Heat stress negatively affects the transcriptome related to overall metabolism and milk protein synthesis in mammary tissue of midlactating dairy cows

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第一作者: Gao, S. T.

作者: Gao, S. T.;Ma, Lu;Zhou, Z. K.;Bu, D. P.;Zhou, Z.;Baumgard, L. H.;Bionaz, M.;Jiang, D.

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关键词: heat stress; inflammation response; mammary tissue; metabolism; milk protein

期刊名称:PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS ( 影响因子:3.107; 五年影响因子:3.446 )

ISSN: 1094-8341

年卷期: 2019 年 51 卷 8 期

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: Inadequate dry matter intake only partially accounts for the decrease in milk protein synthesis during heat stress (HS) in dairy cows. Our hypothesis is that reduced milk protein synthesis during HS in dairy cows is also caused by biological changes within the mammary gland. The objective of this study was to assess the hypothesis via RNA-Seq analysis of mammary tissue. Herein, four dairy cows were used in a crossover design where HS was induced for 9 days in environmental chambers. There was a 30-day washout between periods. Mammary tissue was collected via biopsy at the end of each environmental period (HS or pair-fed and thermal neutral) for transcriptomic analysis. RNA-Seq analysis revealed HS affected >2,777 genes (false discovery rate-adjusted P value < 0.05) in mammary tissue. Expression of main milk protein-encoding genes and several key genes related to regulation of protein synthesis and amino acid and glucose transport were downregulated by HS. Bioinformatics analysis revealed an overall decrease of mammary tissue metabolic activity by HS (especially carbohydrate and lipid metabolism) and an increase in immune activation and inflammation. Network analysis revealed a major role of TNF, IFNG, S100A8, S100A9, and IGF-1 in inducing/controlling the inflammatory response, with a central role of NF-kappa B in the process of immunoactivation. The same analysis indicated an overall inhibition of PPAR gamma. Collectively, these data suggest HS directly controls milk protein synthesis via reducing the transcription of metabolic-related genes and increasing inflammation-related genes.

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