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Adnane M, de Almeida AM, Chapwanya A. Unveiling the power of proteomics in advancing tropical animal health and production. Trop Anim Health Prod 2024; 56:182. [PMID: 38825622 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-024-04037-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
Abstract
Proteomics, the large-scale study of proteins in biological systems has emerged as a pivotal tool in the field of animal and veterinary sciences, mainly for investigating local and rustic breeds. Proteomics provides valuable insights into biological processes underlying animal growth, reproduction, health, and disease. In this review, we highlight the key proteomics technologies, methodologies, and their applications in domestic animals, particularly in the tropical context. We also discuss advances in proteomics research, including integration of multi-omics data, single-cell proteomics, and proteogenomics, all of which are promising for improving animal health, adaptation, welfare, and productivity. However, proteomics research in domestic animals faces challenges, such as sample preparation variation, data quality control, privacy and ethical considerations relating to animal welfare. We also provide recommendations for overcoming these challenges, emphasizing the importance of following best practices in sample preparation, data quality control, and ethical compliance. We therefore aim for this review to harness the full potential of proteomics in advancing our understanding of animal biology and ultimately improve animal health and productivity in local breeds of diverse animal species in a tropical context.
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- Mounir Adnane
- Department of Biomedicine, Institute of Veterinary Sciences, University of Tiaret, Tiaret, 14000, Algeria.
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- LEAF-Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, 1349-017, Portugal
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, 00265, Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Qin T, Wang Y, Pu Z, Shi N, Dormatey R, Wang H, Sun C. Comprehensive Transcriptome and Proteome Analyses Reveal the Drought Responsive Gene Network in Potato Roots. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1530. [PMID: 38891338 PMCID: PMC11175002 DOI: 10.3390/plants13111530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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The root system plays a decisive role in the growth and development of plants. The water requirement of a root system depends strongly on the plant species. Potatoes are an important food and vegetable crop grown worldwide, especially under irrigation in arid and semi-arid regions. However, the expected impact of global warming on potato yields calls for an investigation of genes related to root development and drought resistance signaling pathways in potatoes. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms of different drought-tolerant potato root systems in response to drought stress under controlled water conditions, using potato as a model. We analyzed the transcriptome and proteome of the drought-sensitive potato cultivar Atlantic (Atl) and the drought-tolerant cultivar Qingshu 9 (Q9) under normal irrigation (CK) and weekly drought stress (D). The results showed that a total of 14,113 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 5596 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified in the cultivars. A heat map analysis of DEGs and DEPs showed that the same genes and proteins in Atl and Q9 exhibited different expression patterns under drought stress. Weighted gene correlation network analysis (WGCNA) showed that in Atl, Gene Ontology (GO) terms and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)-enriched pathways were related to pyruvate metabolism and glycolysis, as well as cellular signaling and ion transmembrane transporter protein activity. However, GO terms and KEGG-enriched pathways related to phytohormone signaling and the tricarboxylic acid cycle were predominantly enriched in Q9. The present study provides a unique genetic resource to effectively explore the functional genes and uncover the molecular regulatory mechanism of the potato root system in response to drought stress.
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- Tianyuan Qin
- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (T.Q.); (Y.W.); (Z.P.); (N.S.); (H.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (T.Q.); (Y.W.); (Z.P.); (N.S.); (H.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (T.Q.); (Y.W.); (Z.P.); (N.S.); (H.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (T.Q.); (Y.W.); (Z.P.); (N.S.); (H.W.)
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- CSIR—Crops Research Institute, P.O. Box 3785, Kumasi 00233, Ghana;
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (T.Q.); (Y.W.); (Z.P.); (N.S.); (H.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China; (T.Q.); (Y.W.); (Z.P.); (N.S.); (H.W.)
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Ribeiro DM, Palma M, Salvado J, Hernández-Castellano LE, Capote J, Castro N, Argüello A, Matzapetakis M, Araújo SS, de Almeida AM. Goat mammary gland metabolism: An integrated Omics analysis to unravel seasonal weight loss tolerance. J Proteomics 2023; 289:105009. [PMID: 37757955 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2023.105009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Seasonal weight loss (SWL), is a major limitation to animal production. In the Canary Islands, there are two dairy goat breeds with different levels of tolerance to SWL: Majorera (tolerant) and Palmera (susceptible). Our team has studied the response of these breeds to SWL using different Omics tools. The objective of this study was to integrate such results in a data driven approach and using dedicated tools, namely the DIABLO method. The outputs of our analysis mainly separate unrestricted from restricted goats. Metabolites behave as "hub" molecules, grouping interactions with several genes and proteins. Unrestricted goats upregulated protein synthesis, along with arginine catabolism and adipogenesis pathways, which are related with higher anabolic rates and a larger proportion of secretory tissue, in agreement with their higher milk production. Contrarily, restricted goats seemingly increased the synthesis of acetyl-CoA through serine and acetate conversion into pyruvate. This may have occurred to increase fatty acid synthesis and/or to use them as an energy source in detriment to glucose, which was more available in the diet of unrestricted goats. Lastly, restricted Palmera upregulated the expression of PEBP4 and GPD1 genes compared to all other groups, which might support their use as putative biomarkers for SWL susceptibility. SIGNIFICANCE: Seasonal weight loss (SWL) is a major issue influencing animal production in the tropics and Mediterranean. By studying its impact on the mammary gland of tolerant and susceptible dairy goat breeds, using Omics, we aim at surveying the tissue for possible biomarkers that reflect these traits. In this study, data integration of three Omics (transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics) was performed using bioinformatic tools, to relate putative biomarkers and evaluate all three levels of information; in a novel approach. This information can enhance selection programs, lowering the impact of SWL on food production systems.
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- David Miguel Ribeiro
- LEAF - Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Centre, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- ITQB/UNL - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal; Centre for Functional Ecology, TERRA Associate Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- ITQB/UNL - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- IUSA-ONEHEALTH 4. Animal Production and Biotechnology, Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35412 Arucas, Spain
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- Canary Islands Institute of Agronomical Research, Valle Guerra, Spain
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- IUSA-ONEHEALTH 4. Animal Production and Biotechnology, Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35412 Arucas, Spain
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- IUSA-ONEHEALTH 4. Animal Production and Biotechnology, Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35412 Arucas, Spain
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- ITQB/UNL - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Association BLC3 - Technology and Innovation Campus, Centre Bio R&D Unit | North Delegation, Edíficio SIDE-UP, 5340-257 Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal
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- LEAF - Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Centre, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Liu X, Mi S, Li W, Zhang J, Augustino SMA, Zhang Z, Zhang R, Xiao W, Yu Y. Molecular regulatory mechanism of key LncRNAs in subclinical mastitic cows with folic acid supplementation. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:464. [PMID: 37592228 PMCID: PMC10436419 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09466-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Folic acid is a water-soluble B vitamin (B9), which is closely related to the body's immune and other metabolic pathways. The folic acid synthesized by rumen microbes has been unable to meet the needs of high-yielding dairy cows. The incidence rate of subclinical mastitis in dairy herds worldwide ranged between 25%~65% with no obvious symptoms, but it significantly causes a decrease in lactation and milk quality. Therefore, this study aims at exploring the effects of folic acid supplementation on the expression profile of lncRNAs, exploring the molecular mechanism by which lncRNAs regulate immunity in subclinical mastitic dairy cows. RESULTS The analysis identified a total of 4384 lncRNA transcripts. Subsequently, differentially expressed lncRNAs in the comparison of two groups (SF vs. SC, HF vs. HC) were identified to be 84 and 55 respectively. Furthermore, the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and the KEGG enrichment analysis result showed that folic acid supplementation affects inflammation and immune response-related pathways. The two groups have few pathways in common. One important lncRNA MSTRG.11108.1 and its target genes (ICAM1, CCL3, CCL4, etc.) were involved in immune-related pathways. Finally, through integrated analysis of lncRNAs with GWAS data and animal QTL database, we found that differential lncRNA and its target genes could be significantly enriched in SNPs and QTLs related to somatic cell count (SCC) and mastitis, such as MSTRG.11108.1 and its target gene ICAM1, CXCL3, GRO1. CONCLUSIONS For subclinical mastitic cows, folic acid supplementation can significantly affect the expression of immune-related pathway genes such as ICAM1 by regulating lncRNAs MSTRG.11108.1, thereby affecting related immune phenotypes. Our findings laid a ground foundation for theoretical and practical application for feeding folic acid supplementation in subclinical mastitic cows.
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- Xueqin Liu
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- School of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, University of Juba, P. O. Box 82, Juba, South Sudan
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing Animal Husbandry Station, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Li Z, Bao H. Comparative transcriptome and proteome analysis explores the antitumor key regulators of ergosterone in H22 tumor-bearing mice. Eur J Pharmacol 2023:175831. [PMID: 37290681 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2023.175831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Ergosterone has been proved to have potential antitumor effect on H22 tumor-bearing mice, but the antitumor mechanism and key regulators are still unclear. The current study was aimed to explore the key regulators responsible for antitumor of ergosterone using whole transcriptome and proteome analysis in H22 tumor-bearing mice model. The model of H22 tumor-bearing mice was constructed according to the histopathological data and biochemical parameters. The isolated tumor tissues of different treatment groups were subjected to transcriptomic and proteomic analysis. Our findings demonstrated that 472 differentially expressed genes and 658 proteins were identified in the tumor tissue of different treatment groups through RNA-Seq and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis, respectively. The combined omics analysis revealed three critical genes/proteins, including Lars2, Sirpα and Hcls1 that could play a role in antitumor pathways. Furthermore, Lars2, Sirpα and Hcls1 genes/proteins, as key regulators of the antitumor effect of ergosterone, were verified by qRT-PCR and western blotting methods, respectively. In summary, our study provides new insights into analysing the antitumor mechanism of ergosterone from the point of view of gene and protein expression and will encourage further development of the antitumor pharmaceutical industry.
