitz O. Mammary expression of new genes to combat mastitis. J Anim Sci 2003; 81 Suppl 3:38-47. [PMID: 15000405 PMCID: PMC7110379 DOI: 10.2527/2003.81suppl_338x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2002] [Accepted: 12/18/2002] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Continual advances in the ability to produce transgenic animals make it likely that such animals will become important components of animal agriculture. The full benefit of the technology, and justification of its initial cost outlay, will be dependent on the establishment within these animals of new traits not easily achievable by other means. Potential applications include enhanced nutrient digestibility with reduced fecal losses, significantly altered milk composition with superior nutritional properties, and enhanced disease resistance. Our goal is to enhance mastitis resistance of dairy cows by enabling the cells of the mammary gland to secrete additional antibacterial proteins. Proof of concept has been obtained through experimentation with a transgenic mouse model. Three lines of mice were developed that produce varying levels of lysostaphin in their milk. This protein has potent anti-staphylococcal activity and its secretion into milk confers substantial resistance to infection caused by intramammary challenge with Staphylococcus aureus, a major mastitis pathogen. Additional antibacterial proteins are being sought that will complement lysostaphin. A potential benefit of transgenic application of antibacterial proteins is the concomitant sparing in the agricultural use of antibiotics currently used as human therapeutics. Antibacterial proteins, such as lysostaphin, are not typically used as injectable or oral therapeutics because of immune-mediated or digestive destruction of their activity. In contrast, the immune system of transgenic animals will not consider the transgenic protein as being foreign. In addition we are exploring the potential of involution or mastitis responsive promoter elements for use in subsequent transgenic experiments designed to restrict lysostaphin production to these important time points. It is anticipated that genomics will play a role in unveiling candidate genes whose promoter elements will enable desired temporal expression patterns. The transgenic approach to insertion of new genetic material into agriculturally important animals is feasible but requires extensive prior evaluation of the transgene and transgene product in model systems.
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- D E Kerr
- Department of Animal Science, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405, USA.
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Lactoferrin is highly conserved among human, mouse, bovine, and porcine species. The numbers of amino acids encoded by 15 of the 17 exons in these species are identical, and in 12 locations, they have identical codon interruptions at the intron-exon splice junctions. However, lactoferrin expression is both ubiquitous and species, tissue, and cell-type specific. It is differentially regulated through multiple signaling pathways such as steroid hormone, growth factor, and kinase cascade pathways. Comparing the lactoferrin gene promoters from different species, common and different characteristics are observed. The human, mouse, bovine, porcine, and bubaline (African antelope) promoters all contain a noncanonical TATA box with an adjacent Sp1 site. Both human and mouse have multiple steroid hormone response elements, while none are found in the other species studied, suggesting that the lactoferrin gene is differentially regulated among different species by steroid hormones. Several transcription factors have been identified that are crucial for the expression of the lactoferrin gene during differentiation of the myeloid cells and in estrogen and epidermal growth factor regulation. This article provides an overview on lactoferrin expression and regulation in different species.
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- Christina T Teng
- Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, Gene Regulation Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Oho T, Mitoma M, Koga T. Functional domain of bovine milk lactoferrin which inhibits the adherence of Streptococcus mutans cells to a salivary film. Infect Immun 2002; 70:5279-82. [PMID: 12183582 PMCID: PMC128229 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.9.5279-5282.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bovine lactoferrin molecule and relatively long lactoferrin fragments containing residues 473 to 538 strongly inhibited adherence of Streptococcus mutans to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite beads. Each cysteine residue in Lf411 (residues 473 to 538) was replaced by a serine residue, and the mutants Lf411-C481S and Lf411-C532S strongly inhibited S. mutans adherence. These results suggest that the functional domain of lactoferrin that binds to a salivary film lies in residues 473 to 538 and that the region might be concealed by disulfide bond formation between Cys481 and Cys532 in the Lf411 fragment.
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- Takahiko Oho
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Tsai WY, Chang WH, Chen CH, Lu FJ. Enchancing effect of patented whey protein isolate (Immunocal) on cytotoxicity of an anticancer drug. Nutr Cancer 2002; 38:200-8. [PMID: 11525598 DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc382_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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To determine the enhancing effect of a whey protein isolate on the cytotoxicity of a potential anticancer drug, baicalein, the human hepatoma cell line Hep G2 was assigned to grow in different media for four days, and cell growth and apoptosis were investigated. The control group was grown in normal medium; the other three groups were grown in whey protein isolate (Immunocal) medium, baicalein medium, and a combination of Immunocal and baicalein. As indicated by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide assay, survival rate was significantly lower in cells grown in baicalein + Immunocal than in cells grown in baicalein alone. In contrast, there was no significant difference in survival rate of the cells grown in Immunocal. In the investigation of apoptosis, cells grown in baicalein + Immunocal showed a higher phosphatidylserine exposure, lower mitochondrial transmembrane potential, and nearly 13 times more cells undergoing apoptosis than cells grown in baicalein alone. We also demonstrated that Immunocal reduced glutathione (GSH) in Hep G2 cells by 20-40% and regulated the elevation of GSH, which was in response to baicalein. In conclusion, Immunocal seemed to enhance the cytotoxicity of baicalein by inducing more apoptosis; this increase in apoptotic cells may be associated with the depletion of GSH in Hep G2 cells. This is the first study to demonstrate, in vitro, that Immunocal may function as an adjuvant in cancer treatments.
