文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Sun, Fang ¹ ; Piao, Minyu ² ; Zhang, Xinyue ³ ; Zhang, Siqi ¹ ; Wei, Ziheng ¹ ; Liu, Li ¹ ; Bu, Ye ¹ ; Xu, Shanshan ¹ ; Zhao, Xiaochuan ¹ ; Meng, Xiangren ¹ ; Yue, Mengmeng ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Inst Anim Husb, Heilongjiang Acad Agr Sci, Harbin 150086, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Feed Res, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

3.Northeast Agr Univ, Coll Anim Sci & Technol, Harbin 150030, Peoples R China

4.China Agr Univ, Coll Anim Sci & Technol, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China

5.Heilongjiang Bayi Agr Univ, Coll Anim Sci & Vet Med, Daqing 163319, Peoples R China

关键词： Holstein steers; early castration; transcriptomic; metabolomics; intramuscular fat

期刊名称：ANIMALS （ 影响因子：3.231； 五年影响因子：3.312 ）

ISSN： 2076-2615

年卷期： 2022 年 12 卷 23 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Simple Summary In this paper, we investigated the early-castrated Holstein cattle liver transcriptome and metabolome and conducted a comprehensive analysis of two omics associated with the IMF deposition using transcriptomics and untargeted metabolomics under different treatments: non-castrated and slaughtered at 16 months of age (GL16), castrated at birth and slaughtered at 16 months of age (YL16), and slaughtered at 26 months of age (YL26).The results demonstrated that implementation of early castration modified the hepatic metabolites and the related biological pathways by regulating the relevant gene expression, which could represent a better rearing method for the production of high-marbled and healthier beef products. The intramuscular fat (IMF), or so-called marbling, is known as potential determinant of the high quality beef in China, Korea, and Japan. Of the methods that affect IMF content in cattle, castration is markedly regarded as an effective and economical way to improve the deposition of IMF but with little attention to its multi-omics in early-castrated cattle. The aim of this study was to investigate the liver transcriptome and metabolome of early-castrated Holstein cattle and conduct a comprehensive analysis of two omics associated with the IMF deposition using transcriptomics and untargeted metabolomics under different treatments: non-castrated and slaughtered at 16 months of age (GL16), castrated at birth and slaughtered at 16 months of age (YL16), and castrated at birth and slaughtered at 26 months of age (YL26). The untargeted metabolome was analyzed using ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The transcriptome of the hepatic genes was analyzed to identify marbling-related genes. Using untargeted metabolomics, the main altered metabolic pathways in the liver of cattle, including those for lipid and amino acid metabolism, were detected in the YL16 group relative to the GL16 and YL26 groups. Significant increases in the presence of betaine, alanine, and glycerol 3-phosphate were observed in the YL16 group (p < 0.05), which might have contributed to the improved beef-marbling production. Compared to the GL16 and YL26 groups, significant increases in the presence of glutathione, acetylcarnitine, and riboflavin but decreases in diethanolamine and 2-hydroxyglutarate were identified in YL16 group (p < 0.05), which might have been beneficial to the beef's enhanced functional quality. The gene expressions of GLI1 and NUF2 were downregulated and that of CYP3A4 was upregulated in the YL16 group; these results were strongly correlated with the alanine, betaine, and leucine, respectively, in the liver of the cattle. In conclusion, implementation of early castration modified the hepatic metabolites and the related biological pathways by regulating the relevant gene expressions, which could represent a better rearing method for production of high marbled and healthier beef products.