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- Zhijun Li
- College of Chinese Materia Medica & Key Research Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Fungi Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China; Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China.
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- College of Chinese Materia Medica & Key Research Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Fungi Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China; Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China.
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Identification of candidate genomic regions for egg yolk moisture content based on a genome-wide association study. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:110. [PMID: 36918797 PMCID: PMC10015838 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09221-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Eggs represent important sources of protein and are widely loved by consumers. Egg yolk taste is an important index for egg selection, and the moisture content of the egg yolk affects the taste. To understand the molecular mechanism underlying egg yolk moisture content, this study determined the phenotype and heritability of egg yolk water content and conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using a mixed linear model. RESULTS We determined the phenotype and heritability of thermogelled egg yolk water content (TWC) and found that the average TWC was 47.73%. Moreover, significant variations occurred (41.06-57.12%), and the heritability was 0.11, which indicates medium-low heritability. Through the GWAS, 48 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to TWC (20 significantly, 28 suggestively) were obtained, and they were mainly located on chromosomes 10 and 13. We identified 36 candidate genes based on gene function and found that they were mainly involved in regulating fat, protein, and water content and embryonic development. FGF9, PIAS1, FEM1B, NOX5, GLCE, VDAC1, IGFBP7, and THOC5 were involved in lipid formation and regulation; AP3S2, GNPDA1, HSPA4, AP1B1, CABP7, EEF1D, SYTL3, PPP2CA, SKP1, and UBE2B were involved in protein folding and hydrolysis; and CSF2, SOWAHA, GDF9, FSTL4, RAPGEF6, PAQR5, and ZMAT5 were related to embryonic development and egg production. Moreover, MICU2, ITGA11, WDR76, BLM, ANPEP, TECRL, EWSR1, and P4HA2 were related to yolk quality, while ITGA11, WDR76, BLM, and ANPEP were potentially significantly involved in egg yolk water content and thus deserve further attention and research. In addition, this study identified a 19.31-19.92 Mb genome region on GGA10, and a linkage disequilibrium analysis identified strong correlations within this region. Thus, GGA10 may represent a candidate region for TWC traits. CONCLUSION The molecular genetic mechanism involved in TWC was revealed through heritability measurements and GWAS, which identified a series of SNPs, candidate genes, and candidate regions related to TWC. These results provide insights on the molecular mechanism of egg yolk moisture content and may aid in the development of new egg traits.
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Identification of candidate genomic regions for thermogelled egg yolk traits based on a genome-wide association study. Poult Sci 2022; 102:102402. [PMID: 36610105 PMCID: PMC9850194 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Egg yolk texture is an important indicator for evaluating egg yolk quality. Genetic markers associated with economic traits predict genomes and facilitate mining for potential genes. Numerous genome-wide association studies have been conducted on egg traits. However, studies on the genetic basis of thermogelled yolk texture are still lacking. The aim of the present study was to find significant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites and candidate genes related to thermogelled yolk texture in Hetian Dahei chicken (HTHD) flocks that can be used as genetic markers. Five traits, including hardness, cohesiveness, gumminess, chewiness, and resilience, had low heritability (0.044-0.078). Ten genes, including U6, FSHR, PKDCC, SLC7A11, TIMM9, ARID4A, PSMA3, ACTR10, EML4, and SLC35F4 may control the hardness of the thermogelled egg yolks. In addition, 12 SNPs associated with cohesiveness were identified. RELCH located on GGA2 participates in cholesterol transport. The candidate gene LRRK2, which is associated with gumminess, influences the concentrations of very low-density lipoprotein in blood. Eight SNPs associated with resilience were identified, mainly on GGA3 and GCA28. In total, 208 SNPs associated with chewiness were identified, and 159 candidate genes, which were mainly involved in proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process, negative regulation of transport, lipid droplet organization, and vehicle docking involved in exocytosis, were found near these regions. Thermogel egg yolk texture is a complex phenotype controlled by multiple genes. Based on heritability assays and GWAS results, there is a genetic basis for the texture of thermogelled egg yolks. We identified a series of SNPs associated with yolk texture and candidate genes. Our result provides a theoretical basis for breeding high-quality egg yolk using molecular marker-assisted selection and could facilitate the development of novel traits.
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Li Z, Bao H. Deciphering key regulators of Inonotus hispidus petroleum ether extract involved in anti-tumor through whole transcriptome and proteome analysis in H22 tumor-bearing mice model. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2022; 296:115468. [PMID: 35718054 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2022.115468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Revised: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The mushroom Inonotus hispidus is traditional Chinese medicine, which has been used to treat tumor illness for a long history in China. Our previous research found that I. hispidus petroleum ether extract (IPE) has significant anti-tumor activity. However, the potential anti-tumor regulatory pathways and targets of I. hispidus remain unclear. OBJECTIVE The present study was envisaged to explore the key regulators responsible for anti-tumor of IPE using whole transcriptome and proteome analysis in H22 tumor-bearing mice model. MATERIALS AND METHODS The model of H22 tumor-bearing mice was constructed according to the histopathological data and biochemical parameters. The isolated tumor tissues of different treatment groups were subjected to transcriptomic and proteomic analysis. An integrated approach of RNA-Seq, proteomics, and system biology analysis was used to identify key regulators involved in antitumor pathways. The analyzed differential expression patterns were supported by gene and protein expression studies. RESULTS These results indicated that 957 differentially expressed genes and 405 proteins were identified in the tumor tissue of different treatment groups through RNA-Seq and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis, respectively. The combined omics analysis revealed five critical genes/proteins, including Lilrb4a, Nrp1, Gzma, Gstt1, and Pdk4 that could play a role in antitumor pathways. Furthermore, Lilrb4a, Nrp1, Gzma, Gstt1 and Pdk4 genes/proteins, as key regulators of the anti-tumor effect of IPE, were verified by qRT-PCR and western blotting methods, respectively. CONCLUSION Our study provides new ideas for analyzing the antitumor mechanism of IPE from the point of view of gene and protein expression and will encourage further development of the I. hispidus pharmaceutical industry.
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- Zhijun Li
- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China; College of Chinese Medicine Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Edible Fungi Resources and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin, 130118, China; College of Chinese Medicine Materials, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China.
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Hou P, Dai W, Jin Y, Zhao F, Liu J, Liu H. Maternal exposure to di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) depresses lactation capacity in mice. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 837:155813. [PMID: 35550907 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Increasing evidence shows that di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), mostly commonly used phthalate for the production of flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC), has the potential to induce serious health risks in humans. However, the understanding of DEHP-induced lactation performance remains largely unknown. We sought to investigate the adverse effects of DEHP on lactation and examine the underlying mechanism linking DEHP exposure with the lactation alterations. We successfully adapted a maternal DEHP exposure model in female pregnant/lactating mice. Then we determined effects of DEHP exposure on food intake, body weight and milk production as well as the alterations in endocrine factors in lactating mice. The integrated metabonomic and transcriptomic analyses of the mammary gland were performed to measure the changed metabolites and genes related to DEHP exposure-induced lactation alterations. We observed the reduced food intake with elevated blood leptin and the decreased milk yield as well as the reduced levels of serum prolactin, growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1 and insulin after exposed to DEHP. Furthermore, 208 metabolites and 3452 genes were separately identified as differentially expressed features associated with DEHP exposure. Integrated metabonomic and transcriptomic analyses demonstrated that DEHP caused lactation depression mainly through impairing energy generation, inducing stress responses along with the hypoactivation of inflammation, reducing the production of antioxidants, disrupting hormone homeostasis and repressing the synthesis of milk constituents (the lower glucose availability for lactose synthesis; the disruption of milk fat globule membrane for lipid droplet formation; the ribosomal dysfunction and disruption of post-modifications for milk protein synthesis). We demonstrated that DEHP disrupted several lactation-related hormone homeostasis and multiple processes like energy insufficiency, inflammation activation, oxidative stress aggravation and disturbance of milk production in the mammary gland of female lactating mice. Our results provide valuable information for the health risk of plastic additive (DEHP) on female lactation dysfunction.
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- Pengfei Hou
- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Laboratory of Lactation and Metabolic Physiology, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Liu X, Tang Y, Wu J, Liu JX, Sun HZ. Feedomics provides bidirectional omics strategies between genetics and nutrition for improved production in cattle. ANIMAL NUTRITION (ZHONGGUO XU MU SHOU YI XUE HUI) 2022; 9:314-319. [PMID: 35600547 PMCID: PMC9097626 DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2022.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Increasing the efficiency and sustainability of cattle production is an effective way to produce valuable animal proteins for a growing human population. Genetics and nutrition are the 2 major research topics in selecting cattle with beneficial phenotypes and developing genetic potentials for improved performance. There is an inextricable link between genetics and nutrition, which urgently requires researchers to uncover the underlying molecular mechanisms to optimize cattle production. Feedomics integrates a range of omic techniques to reveal the mechanisms at different molecular levels related to animal production and health, which can provide novel insights into the relationships of genes and nutrition/nutrients. In this review, we summarized the applications of feedomics techniques to reveal the effect of genetic elements on the response to nutrition and investigate how nutrients affect the functional genome of cattle from the perspective of both nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. We highlighted the roles of rumen microbiome in the interactions between host genes and nutrition. Herein, we discuss the importance of feedomics in cattle nutrition research, with a view to ensure that cattle exhibit the best production traits for human consumption from both genetic and nutritional aspects.