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- W Y Tsai
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC
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Donovan S, Monaco M, Bleck G, Cook J, Noble M, Hurley W, Wheeler M. Transgenic Over-Expression of Bovine α-Lactalbumin and Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Porcine Mammary Gland. J Dairy Sci 2001. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(01)70221-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nakamura I, Watanabe A, Tsunemitsu H, Lee NY, Kumura H, Shimazaki KI, Yagi Y. Production of recombinant bovine lactoferrin N-lobe in insect cells and its antimicrobial activity. Protein Expr Purif 2001; 21:424-31. [PMID: 11281717 DOI: 10.1006/prep.2001.1396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lactoferrin is a multifunctional, iron-binding glycoprotein found in physiological fluids of mammals. In the present study, a gene encoding the N-terminal half (N-lobe) of bovine lactoferrin was cloned and expressed in cultured insect cells using a baculovirus expression system. One mutation was found in the lactoferrin N-lobe gene, but it resulted in no amino acid substitution. The recombinant lactoferrin N-lobe was secreted into the culture medium and partially purified by means of an immobilized heparin column. The recombinant lactoferrin N-lobe secreted was not glycosylated, but it possessed antimicrobial activity toward Escherichia coli O111. The recombinant product synthesized and accumulated in the host cells exhibited greater electrophoretic mobility on SDS-PAGE than the secreted product and showed no potency to inhibit the growth of bacteria. It is thought that the product accumulated intracellularly lacks antimicrobial ability due to its degradation in the host cells or due to disruption of the active conformation.
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- I Nakamura
- Dairy Science Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, N9W9 Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.
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Lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein found in milk, exocrine secretions of mammals, and in secondary granules from polymorphonuclear neutrophils. This review describes the wide spectrum of functions ascribed to lactoferrin, with special emphasis on the antimicrobial properties of this protein, and its derived peptides.
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- L H Vorland
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital and University of Tromsø, Norway
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Oh KB, Choi YH, Kang YK, Choi WS, Kim MO, Lee KS, Lee KK, Lee CS. A hybrid bovine beta-casein/bGH gene directs transgene expression to the lung and mammary gland of transgenic mice. Transgenic Res 1999; 8:307-11. [PMID: 10621978 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008978129000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We investigated spatial and temporal expression of bGH controlled by two different sizes (1.8 kb and 15 kb) of 5'-flanking sequences of the bovine beta-casein in transgenic mice. In the 1.8-kb promoter-containing mice, bGH expression was specifically confined to lung and mammary gland at lactation. While mammary gland expression was highly variable depending on the lines, lung expression was relatively constant with a high level in most lines. Moreover, this dual-tissue specificity of bGH expression was consistently retained in all of the 15 kb-promoter-containing mice, although a low ectopic expression was sometimes detected in salivary gland or brain. During mammary gland development in the 1.8-kb promoter-containing mice was mammary gland expression first detected at lactation, following the bovine rather than murine pattern of beta-casein expression. In contrast, lung expression was almost constant regardless of mammary gland developmental state or sex. Therefore, it can be concluded that a combination of the bovine beta-casein promoter and bGH gene directs a distinct dual-tissue specific bGH expression with different regulatory mechanisms between mammary gland and lung and as little as 1.8-kb promoter is sufficient for the proper regulation of the bovine beta-casein gene in mammary gland.
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- K B Oh
- Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Taejon, Korea
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Lifetime milk production is maximized when dairy cows are pregnant during approximately 70% of each lactation. Between lactations, a nonlactating period is necessary for optimal milk production in the succeeding lactation. With cessation of milking, alveolar structure is largely maintained and little or no loss of cells occurs. However, increased apoptosis and cell proliferation, relative to that in lactating glands during the same stage of gestation, suggest that a nonlactating period serves to promote cell turnover prior to the next lactation. Even in the absence of pregnancy, mammary involution in dairy animals occurs at a slower rate than in rodents; alveolar structure is maintained for several weeks and lactation can be reinitiated after four weeks or more of involution. Although apoptosis appears to be initiated within a similar time frame to that in rodents, the maximum proportion of apoptotic epithelial cells appears to be lower than in rodents, and apoptosis may be accompanied by an initial increase in cell proliferation. The ability to manipulate apoptosis and cell proliferation during the nonlactating period and during lactation is expected to provide enormous benefits to the dairy industry.
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- A V Capuco
- Gene Evaluation and Mapping Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA.
