Oviduct-Embryo Interactions in Cattle: Two-Way Traffic or a One-Way Street? [Affymetrix]
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ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus
SUBMITTER: Peadar O'Gaora
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-74593 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Oviduct-Embryo Interactions in Cattle: Two-Way Traffic or a One-Way Street?
Maillo Veronica V Gaora Peadar Ó PÓ Forde Niamh N Besenfelder Urban U Havlicek Vitezslav V Burns Gregory W GW Spencer Thomas E TE Gutierrez-Adan Alfonso A Lonergan Patrick P Rizos Dimitrios D
Biology of reproduction 20150429 6
This study examined the effect of the presence of single or multiple embryos on the transcriptome of the bovine oviduct. In experiment 1, cyclic (nonbred, n = 6) and pregnant (artificially inseminated, n = 11) heifers were slaughtered on Day 3 after estrus, and the ampulla and isthmic regions of the oviduct ipsilateral to the corpus luteum were separately flushed. Oviductal epithelial cells from the isthmus region, in which all oocytes/embryos were located, were snap-frozen for microarray analys ...[more]
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Project description:The objective of this study was to examine the effect of the presence of a single or multiple embryo(s) on the transcriptome of the bovine oviduct. In Experiment 1, cyclic (non-bred, n = 6) and pregnant (artificially inseminated, n = 11) heifers were slaughtered on Day 3 after estrus, and the ampulla and isthmic regions of the oviduct ipsilateral to the corpus luteum were separately flushed. Oviductal epithelial cells from the isthmus region, in which all oocytes/embryos were located, were snap-frozen for microarray analysis. In Experiment 2, heifers were divided into cyclic (non-bred, n = 6) or pregnant (multiple embryo transfer, n = 10) groups. In vitro-produced presumptive zygotes were transferred endoscopically to the ipsilateral oviduct on Day 1.5 post estrus (n = 50 zygotes per heifer). Heifers were slaughtered on Day 3 and oviductal isthmus epithelial cells were recovered for RNA sequencing. Microarray analysis in Experiment 1 failed to detect any difference in the transcriptome of the oviductal isthmus induced by the presence of a single embryo. In Experiment 2, following multiple embryo transfer, RNA sequencing revealed 278 differentially expressed genes of which 123 were up- and 155 were down-regulated in pregnant heifers. Most of the down-regulated genes were related to immune function. Transcriptional profiles of oviductal isthmus epithelial cells from cyclic and pregnant heifers were generated by sequencing of total RNA on the Illumina HiSeq 2500 platform
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Project description:Purpose: evaluate if different proestrus-estrus concentrations of estradiol (E2) and metestrus progesterone (P4) concentrations specifically regulate oviductal gene expression. Methods: ampulla and isthmus samples of animals whit a large pre-ovulatory follicle and a large CL (LF/LCL) and animals whit a small pre-ovulatory follicle and a small CL (SF/SCL) were collected after slaughter at day four of the estrous cycle. Total RNA was extracted and RNA sequencing was performed using the Illumina HiScanSeq (ampulla samples) and the Illumina HiSeq 2500 (isthmus samples) platforms. Results: After using HTSeq-count, approximately ~60% of the total reads uniquely mapped to the UMD 3.1 reference genome. In the ampulla samples, a total of 692 genes showed differential expression, of which 325 and 367 were up-regulated in the LF-LCL and SF-SCL samples, respectively. In the isthmus samples, a total of 590 genes showed differential expression, of which 274 and 316 were up-regulated in the isthmus of LF/LCL and SF/SCL samples, respectively. Conclusions: Our study represents the first detailed analysis of oviduct transcriptomes, generated by RNA-seq technology. Differential global gene expression profiles identified indicate that the biology of the bovine oviductal tissue is modulated by the periovulatory endocrine milieu. The LF-LCL group transcriptome may potentially reveal molecules associated with higher fertility. Oviductal mRNA profiles of cows whit different endocrine milleus were generated by next generation sequencing.
2016-06-30 | E-GEOD-65680 | biostudies-arrayexpress