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Mohammadi A, Alijani S, Rafat S, Abdollahi-Arpanahi R. Single-step genome-wide association study and candidate genes networks affecting reproductive traits in Iranian Holstein cattle. Livest Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2022.104971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Jiang D, Zhang L, Zhu G, Zhang P, Wu X, Yao X, Luo Y, Yang Z, Ren M, Wang X, Chen S, Wang Y. The Antiviral Effect of Isatis Root Polysaccharide against NADC30-like PRRSV by Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073688. [PMID: 35409050 PMCID: PMC8998840 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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(1) Background: In recent years, the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has become a virulent pathogen that has caused devastating diseases and economic losses worldwide in the swine industry. IRPS has attracted extensive attention in the field of virology. However, it is not clear that IRPS has an antiviral effect on PRRSV at gene and protein levels. (2) Methods: We used transcriptomic and proteomic analysis to investigate the antiviral effect of IRPS against PRRSV. Additionally, a microbiome was used to explore the effects of IRPS on gut microbes. (3) Results: IRPS significantly extenuated the pulmonary pathological lesions and inflammatory response. We used transcriptomic and proteomic analysis to investigate the antiviral effect of IRPS against PRRSV. In the porcine model, 1669 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 370 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified. Analysis of the DEG/DEP-related pathways indicated immune-system and infectious-disease (viral) pathways, such as the NOD-like receptor (NLR) signaling pathway, toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling pathway, and Influenza A-associated signaling pathways. It is noteworthy that IRPS can inhibit NLR-dependent gene expression, then reduce the inflammatory damage. IRPS could exert beneficial effects on the host by regulating the structure of intestinal flora. (4) Conclusions: The antiviral effect of IRPS on PRRSV can be directly achieved by omics techniques. Specifically, the antiviral mechanism of IPRS can be better elucidated by screening target genes and proteins using transcriptome and proteome sequencing, and then performing enrichment and classification according to DEGs and DEPs.
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- Dike Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (D.J.); (G.Z.); (P.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.); (Z.Y.); (M.R.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (D.J.); (G.Z.); (P.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.); (Z.Y.); (M.R.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (D.J.); (G.Z.); (P.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.); (Z.Y.); (M.R.)
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- Branch of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Chengdu Agricultural College, Chengdu 611130, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (D.J.); (G.Z.); (P.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.); (Z.Y.); (M.R.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (D.J.); (G.Z.); (P.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.); (Z.Y.); (M.R.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (D.J.); (G.Z.); (P.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.); (Z.Y.); (M.R.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (D.J.); (G.Z.); (P.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.); (Z.Y.); (M.R.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China;
- Correspondence: (X.W.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases and Human Health of Sichuan Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China; (D.J.); (G.Z.); (P.Z.); (X.Y.); (Y.L.); (Z.Y.); (M.R.)
- Correspondence: (X.W.); (Y.W.)
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Veshkini A, M Hammon H, Sauerwein H, Tröscher A, Viala D, Delosière M, Ceciliani F, Déjean S, Bonnet M. Longitudinal liver proteome profiling in dairy cows during the transition from gestation to lactation: Investigating metabolic adaptations and their interactions with fatty acids supplementation via repeated measurements ANOVA-simultaneous component analysis. J Proteomics 2022; 252:104435. [PMID: 34823037 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Repeated measurements analysis of variance - simultaneous component analysis (ASCA) has been developed to handle complex longitudinal omics datasets and combine novel information with existing data. Herein, we aimed at applying ASCA to 64 liver proteomes collected at 4-time points (day -21, +1, +28, and + 63 relative to parturition) from 16 Holstein cows treated from 9 wk. antepartum to 9 wk. postpartum (PP) with coconut oil (CTRL) or a mixture of essential fatty acids (EFA) and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) (EFA + CLA). The ASCA modeled 116, 43, and 97 differentially abundant proteins (DAP) during the transition to lactation, between CTRL and EFA + CLA, and their interaction, respectively. Time-dependent DAP were annotated to pathways related to the metabolism of carbohydrates, FA, and amino acid in the PP period. The DAP between FA and the interaction effect were annotated to the metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450, drug metabolism - cytochrome P450, retinol metabolism, and steroid hormone biosynthesis. Collectively, ASCA provided novel information on molecular markers of metabolic adaptations and their interactions with EFA + CLA supplementation. Bioinformatics analysis suggested that supplemental EFA + CLA amplified hepatic FA oxidation; cytochrome P450 was enriched to maintain metabolic homeostasis by oxidation/detoxification of endogenous compounds and xenobiotics. SIGNIFICANCE: This report is among the first ones applying repeated measurement analysis of variance-simultaneous component analysis (ASCA) to deal with longitudinal proteomics results. ASCA separately identified differentially abundant proteins (DAP) in 'transition time', 'between fatty acid treatments', and 'their interaction'. We first identified the molecular signature of hepatic metabolic adaptations during postpartum negative energy balance; the enriched pathways were well-known pathways related to mobilizing fatty acids (FA) and amino acids to support continuous energy production through fatty acid oxidation, TCA cycle, and gluconeogenesis. Some of the DAP were not previously reported in transition dairy cows. Secondly, we provide novel information on the mechanisms by which supplemented essential FA and conjugated linoleic acids interact with hepatic metabolism. In this regard, FA amplified hepatic detoxifying and oxidation capacity through ligand activation of nuclear receptors. Finally, we briefly compared the strengths and weaknesses of the ASCA model with PLS-DA and outlined why these methods are complementary.
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- Arash Veshkini
- Institute of Animal Science, Physiology Unit, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany; INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne, VetAgro Sup, UMR Herbivores, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France; Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, Lodi, Italy
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- Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), 18196 Dummerstorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Animal Science, Physiology Unit, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne, VetAgro Sup, UMR Herbivores, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne, VetAgro Sup, UMR Herbivores, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, Lodi, Italy
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- Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, UMR5219, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- INRAE, Université Clermont Auvergne, VetAgro Sup, UMR Herbivores, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.
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Sun S, Meng Q, Bai Y, Cao C, Li J, Cheng B, Shi B, Shan A. Lycopene improves maternal reproductive performance by modulating milk composition and placental antioxidative and immune status. Food Funct 2021; 12:12448-12467. [PMID: 34792070 DOI: 10.1039/d1fo01595h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Placental health and milk quality are important for maternal reproductive performance during pregnancy and lactation. Lycopene plays an important role in antioxidation, anti-inflammation and regulating lipid metabolism. The goal of the present study was to investigate the effects of dietary lycopene supplementation in the pig model on reproductive performance, placental health and milk composition during maternal gestation and lactation. In the present study, the litter size of live piglets was increased and the litter size of dead piglets was decreased by lycopene supplementation of the diet of sows. The litter weight at birth and weaning were increased in the lycopene group. Through placental proteomics, we enriched differentially expressed proteins (DEPs), gene ontology (GO) terms, and Kyoto encyclopedia of proteins and genomes (KEGG) pathways involved in immunity, anti-inflammation, antioxidants, and lipid metabolism and transport. Furthermore, in terms of placental health, we analyzed the levels of related enzymes, metabolites and mRNA expression in the placenta. Lycopene was shown to reduce mRNA expression and the levels of placental inflammatory factors, increase the content of immunoglobulin, improve the antioxidant capacity, and improve lipid metabolism and lipid transport in the placenta. In terms of sow milk composition, lycopene increased the levels of immunoglobulins in colostrum and lactose in colostrum and milk. Overall, the results of the present study demonstrate that dietary lycopene supplementation of sows during gestation and lactation improves the reproductive performance to a certain extent; this may be due to lycopene improving the placental health and milk composition of sows.
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- Shishuai Sun
- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Animal Nutrition, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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Yang Z, Yang D, Tan F, Wong CW, Yang JY, Zhou D, Cai Z, Lin SH. Multi-Omics Comparison of the Spontaneous Diabetes Mellitus and Diet-Induced Prediabetic Macaque Models. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:784231. [PMID: 34880765 PMCID: PMC8645867 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.784231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The prevalence of diabetes mellitus has been increasing for decades worldwide. To develop safe and potent therapeutics, animal models contribute a lot to the studies of the mechanisms underlying its pathogenesis. Dietary induction using is a well-accepted protocol in generating insulin resistance and diabetes models. In the present study, we reported the multi-omics profiling of the liver and sera from both peripheral blood and hepatic portal vein blood from Macaca fascicularis that spontaneously developed Type-2 diabetes mellitus with a chow diet (sDM). The other two groups of the monkeys fed with chow diet and high-fat high-sugar (HFHS) diet, respectively, were included for comparison. Analyses of various omics datasets revealed the alterations of high consistency. Between the sDM and HFHS monkeys, both the similar and unique alterations in the lipid metabolism have been demonstrated from metabolomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic data repeatedly. The comparison of the proteome and transcriptome confirmed the involvement of fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) in the diet-induced pathogenesis of diabetes in macaques. Furthermore, the commonly changed genes between spontaneous diabetes and HFHS diet-induced prediabetes suggested that the alterations in the intra- and extracellular structural proteins and cell migration in the liver might mediate the HFHS diet induction of diabetes mellitus.