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Wilde CJ, Knight CH, Flint DJ. Control of milk secretion and apoptosis during mammary involution. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 1999; 4:129-36. [PMID: 10426391 DOI: 10.1023/a:1018717006152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lactation depends on regular suckling or milking of the mammary gland. Without this stimulus, milk secretion stops and mammary involution is induced. Involution caused by abrupt cessation of milk removal is characterized by de-differentiation and apoptosis of mammary epithelial cells, the extent and time course of the latter varying between species. Apoptosis is inhibited and milk secretion is restored by re-suckling, if milk stasis is of short duration. Mammary involution and apoptosis also occur during weaning, even in concurrently-pregnant animals when the interval between lactations is restricted, suggesting that tissue remodeling is essential for subsequent lactation. Declining milk production in ruminants after peak lactation is also associated with, and probably results from, net cell loss by apoptosis. Involution and apoptosis are controlled by changes in systemic galactopoietic hormone levels, and by intra-mammary mechanisms responsive to milk removal. Milk stasis precipitated by litter removal or cessation of milking may involve intra-mammary control related to physical distension of the epithelium. Local control of apoptosis in rodents during weaning, and after peak lactation in dairy animals, may be due to the actions of milk-borne survival factors or their inhibitors, and can be manipulated by frequency of milk removal.
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- C J Wilde
- Hannah Research Institute, Ayr, United Kingdom.
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Peterson FC, Anderson PJ, Berliner LJ, Brooks CL. Expression, folding, and characterization of small proteins with increasing disulfide complexity by a pT7-7-derived phagemid. Protein Expr Purif 1999; 15:16-23. [PMID: 10024465 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.0984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The expression, folding, and characterization of a series of small proteins with increasingly complex disulfide bond patterns were characterized. A phagemid was prepared from the pT7-7 plasmid to facilitate mutagenic studies with these proteins. cDNAs coding for bovine, rat, and human prolactin; human growth hormone; and bovine alpha-lactalbumin were amplified by PCR using primers that inserted restriction sites at the 5' and 3' ends and reduced the coding sequence to the mature methionyl protein with bacterially preferred codons in the 5' region. The expressed proteins were folded and oxidized by methods that allowed disulfide bond formation to occur either during or following folding. The effectiveness of the folding procedures was determined for each protein by electrophoresis, absorption spectroscopy, and functional studies. The redox conditions required for folding functional proteins varied as the number of disulfide bonds per unit molecular weight increased. Human growth hormone, 22 kDa; human prolactin, 23 kDa; and bovine prolactin, 23 kDa, contain two, three, and three disulfides, respectively, and are folded correctly by air oxidation performed during renaturation under alkaline conditions. Proper disulfide bond formation of rat prolactin, 23 kDa, containing three disulfide bonds required the addition of a reducing agent at the initiation of renaturation. Bovine alpha-lactalbumin, 14 kDa with four disulfide bonds, required complete renaturation prior to the removal of a reducing agent. SDS-gel electrophoresis under nonreducing conditions provided information regarding the proper folding of these proteins. The absorption of 250-nm light by disulfide bonds also provided information regarding the proper folding of rat prolactin and bovine alpha-lactalbumin.
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- F C Peterson
- Ohio State University Biochemistry Program, Department of Chemistry, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Ohio State University, 1925 Coffey Road, Ohio, 43210, Columbus, USA
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Sitaram MP, Moloney B, McAbee DD. Prokaryotic expression of bovine lactoferrin deletion mutants that bind to the Ca2+-dependent lactoferrin receptor on isolated rat hepatocytes. Protein Expr Purif 1998; 14:229-36. [PMID: 9790885 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.0931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We generated a series of recombinant variants of bovine lactoferrin (Lf) as fusion proteins using two prokaryotic expression vectors and examined the ability of the expressed proteins to compete with native Lf for binding to the Ca2+-dependent Lf receptor on isolated rat hepatocytes. A near-full-length bovine Lf cDNA (pN16b) was expressed in pGEMEX-2 as a gene 10 fusion protein (r-bLf10/-70). Deletions of pN16b were cloned into the HindIII/NotI and BamHI/NotI restriction sites of expression vector pET 32 and expressed as thioredoxin fusion proteins, r-bLfT/-271 and r-bLfT/-310, respectively. r-bLf10/-70, r-bLfT/-271, and r-bLfT/-310 lacked, respectively, the NH2-terminal 70, 271, and 310 amino acids of Lf. Expression of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli BL21-DE3 strain was monitored by denaturing gel electrophoresis or by immunoblot with anti-Lf antibodies. The yield of each of the soluble recombinant proteins was approximately 10 mg/L of BL21-DE3 suspension. r-bLf10/-70 and r-bLfT/-271 competed strongly with 125I-Lf for binding to hepatocytes but r-bLfT/-310 did not. Our findings are consistent with the conclusion that Lf binds to its Ca2+-dependent receptor on hepatocytes via noncarbohydrate determinants contained within its C-lobe.
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- M P Sitaram
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University at Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, California, 90840, USA
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