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- Zhu Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Guangzhou Huazhen Biosciences Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Regulation of Milk Protein Synthesis by Free and Peptide-Bound Amino Acids in Dairy Cows. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10101044. [PMID: 34681143 PMCID: PMC8533557 DOI: 10.3390/biology10101044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Milk protein (MP) synthesis in the mammary gland of dairy cows is a complex biological process. As the substrates for protein synthesis, amino acids (AAs) are the most important nutrients for milk synthesis. Free AAs (FAAs) are the main precursors of MP synthesis, and their supplies are supplemented by peptide-bound AAs (PBAAs) in the blood. Utilization of AAs in the mammary gland of dairy cows has attracted the great interest of researchers because of the goal of increasing MP yield. Supplying sufficient and balanced AAs is critical to improve MP concentration and yield in dairy cows. Great progress has been made in understanding limiting AAs and their requirements for MP synthesis in dairy cows. This review focuses on the effects of FAA and PBAA supply on MP synthesis and their underlying mechanisms. Advances in our knowledge in the field can help us to develop more accurate models to predict dietary protein requirements for dairy cows MP synthesis, which will ultimately improve the nitrogen utilization efficiency and lactation performance of dairy cows.
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Michailidou S, Gelasakis A, Banos G, Arsenos G, Argiriou A. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Milk Somatic Cells During Lactation Between Two Intensively Reared Dairy Sheep Breeds. Front Genet 2021; 12:700489. [PMID: 34349787 PMCID: PMC8326974 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.700489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In dairy sheep industry, milk production dictates the value of a ewe. Milk production is directly related to the morphology and physiology of the mammary gland; both being designated targets of breeding strategies. Although within a flock breeding parameters are mutual, large differences in milk production among individual ewes are usually observed. In this work, we tested two of the most productive dairy sheep breeds reared intensively in Greece, one local the Chios breed and one foreign the Lacaune breed. We used transcriptome sequencing to reveal molecular mechanisms that render the mammary gland highly productive or not. While highly expressed genes (caseins and major whey protein genes) were common among breeds, differences were observed in differentially expressed genes. ENSOARG00000008077, as a member of ribosomal protein 14 family, together with LPCAT2, CCR3, GPSM2, ZNF131, and ASIP were among the genes significantly differentiating mammary gland's productivity in high yielding ewes. Gene ontology terms were mainly linked to the inherent transcriptional activity of the mammary gland (GO:0005524, GO:0030552, GO:0016740, GO:0004842), lipid transfer activity (GO:0005319) and innate immunity (GO:0002376, GO:0075528, GO:0002520). In addition, clusters of genes affecting zinc and iron trafficking into mitochondria were highlighted for high yielding ewes (GO:0071294, GO:0010043). Our analyses provide insights into the molecular pathways involved in lactation between ewes of different performances. Results revealed management issues that should be addressed by breeders in order to move toward increased milk yields through selection of the desired phenotypes. Our results will also contribute toward the selection of the most resilient and productive ewes, thus, will strengthen the existing breeding systems against a spectrum of environmental threats.
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- Sofia Michailidou
- Institute of Applied Biosciences, Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Biosciences, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Scotland’s Rural College, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Institute of Applied Biosciences, Center for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of the Aegean, Lemnos, Greece
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Xie J, Zhao Y, Dong N, Tian X, Feng J, Liu P, Li M, Wang M, Ying X, Yuan J, Li B, Tian F, Qiu Y, Yan X. Proteomics and transcriptomics jointly identify the key role of oxidative phosphorylation in fluoride-induced myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction in rats. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 218:112271. [PMID: 33932654 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The regulation of mitochondrial function, which is dominated by oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOs), is important in fluoride induced cardiovascular disease. Based on the previous study of fluoride-induced mitochondrial structure and membrane potential abnormalities, this study integrated ITRAQ protein quantification and RNA-Seq methods to analyze the sequencing data of rat myocardial tissue under fluoride exposure (0, 30, 60 and 90 mg/L). A total of 22 differentially expressed genes associated with the OXPHOs pathway were screened by Gene Ontology (GO) and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) co-enrichment analysis, and were localizated by Interaction Network and calculated inter-genes and inter-omics correlations by Pearson correlation. In general, fluoride exposure can down-regulate genes related OXPHOs, particularly affecting the assembly of the complex I including Ndufa10, resulting in abnormal mitochondrial ATP synthesis and reduced myocardial energy supply. Most importantly, this study shows that the enriched information from the proteomics can explain the change process of energy production, but the specific molecules involved in energy supply cannot be obtained via transcriptomics information alone. Based on the results of transcriptional and protein analysis, our findings contribute to an innovative understanding of the pathways and molecular changes of myocardial injury induced by fluorosis.
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- Jiaxin Xie
- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- Heping Hospital Affiliated To Changzhi Medical College, Changzhi 046000, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China; Shanxi Key Laboratory of Ecological Animal Science and Environmental Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, Shanxi, China
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China.
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Almeida AM, Ali SA, Ceciliani F, Eckersall PD, Hernández-Castellano LE, Han R, Hodnik JJ, Jaswal S, Lippolis JD, McLaughlin M, Miller I, Mohanty AK, Mrljak V, Nally JE, Nanni P, Plowman JE, Poleti MD, Ribeiro DM, Rodrigues P, Roschitzki B, Schlapbach R, Starič J, Yang Y, Zachut M. Domestic animal proteomics in the 21st century: A global retrospective and viewpoint analysis. J Proteomics 2021; 241:104220. [PMID: 33838350 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Animal production and health are of significant economic importance, particularly regarding the world food supply. Animal and veterinary sciences have evolved immensely in the past six decades, particularly in genetics, nutrition, housing, management and health. To address major challenges such as those posed by climate change or metabolic disorders, it is of utmost importance to use state-of-the-art research tools. Proteomics and the other post-genomic tools (transcriptomics or metabolomics) are among them. Proteomics has experienced a considerable development over the last decades. This brought developments to different scientific fields. The use and adoption of proteomics tools in animal and veterinary sciences has some limitations (database availability or access to proteomics platforms and funding). As a result, proteomics' use by animal science researchers varies across the globe. In this viewpoint article, we focus on the developments of domestic animal proteomics over the last decade in different regions of the globe and how the researchers have coped with such challenges. In the second part of the article, we provide examples of funding, educational and laboratory establishment initiatives designed to foster the development of (animal-based) proteomics. International scientific collaboration is a definitive and key feature in the development and advancement of domestic animal proteomics. SIGNIFICANCE: Animal production and health are very important for food supply worldwide particularly as a source of proteinaceous foods. Animal and veterinary sciences have evolved immensely in the last decades. In order to address the major contemporary challenges facing animal and veterinary sciences, it is of utmost importance to use state-of-the-art research tools such as Proteomics and other Omics. Herein, we focus on the major developments in domestic animal proteomics worldwide during the last decade and how different regions of the world have used the technology in this specific research field. We address also major international efforts aiming to increase the research output in this area and highlight the importance of international cooperation to address specific problems inherent to domestic animal proteomics.
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- André M Almeida
- LEAF, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal.
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- Proteomics and Cell Biology Lab, Animal Biotechnology Center, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Animal Science, AU-Foulum, Aarhus University, 8830 Tjele, Denmark; Animal Production and Biotechnology group, Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35413 Arucas, Spain
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Veterinary Faculty, Clinic for Reproduction and Large Animals - Section for Ruminants, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Proteomics and Cell Biology Lab, Animal Biotechnology Center, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa 50010, United States
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Proteomics and Cell Biology Lab, Animal Biotechnology Center, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India
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- ERA Chair FP7, Internal Diseases Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa 50010, United States
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich / University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- FZEA - Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Avenida Duque de Caxias Norte - 225, 13635-900 Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
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- LEAF, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CCMAR - Centre of Marine Sciences of Algarve, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich / University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich / University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Veterinary Faculty, Clinic for Reproduction and Large Animals - Section for Ruminants, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Department of Ruminant Science, Institute of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization/Volcani Center, Rishon Lezion 7505101, Israel
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Goyache F, Fernández I, Tapsoba ASR, Traoré A, Menéndez-Arias NA, Álvarez I. Functional characterization of Copy Number Variations regions in Djallonké sheep. J Anim Breed Genet 2021; 138:600-612. [PMID: 33682236 DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A total of 184 Djallonké (West African Dwarf) sheep of Burkina Faso were analysed for Copy Number Variations (CNV) using Ovine 50 K SNP BeadChip genotyping data and two different CNV calling platforms: PennCNV and QuantiSNP. Analyses allowed to identify a total of 63 candidate Copy Number Variations Regions (CNVR) on 11 different ovine chromosomes covering about 82.5 Mb of the sheep genome. Gene-annotation enrichment analysis allowed to identify a total of 751 potential candidate ovine genes located in the candidate CNVR bounds. Functional annotation allowed to identify five statistically significant Functional Clusters (FC; enrichment factor > 1.3) involving 61 candidate genes. All genes forming significantly enriched FC were located on ovine chromosome (OAR) 21. FC1 (22 genes including PAG4 and PAG6) and FC5 (three genes: CTSC, CTSW and CTSF), coding proteases (peptidases and cathepsins, respectively), were involved in reproductive performance and modulation of gestation. Both FC3 and FC4 were involved in inflammatory and immunologic response through coding serum amyloid A and B-box-type zinc finger proteins, respectively. Finally, FC2 consisted of 27 genes (including OR10G6 and OR8B8) involved in olfactory receptor activity, key for animals adapting to new food resources. CNVR identified on at least 15% of individuals were considered CNVR hotspots and further overlapped with previously reported quantitative trait loci (QTL). CNVR hotspots spanning genes putatively involved with lipid metabolism (SKP1, TCF7, JADE2, UBE2B and SAR1B) and differential expression in mammary gland (SEC24A and CDKN2AIPNL) on OAR5 and dairy traits (CCDC198 and SLC35F4) on OAR7 overlapped with QTL associated with lipid metabolism, milk protein yield and milk fat percentage. Information obtained from local sheep populations naturally adapted to harsh environments contributes to increase our understanding of the genomic importance of CNV.
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- Félix Goyache
- Área de Genética y Reproducción Animal, SERIDA, Gijón, Spain
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- Área de Genética y Reproducción Animal, SERIDA, Gijón, Spain
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- Área de Genética y Reproducción Animal, SERIDA, Gijón, Spain
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Macciotta NPP, Colli L, Cesarani A, Ajmone-Marsan P, Low WY, Tearle R, Williams JL. The distribution of runs of homozygosity in the genome of river and swamp buffaloes reveals a history of adaptation, migration and crossbred events. Genet Sel Evol 2021; 53:20. [PMID: 33639853 PMCID: PMC7912491 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-021-00616-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background Water buffalo is one of the most important livestock species in the world. Two types of water buffalo exist: river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis bubalis) and swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis carabanensis). The buffalo genome has been recently sequenced, and thus a new 90 K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) bead chip has been developed. In this study, we investigated the genomic population structure and the level of inbreeding of 185 river and 153 swamp buffaloes using runs of homozygosity (ROH). Analyses were carried out jointly and separately for the two buffalo types. Results The SNP bead chip detected in swamp about one-third of the SNPs identified in the river type. In total, 18,116 ROH were detected in the combined data set (17,784 SNPs), and 16,251 of these were unique. ROH were present in both buffalo types mostly detected (~ 59%) in swamp buffalo. The number of ROH per animal was larger and genomic inbreeding was higher in swamp than river buffalo. In the separated datasets (46,891 and 17,690 SNPs for river and swamp type, respectively), 19,760 and 10,581 ROH were found in river and swamp, respectively. The genes that map to the ROH islands are associated with the adaptation to the environment, fitness traits and reproduction. Conclusions Analysis of ROH features in the genome of the two water buffalo types allowed their genomic characterization and highlighted differences between buffalo types and between breeds. A large ROH island on chromosome 2 was shared between river and swamp buffaloes and contained genes that are involved in environmental adaptation and reproduction. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12711-021-00616-3.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Animali, della Nutrizione e degli Alimenti-DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italia.,Centro di Ricerca sulla Biodiversità e sul DNA Antico-BioDNA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italia. .,Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Animali, della Nutrizione e degli Alimenti-DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italia.,Centro di Ricerca Nutrigenomica e Proteomica-PRONUTRIGEN, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italia
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- The Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, 5371, Australia
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- The Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, 5371, Australia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Animali, della Nutrizione e degli Alimenti-DIANA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italia.,The Davies Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, 5371, Australia
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Lu H, Wang Y, Bovenhuis H. Phenotypic and genetic effects of season on milk production traits in dairy cattle in the Netherlands. J Dairy Sci 2021; 104:4486-4497. [PMID: 33612205 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-19615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Milk production systems in several countries show considerable differences between seasons. For example, in the Netherlands, cows are kept inside and fed silage in winter, whereas they are on pasture in summer. The differences between seasons affect milk yield and composition and might influence the genetic background of milk production traits. The objective of this study was to estimate phenotypic and genetic effects of season on milk production traits. For this purpose, 19,286 test-day milk production records of 1,800 first-parity Dutch Holstein-Frisian cows were available, and these cows were genotyped using a 50K SNP panel. Phenotypic effects of season were significant for all milk production traits. Effects of season were large for milk fat yield, fat content, and protein content. Genetic correlations between milk production traits in different seasons showed that genotype by season interaction effects were relatively small for most milk production traits. The genetic background of protein content and lactose content seems to be sensitive to seasonal effects. Furthermore, the genetic correlations between spring and autumn differed significantly from unity for almost all milk production traits. A genome-wide association study for genotype by season interaction identified chromosomal regions on BTA3, BTA14, BTA20, and BTA25 that showed genotype by season interaction effects, including a region containing DGAT1, which showed interaction effects for fat content and protein content.
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- Haibo Lu
- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, 6700AH, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, 100193, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, 6700AH, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Zhang H, Shen Z, Yang Z, Jiang H, Chu S, Mao Y, Li M, Chen Z, Aboragah A, Loor JJ, Yang Z. Abundance of solute carrier family 27 member 6 ( SLC27A6) in the bovine mammary gland alters fatty acid metabolism. Food Funct 2021; 12:4909-4920. [PMID: 34100479 DOI: 10.1039/d0fo03289a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Milk fatty acid (FA) composition is associated with the nutritional value of milk and is known to vary with the stage of lactation. Although biochemical aspects controlling FA metabolism in the bovine mammary gland are well-established, less is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms. Thus, to address some of these shortcomings, the present study sought to evaluate milk FA composition and mammary transcriptome profiles at different stages of lactation. Compared with 90 d of lactation, at 315 d of lactation, there was an increase in the concentrations of C18:2, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), and short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), and a decrease in C16:0 and long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) in milk. To further identify candidate genes and pathways responsible for these phenotypic differences, the transcriptome of bovine mammary tissue at 90 d (peak) and 315 d (late) of lactation was profiled using RNA-seq. A total of 827 differentially expressed genes were identified. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the major differentially modulated lipid metabolic pathways were the PPAR signaling pathway, alpha-linolenic acid metabolism and linoleic acid metabolism. Compared with peak lactation, the mammary tissue at late lactation had lower abundance of genes related to FA transport and activation (CD36, SLC27A6, ACSM1, FABP3 and FABP4). Thus, to further explore the role of FA transport into mammary cells, we knocked down fatty acid transport protein 6 (solute carrier family 27 member 6, SLC27A6) in the bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs) using siRNA. The knockdown of SLC27A6 dramatically downregulated the mRNA abundance of genes associated with FA activation (ACSL4), oxidation (CPT1A) and transport (CD36), while the abundance of genes associated with transcription regulation (PPARG), diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1), FA binding (FABP3), and desaturation (FADS2) was upregulated. In addition, SLC27A6 silenced the intracellular content of triglyceride (TG) and the percentage of C18:1cis9 and C20:4cis5,8,11,14 was greater, whereas that of C16:0 and C18:0 was lower. Overall, in vivo results indicated that LCFA transport into mammary cells during late lactation partly explains the difference in the FA profiles. In vitro analyses underscored how FA transport via SLC27A6 could dictate in part the intracellular utilization of FA for TG synthesis versus oxidation. The data provide strong support for a central role of SLC27A6 in the regulation of FA metabolism in BMECs.
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- Huimin Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China. and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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- Shandong Institute of Food and Drug Control, Jinan, Shandong 250000, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China. and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China. and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China. and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China. and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, 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 Sciences & Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Key Laboratory for Animal Genetics, Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China. and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture & Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, China
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Islam S, Reddy UK, Natarajan P, Abburi VL, Bajwa AA, Imran M, Zahoor MY, Abdullah M, Bukhari AM, Iqbal S, Ashraf K, Nadeem A, Rehman H, Rashid I, Shehzad W. Population demographic history and population structure for Pakistani Nili-Ravi breeding bulls based on SNP genotyping to identify genomic regions associated with male effects for milk yield and body weight. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242500. [PMID: 33232358 PMCID: PMC7685427 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The domestic Nili-Ravi water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is the best dairy animal contributing 68% to total milk production in Pakistan. In this study, we identified genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to estimate various population genetic parameters such as diversity, pairwise population differentiation, linkage disequilibrium (LD) distribution and for genome-wide association study for milk yield and body weight traits in the Nili-Ravi dairy bulls that they may pass on to their daughters who are retained for milking purposes. The genotyping by sequencing approach revealed 13,039 reference genome-anchored SNPs with minor allele frequency of 0.05 among 167 buffalos. Population structure analysis revealed that the bulls were grouped into two clusters (K = 2), which indicates the presence of two different lineages in the Pakistani Nili-Ravi water buffalo population, and we showed the extent of admixture of these two lineages in our bull collection. LD analysis revealed 4169 significant SNP associations, with an average LD decay of 90 kb for these buffalo genome. Genome-wide association study involved a multi-locus mixed linear model for milk yield and body weight to identify genome-wide male effects. Our study further illustrates the utility of the genotyping by sequencing approach for identifying genomic regions to uncover additional demographic complexity and to improve the complex dairy traits of the Pakistani Nili-Ravi water buffalo population that would provide the lot of economic benefits to dairy industry.
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- Saher Islam
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia, United States of America
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Livestock Production, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pattoki, Pakistan
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- Semen Production Unit, Qadirabad, District Sahiwal, Pakistan
- Livestock and Dairy Development Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Semen Production Unit, Qadirabad, District Sahiwal, Pakistan
- Livestock and Dairy Development Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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Sun HZ, Zhou M, Wang O, Chen Y, Liu JX, Guan LL. Multi-omics reveals functional genomic and metabolic mechanisms of milk production and quality in dairy cows. Bioinformatics 2020; 36:2530-2537. [PMID: 31873721 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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MOTIVATION Enhancing the utilization of human-inedible crop by-products by ruminants to produce high-quality milk for human consumption is an emerging global task. We performed a multi-omics-based study to decipher the regulatory biological processes of milk production when cows fed low-quality crop by-products with the aim to improve their utilization. RESULTS Seven types of different high-throughput omics data were generated across three central organs [rumen, liver and mammary gland (MG)] and biofluids (rumen fluid and blood) that involved in milk production. The integrated multi-omics analysis including metabolomics, metagenomics and transcriptomics showed altered microbiome at compositional and functional levels, microbial metabolites in the rumen, down-regulated genes and associated functions in liver and MG. These changes simultaneously contributed to down-regulated three key metabolic nodes (propionate, glucose and amino acid) across these organs and biofluids that led to lowered milk yield and quality when cows consumed corn stover (CS). Hippuric acid was identified as a biomarker that led to low milk production in CS-fed cows, suggesting a future evaluation parameter related to the metabolic mechanism of low-quality forage utilization. This study unveils the milk production-related biological mechanism across different biofluids and tissues under a low-quality forage diet, which provides a novel understanding and potential improvement strategies for future crop by-products utilization and sustainable ruminant production. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION The raw files of metagenomics, metabolomics, and transcriptomics data can be accessed at NCBI SRA (No. SRR5028206), EMBI-EBI (No. MTBLS411), and GEO (NO. GSE78524) databases respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Hui-Zeng Sun
- Institute of Dairy Science, MoE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China.,Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Institute of Dairy Science, MoE Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China
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- Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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Chen B, Wang D, Bian Y, Li J, Yang T, Li N, Qiao C. Systematic Identification of Hub Genes in Placenta Accreta Spectrum Based on Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis. Front Genet 2020; 11:551495. [PMID: 33101378 PMCID: PMC7522549 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.551495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a pathological condition of the placenta with abnormal adhesion or invasion of the placental villi to the uterine wall, which is associated with a variety of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Although some PAS-related molecules have been reported, the underlying regulatory mechanism is still unclear. Compared with the study of single gene or pathway, omics study, using advanced sequencing technology and bioinformatics methods, can increase our systematic understanding of diseases. In this study, placenta tissues from 5 patients with PAS and 5 healthy pregnant women were collected for transcriptomic and proteomic sequencing and integrated analysis. A total of 728 messenger RNAs and 439 proteins were found to be significantly different between PAS group and non-PAS group, in which 23 hub genes were differentially expressed in both transcriptome and proteome. Functional enrichment analysis showed that the differentially expressed genes were mainly related to cell proliferation, migration and vascular development. Totally 18 long non-coding RNA were found that might regulate the expression of hub genes. Many kinds of single nucleotide polymorphism, alternative splicing and gene fusion of hub genes were detected. This is the first time to systematically explore the hub genes and gene structure variations of PAS through integrated omics analysis, which provided a genetic basis for further in-depth study on the underlying regulatory mechanism of PAS.
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- Bingnan Chen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine of Liaoning Province, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Higher Education of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China.,Research Center of China Medical University Birth Cohort, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine of Liaoning Province, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Higher Education of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China.,Research Center of China Medical University Birth Cohort, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine of Liaoning Province, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Higher Education of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China.,Research Center of China Medical University Birth Cohort, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine of Liaoning Province, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Higher Education of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China.,Research Center of China Medical University Birth Cohort, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine of Liaoning Province, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Higher Education of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China.,Research Center of China Medical University Birth Cohort, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine of Liaoning Province, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.,Key Laboratory of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Higher Education of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China.,Research Center of China Medical University Birth Cohort, Shenyang, China
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Parreira JR, Hernández-Castellano LE, Argüello A, Capote J, Castro N, de Sousa Araújo S, de Almeida AM. Understanding seasonal weight loss tolerance in dairy goats: a transcriptomics approach. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:629. [PMID: 32928114 PMCID: PMC7489022 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-06968-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Seasonal weight loss (SWL) is a very important limitation to the production of ruminants in the Mediterranean and Tropical regions. In these areas, long dry seasons lead to poor pastures with low nutritional value. During the dry season, ruminants, particularly those raised in extensive production systems, lose around 30% of their body weight. Seasonal weight loss has important consequences on animal productive performance and health. In this study, RNA sequencing was used to characterize feed restriction effects in dairy goat of 2 breeds with different SWL tolerance: Majorera (tolerant) and Palmera (susceptible). Nine Majorera and ten Palmera goats were randomly distributed in a control and a restricted group: Majorera Control (adequately fed; MC; n = 4), Palmera Control (adequately fed; PC; n = 6), Majorera Restricted (feed restricted; ME; n = 5) and Palmera Restricted (feed restricted; PE; n = 4). On day 22 of the trial, mammary gland biopsies were collected for transcriptomics analysis. Results From these samples, 24,260 unique transcripts were identified. From those, 82 transcripts were differentially expressed between MC and ME, 99 between PC and PE, twelve between both control groups and twenty-nine between both restricted groups. Conclusions Feed restriction affected several biochemical pathways in both breeds such as: carbohydrate and lipid transport; intracellular trafficking, RNA processing and signal transduction. This research also highlights the importance or involvement of the genes in tolerance (ENPP1, S-LZ, MT2A and GPNB) and susceptibility (GPD1, CTPS1, ELOVL6 and NR4A1) to SWL with respectively higher expression in the Majorera restriced group and the Palmera restricted group in comparison to the control groups. In addition, results from the study may be extrapolated to other dairy ruminant species.
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- José Ricardo Parreira
- IBET - Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal.,ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Animal Production and Biotechnology group, Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35413, Arucas, Spain
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- Unit of Animal Production, Pasture, and Forage in Arid and Subtropical Areas, Canary Islands Institute for Agricultural Research, 38270, La Laguna, Spain
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- Animal Production and Biotechnology group, Institute of Animal Health and Food Safety, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35413, Arucas, Spain
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- ITQB NOVA - Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- LEAF - Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture And Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 13409-017, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Beckett L, Xie S, Thimmapuram J, Tucker HA, Donkin SS, Casey T. Mammary transcriptome reveals cell maintenance and protein turnover support milk synthesis in early-lactation cows. Physiol Genomics 2020; 52:435-450. [PMID: 32744883 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00046.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A more complete understanding of the molecular mechanisms that support milk synthesis is needed to develop strategies to efficiently and sustainably meet the growing global demand for dairy products. With the postulate that coding gene transcript abundance reflects relative importance in supporting milk synthesis, we analyzed the global transcriptome of early lactation cows across magnitudes of normalized RNA-Seq read counts. Total RNA was isolated from milk samples collected from early-lactation cows (n = 6) following two treatment periods of postruminal lysine infusion of 0 or 63 g/day. Twelve libraries were prepared and sequenced on an Illumina NovaSeq6000 platform using paired end reads. Normalized read counts were averaged across both treatments, because EBseq analysis found no significant effect of lysine infusion. Approximately 10% of the total reads corresponded to 12,730 protein coding transcripts with a normalized read count mean ≥5. For functional annotation analysis, the protein coding transcripts were divided into nine categories by magnitude of reads. The 13 most abundant transcripts (≥50K reads) accounted for 67% of the 23M coding reads and included casein and whey proteins, regulators of fat synthesis and secretion, a ubiquitinating protein, and a tRNA transporter. Mammalian target of rapamycin, JAK/STAT, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha, and ubiquitin proteasome pathways were enriched with normalized reads ≥100 counts. Genes with ≤100 reads regulated tissue homeostasis and immune response. Enrichment in ontologies that reflect maintenance of translation, protein turnover, and amino acid recycling indicated that proteostatic mechanisms are central to supporting mammary function and primary milk component synthesis.
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- L Beckett
- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Bioinformatics Core, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Bioinformatics Core, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Novus International Incorporated, St. Charles, Missouri
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Park T, Ma L, Ma Y, Zhou X, Bu D, Yu Z. Dietary energy sources and levels shift the multi-kingdom microbiota and functions in the rumen of lactating dairy cows. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2020; 11:66. [PMID: 32582444 PMCID: PMC7310258 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-020-00461-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Dietary energy source and level in lactation diets can profoundly affect milk yield and composition. Such dietary effects on lactation performance are underpinned by alteration of the rumen microbiota, of which bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protozoa may vary differently. However, few studies have examined all the four groups of rumen microbes. This study investigated the effect of both the level and source of dietary energy on rumen bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protozoa in the rumen of lactating dairy cows. A 2 × 2 factorial design resulted in four dietary treatments: low and high dietary energy levels (LE: 1.52–1.53; and HE: 1.71–1.72 Mcal/kg dry matter) and two dietary energy sources (GC: finely ground corn; and SFC: steam-flaked corn). We used a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square design using eight primiparous Chinese Holstein cows with each period lasting for 21 d. The rumen microbiota was analyzed using metataxonomics based on kingdom-specific phylogenetic markers [16S rRNA gene for bacteria and archaea, 18S rRNA gene for protozoa, and internally transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) for fungi] followed with subsequent functional prediction using PICRUSt2. Results The GC resulted in a higher prokaryotic (bacterial and archaeal) species richness and Faith’s phylogenetic diversity than SFC. For the eukaryotic (fungi and protozoa) microbiota, the LE diets led to significantly higher values of the above measurements than the HE diets. Among the major classified taxa, 23 genera across all the kingdoms differed in relative abundance between the two dietary energy levels, while only six genera (none being protozoal) were differentially abundant between the two energy sources. Based on prokaryotic amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) from all the samples, overall functional profiles predicted using PICRUSt2 differed significantly between LE and HE but not between the two energy sources. FishTaco analysis identified Ruminococcus and Coprococcus as the taxa potentially contributing to the enriched KEGG pathways for biosynthesis of amino acids and to the metabolisms of pyruvate, glycerophospholipid, and nicotinate and nicotinamide in the rumen of HE-fed cows. The co-occurrence networks were also affected by the dietary treatments, especially the LE and GC diets, resulting in distinct co-occurrence networks. Several microbial genera appeared to be strongly correlated with one or more lactation traits. Conclusions Dietary energy level affected the overall rumen multi-kingdom microbiota while little difference was noted between ground corn and steam-flaked corn. Some genera were also affected differently by the four dietary treatments, including genera that had been shown to be correlated with lactation performance or feed efficiency. The co-occurrence patterns among the genera exclusively found for each dietary treatment may suggest possible metabolic interactions specifically affected by the dietary treatment. Some of the major taxa were positively correlated to milk properties and may potentially serve as biomarkers of one or more lactation traits.
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- Tansol Park
- Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
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- The State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.,CAAS-ICRAF Joint Lab on Agroforestry and Sustainable Animal Husbandry, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
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Li L, Yang M, Li C, Yang F, Wang G. Understanding the Toxin Effects of β-Zearalenol and HT-2 on Bovine Granulosa Cells Using iTRAQ-Based Proteomics. Animals (Basel) 2020; 10:ani10010130. [PMID: 31941148 PMCID: PMC7022321 DOI: 10.3390/ani10010130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Zearalenone (ZEA) and T-2 are two important mycotoxins, which have deleterious effects on the health of humans and livestock. ZEA and its derivatives, α-zearalenol and β-zearalenol, disturb the hormonal homeostasis and lead to numerous problems in the reproductive system. The HT-2 toxin, as the primary metabolite of the T-2 toxin, exerts a series of toxic effects on humans and livestock. The T-2 toxin and its metabolite HT-2 toxin induce damages in multiple tissues, which include the reproductive system. However, toxic response profiles of these mycotoxins on bovine ovarian granulosa cells (bGCs) are unclear. In this study, we determined the importance of heat shock proteins, clarified oxidative stress, and the caspase-3 signaling cascade involved in the mycotoxin-treated toxic response. These results could provide new insights for future studies on prevention and treatment of reproductive problems caused by mycotoxins in bovines. Abstract Zearalenone (ZEA) and T-2 are the most common mycotoxins in grains and can enter the animal and human food-chain and cause many health disorders. To elucidate the toxic response profile, we stimulated bovine granulosa cells (GCs) with β-zearalenol or HT-2. Using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ)-based proteomic, 178 and 291 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs, fold change ≥ 1.3 and p-value < 0.05) in β-zearalenol and HT-2 groups were identified, respectively. Among these DEPs, there were 66 common DEPs between β-zearalenol and HT-2 groups. These 66 DEPs were associated with 23 biological processes terms, 14 molecular functions terms, and 19 cellular components terms. Most heat shock proteins (HSPs) were involved in the toxic response. Reactive oxygen species accumulation, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-stress related marker molecule (GRP78), and apoptosis were activated. β-zearalenol and HT-2 inhibited oestradiol (E2) production. These results emphasized the important function of HSPs, clarified oxidative stress, and demonstrated the caspase-3 signaling cascade involved in mycotoxin-treated toxic response, along with decreased E2 production. This study offers new insights into the toxicity of β-zearalenol and HT-2 on ovarian granulosa cells.
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- Lian Li
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-25-8439-5045; Fax: +86-25-8439-5314
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Ibrahim AHM, Tzanidakis N, Sotiraki S, Zhou H, Hickford J. Investigation of myostatin and calpain 3 gene polymorphisms and their association with milk-production traits in Sfakia sheep. ANIMAL PRODUCTION SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1071/an18799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Context
Genetic selection based on genetic markers for economically important traits in Sfakia sheep.
Aims
The aim of the present study was to investigate variation in the ovine myostatin gene (MSTN) and calpain 3 gene (CAPN3), and their association with milk-production traits.
Methods
Records for milk yield, milk fat content, protein content, lactose content, and non-fat solid content, pH and somatic-cell score (log), were obtained from 376 Sfakia ewes. Polymerase chain reaction–single-strand conformational polymorphism (PCR–SSCP) analyses were used to detect variation in intron 1 of MSTN and exon 10 of CAPN3. General linear models were then used to test for associations between the variation in MSTN and CAPN3, and milk-production traits.
Key results
The SSCP banding patterns for MSTN showed four variants (A1, A2, A3 and A4), which contained nine nucleotide sequence differences. Four SSCP banding patterns (C1, C2, C3 and C4) were observed for CAPN3 and these contained eight nucleotide-sequence differences. The MSTN variation was associated (P < 0.05) with variation in milk yield and non-fat milk solid content. Variation in CAPN3 was associated with milk yield (P < 0.001), fat content (P < 0.05) and lactose content (P < 0.05). Association analyses between the presence/absence of MSTN and CAPN3 variants and milk-production traits showed that a variant of MSTN that had previously between associated with muscle hypertrophy was associated with decreased milk yield (P < 0.05) and a lower non-fat milk solid content (P < 0.01). A CAPN3 variant that had previously been associated with increased sheep-carcass loin lean-meat yield was associated with a decreased milk yield (P < 0.01) and a decreased milk fat content (P < 0.05).
Conclusions
Our results have provided an insight into the effects of variation in ovine MSTN and CAPN3 on milk-production traits in sheep.
Implications
To preserve the dual-purpose characteristics of Sfakia sheep, breeding goals should take into account the possible antagonism between meat and milk traits.
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Gene microarray integrated with iTRAQ-based proteomics for the discovery of NLRP3 in LPS-induced inflammatory response of bovine mammary epithelial cells. J DAIRY RES 2019; 86:416-424. [PMID: 31722754 DOI: 10.1017/s0022029919000761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Mastitis, a major infectious disease in dairy cows, is characterized by an inflammatory response to pathogens such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. To better understand the immune and inflammatory response of the mammary gland, we stimulated bovine mammary gland epithelial cells (BMECs) with E. coli-derived lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Using transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, we identified 1019 differentially expressed genes (DEGs, fold change ≥2 and P-value < 0.05) and 340 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs, fold change ≥1.3 and P-value < 0.05), of which 536 genes and 162 proteins were upregulated and 483 genes and 178 proteins were downregulated following exposure to LPS. These differentially expressed genes were associated with 172 biological processes; 15 Gene Ontology terms associated with response to stimulus, 4 associated with immune processes, and 3 associated with inflammatory processes. The DEPs were associated with 51 biological processes; 2 Gene Ontology terms associated with response to stimulus, 1 associated with immune processes, and 2 associated with inflammatory processes. Meanwhile, several pathways involved in mammary inflammation, such as Toll-like receptor, NF-κB, and NOD-like receptor signaling pathways were also represented. NLRP3 depletion significantly inhibited the expression of IL-1β and PTGS2 by blocking caspase-1 activity in LPS-induced BMECs. These results suggest that NLR signaling pathways works in coordination with TLR4/NF-κB signaling pathways via NLRP3-inflammasome activation and pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion in LPS-induced mastitis. The study highlights the function of NLRP3 in an inflammatory microenvironment, making NLRP3 a promising therapeutic target in Escherichia coli mastitis.
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Seryl-tRNA synthetase is involved in methionine stimulation of β-casein synthesis in bovine mammary epithelial cells. Br J Nutr 2019; 123:489-498. [PMID: 31711551 PMCID: PMC7015878 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114519002885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Despite the well-characterised mechanisms of amino acids (AA) regulation of milk protein synthesis in mammary glands (MG), the underlying specific AA regulatory machinery in bovine MG remains further elucidated. As methionine (Met) is one of the most important essential and limiting AA for dairy cows, it is crucial to expand how Met exerts its regulatory effects on dairy milk protein synthesis. Our previous work detected the potential regulatory role of seryl-tRNA synthetase (SARS) in essential AA (EAA)-stimulated bovine casein synthesis. Here, we investigated whether and how SARS participates in Met stimulation of casein production in bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMEC). With or without RNA interference against SARS, BMEC were treated with the medium in the absence (containing all other EAA and devoid of Met alone)/presence (containing 0·6 mm of Met in the medium devoid of Met alone) of Met. The protein abundance of β-casein and members of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and general control nonderepressible 2 (GCN2) pathways was determined by immunoblot assay after 6 h treatment, the cell viability and cell cycle progression were determined by cell counting and propidium iodide-staining assay after 24 h treatment, and protein turnover was determined by l-[ring-3H5]phenylalanine isotope tracing assay after 48 h treatment. In the absence of Met, there was a general reduction in cell viability, total protein synthesis and β-casein production; in contrast, total protein degradation was enhanced. SARS knockdown strengthened these changes. Finally, SARS may work to promote Met-stimulated β-casein synthesis via affecting mTOR and GCN2 routes in BMEC.
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Zhu X, Qiu Z, Ouyang W, Miao J, Xiong P, Mao D, Feng K, Li M, Luo M, Xiao H, Cao Y. Hepatic transcriptome and proteome analyses provide new insights into the regulator mechanism of dietary avicularin in diabetic mice. Food Res Int 2019; 125:108570. [PMID: 31554135 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2019.108570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Many dietary flavonoids existing as glycosides in fruits and vegetables are considered bioactive food components with various potential health benefits. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a complex and polygenic disease with increasing global prevalence and economic burden. In this study, the hypoglycemic effect of avicularin (quercetin-3-O-α-arabinofuranoside), a flavonoid glycoside commonly found in natural plants and fruits, was determined in a high fat diet/streptozotocin induced type 2 diabetes mouse model. Our results demonstrated that dietary avicularin treatment reduced levels of fasting blood glucose, serum TG and LDL-C, liver AST and ALT, and increased hepatic glycogen in T2DM mice. Furthermore, we used RNA-Seq and iTRAQ to compare the gene and protein expression in the livers of the normal control mice (NC), diabetic control mice (DC) and avicularin treated mice (DA100). The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were analyzed based on gene annotations and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment. Integrated analysis of the RNA-Seq and iTRAQ data indicated that the fifteen DEGs/DEPs showed the same trend in mRNA and protein expression levels in comparisons of both NC vs DC and DC vs DA100. KEGG analysis revealed that four DEGs/DEPs (PKM, PEPCK, PYG, and PLA2) in the glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, and arachidonic acid pathway, and six DEPs (Ndufb4, Ndufa6, Cox5a, Cox5b, Cox6c, and ATPSβ) in the oxidative phosphorylation signaling pathway, play important roles in avicularin's hypoglycemic effect. We also found six other DEGs/DEPs related to T2DM (CA1, Serpinb6a, AK, Pcolce, Cand2, and Atp2a3), and five related to cancer (Phgdh, Tes, Papss1, Psat1, and Fam49b). We did further verify by qRT-PCR and explored the possible binding modes of avicularin with targeted proteins with molecular docking simulations. Taken together, our results demonstrated the protective effects of avicularin against diabetes and provided a global view about the system-level hypoglycemic mechanisms of avicularin by the comprehensive analysis of transcriptomic and proteomic data in T2DM mice.
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- Xiaoai Zhu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China; Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
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- Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing 526000, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410007, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Production and Safety, Henan Key Laboratory of Cold Chain Food Quality and Safety Control, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China.
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Gallardo M, Cárcamo JG, Arias-Darraz L, Alvear C. Effect of Diet and Type of Pregnancy on Transcriptional Expression of Selected Genes in Sheep Mammary Gland. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:ani9090589. [PMID: 31438555 PMCID: PMC6770544 DOI: 10.3390/ani9090589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Simple Summary An experiment was designed to determine the effect of diet and type of pregnancy on the mammary gland development, measured by the transcriptional expression of genes involved in angiogenesis and cell turnover/lactogenesis. To that end, twin and single-bearing ewes were fed naturalized pasture or red clover from day −45 pre-partum until day +60 post-partum, taking samples of mammary tissue at day −10, +30 and +60 post-partum. The results showed that the group of twin-bearing ewes fed red clover was the best combination to increase the expression of genes associated to angiogenesis and cell turnover/lactogenesis in the mammary gland. Abstract These trials were carried out to determine firstly the effect of diet and type of pregnancy on the transcriptional expression of genes involved in angiogenesis and cell turnover/lactogenesis inside the sheep mammary gland from late gestation to late lactation. Eighteen Ile de France sheep, 8 twin- and 10 single-bearing ewes were alloted into two groups according to their diet, either based on ad libitum naturalized pasture or red clover hay plus lupine from day −45 pre-partum until day +60 post-partum. Samples from diets and mammary glands were collected at day −10 pre partum (time 1), day +30 (time 2) and day +60 post-partum (time 3) and analyzed by qRT-PCR. Additionally, samples from longissimus dorsi muscle were taken from lambs twice, at weaning and 45 days later, to determine the effect of the maternal treatment with regard to diet and type of pregnancy, on the mRNA expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism. The data was processed using the lme4 package for R, and SPSS Statistics 23.0 for Windows®. The results showed that the group of twin-bearing ewes fed red clover showed a higher expression of genes involved in angiogenesis before lambing and in cell turnover/lactogenesis during late lactation, explained by a lamb survival mechanism to delay apoptosis as a way to keep a secretory cells population and boosted by the diet quality, assuring a longer milk production potential during late lactation. Regarding lambs, apparently the maternal diet would influence the transcriptional expression of lipogenic enzymes in the longissimus dorsi muscle after weaning, but further studies are necessary to validate these results. In summary, Twin-bearing ewes fed red clover performed best at increasing the expression of genes associated with angiogenesis and cell turnover/lactogenesis in the mammary gland.
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- María Gallardo
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, PO Box 567, Valdivia 5090000, Chile.
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, PO Box 567, Valdivia 5090000, Chile
- Centro FONDAP, Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Valdivia 5090000, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, PO Box 567, Valdivia 5090000, Chile
- Centro FONDAP, Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Valdivia 5090000, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santa Rosa 11735, Santiago 8320000, Chile
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Hasan MS, Feugang JM, Liao SF. A Nutrigenomics Approach Using RNA Sequencing Technology to Study Nutrient-Gene Interactions in Agricultural Animals. Curr Dev Nutr 2019; 3:nzz082. [PMID: 31414073 PMCID: PMC6686084 DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzz082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Thorough understanding of animal gene expression driven by dietary nutrients can be regarded as a bottom line of advanced animal nutrition research. Nutrigenomics (including transcriptomics) studies the effects of dietary nutrients on cellular gene expression and, ultimately, phenotypic changes in living organisms. Transcriptomics can be applied to investigate animal tissue transcriptomes at a defined nutritional state, which can provide a holistic view of intracellular RNA expression. As a novel transcriptomics approach, RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) technology can monitor all gene expressions simultaneously in response to dietary intervention. The principle and history of RNA-Seq are briefly reviewed, and its 3 principal steps are described in this article. Application of RNA-Seq in different areas of animal nutrition research is summarized. Lastly, the application of RNA-Seq in swine science and nutrition is also reviewed. In short, RNA-Seq holds significant potential to be employed for better understanding the nutrient-gene interactions in agricultural animals.
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- M Shamimul Hasan
- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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Zhou Q, Yang Y, Yang Z. Molecular dissection of cadmium-responsive transcriptome profile in a low-cadmium-accumulating cultivar of Brassica parachinensis. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 176:85-94. [PMID: 30921700 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.03.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Brassica parachinensis L., a daily consumed leaf vegetable, is a high-Cd accumulator that substantially threatens human health. Screening and breeding Cd pollution-safe cultivars (Cd-PSCs) of crops is a low-cost strategy to restrict human Cd intake from contaminated soils via the food chain. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying the low-Cd-accumulating traits of B. parachinensis Cd-PSCs. In the current study, we analyzed the transcriptomes of the Cd-treated (5 μM) roots and shoots of a low-Cd-accumulating cultivar (SJ19) and a high-Cd-accumulating cultivar (CX4) of B. parachinensis to reveal the molecular mechanisms in response to Cd stress. Compared to CX4, many pathways involved in carbohydrate and amino acid metabolisms were exclusively up-regulated in SJ19 roots upon exposure to low Cd concentrations, which may produce more energy and metabolites for Cd detoxification. Antioxidant enzymes in the peroxisome were up-regulated in both SJ19 and CX4 roots in response to Cd, while glutathione biosynthesis was only activated in SJ19 roots. In SJ19 shoots, pathways of photosynthesis and cell growth were activated to mitigate Cd-induced damages. Furthermore, Cd transport genes, such as MTP1, HMA3 and CAX family genes, were highly induced by Cd stress in SJ19 roots in accordance with the high Cd concentration in roots, while genes involved in root-to-shoot Cd translocation such as FRD3 and CESA3 were suppressed, which may contribute to the low Cd concertation in edible part of SJ19. Our study provides a genetic basis for further Cd-PSCs screening and breeding.
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- Qian Zhou
- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China; Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, 361102, China.
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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Sun HZ, Plastow G, Guan LL. Invited review: Advances and challenges in application of feedomics to improve dairy cow production and health. J Dairy Sci 2019; 102:5853-5870. [PMID: 31030919 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-16126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Dairy cattle science has evolved greatly over the past century, contributing significantly to the improvement in milk production achieved today. However, a new approach is needed to meet the increasing demand for milk production and address the increased concerns about animal health and welfare. It is now easy to collect and access large and complex data sets consisting of molecular, physiological, and metabolic data as well as animal-level data (such as behavior). This provides new opportunities to better understand the mechanisms regulating cow performance. The recently proposed concept of feedomics could help achieve this goal by increasing our understanding of interactions between the different components or levels and their impact on animal production. Feedomics is an emerging field that integrates a range of omics technologies (e.g., genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, metagenomics, and metatranscriptomics) to provide these insights. In this way, we can identify the best strategies to improve overall animal productivity, product quality, welfare, and health. This approach can help research communities elucidate the complex interactions among nutrition, environment, management, animal genetics, metabolism, physiology, and the symbiotic microbiota. In this review, we summarize the outcomes of the most recent research on omics in dairy cows and highlight how an integrated feedomics approach could be applied in the future to improve dairy cow production and health. Specifically, we focus on 2 topics: (1) improving milk yield and milk quality, and (2) understanding metabolic physiology in transition dairy cows, which are 2 important challenges faced by the dairy industry worldwide.
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2P5
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2P5
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2P5.
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Zhang X, Li H, Yu J, Zhou X, Ji C, Wu S, Chen Y, Liu J, Zhao F. Label-free based comparative proteomic analysis of whey proteins between different milk yields of Dezhou donkey. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 508:237-242. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.11.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Li S, Wang Q, Lin X, Jin X, Liu L, Wang C, Chen Q, Liu J, Liu H. The Use of "Omics" in Lactation Research in Dairy Cows. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18050983. [PMID: 28475129 PMCID: PMC5454896 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18050983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
“Omics” is the application of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics in biological research. Over the years, tremendous amounts of biological information has been gathered regarding the changes in gene, mRNA and protein expressions as well as metabolites in different physiological conditions and regulations, which has greatly advanced our understanding of the regulation of many physiological and pathophysiological processes. The aim of this review is to comprehensively describe the advances in our knowledge regarding lactation mainly in dairy cows that were obtained from the “omics” studies. The “omics” technologies have continuously been preferred as the technical tools in lactation research aiming to develop new nutritional, genetic, and management strategies to improve milk production and milk quality in dairy cows.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shanshan Li
- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Dairy Science, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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