Project description:The potential of orally administered colostrum-derived EVs to regulate gut microbiota dysbiosis and prevent non-alcoholic steatohepatitis was evaluated. The results demonstrated that colostrum-derived EVs improved steatosis, fibrosis, and inflammation. Transcriptome analysis showed decreased lipid metabolism, bacterial response, and inflammatory responses in the intestine, and reduced inflammatory and fibrosis-related pathways in the liver. Gut microbiota and metabolite analysis revealed an increased abundance of Akkermansia and elevated cholesterol excretion. Additionally, treatment with colostrum-derived EVs increased the production of tight junction proteins and mucin in the intestine. These findings suggest that increased Akkermansia due to colostrum-derived EVs improves intestinal inflammation and barrier function, preventing endotoxin translocation to the liver and thereby reducing liver inflammation and fibrosis.
Project description:Our study would like to explore the different colostrum feeding time treatment, as well as the influence of host-microbial interaction on transcriptome profile and enriched functions of the two day old dairy calves.
Project description:We report that the DNA methylation profile of a child’s neonatal whole blood can be significantly influenced by his or her mother’s neonatal blood lead levels (BLL). We recruited 35 mother-infant pairs in Detroit and measured the whole blood lead (Pb) levels and DNA methylation levels at over 450,000 loci from current blood and neonatal blood from both the mother and the child. We found that mothers with high neonatal BLL correlate with altered DNA methylation at 564 loci in their children’s neonatal blood. Our results suggest that Pb exposure during pregnancy affects the DNA methylation status of the fetal germ cells, which leads to altered DNA methylation in grandchildren’s neonatal dried blood spots. This is the first demonstration that an environmental exposure in pregnant mothers can have an epigenetic effect on the DNA methylation pattern in the grandchildren. For the study, we selected 35 dried blood spots (DBS) collected from mother-infant pairs from Health Fairs ran in three Detroit communities, because they have a high prevalence (8-11%) of high BLL in children. The sample set consisted of 25 male children and 18 female children. We also collected the neonatal DBS and mother neonatal DBS for these mother-infant pairs from the Michigan Neonatal Biobank. Then we measured a blood lead levels in dried blood spots using using atomic absorbtion spectrophotometry. Finally we measured the DNA methylation levels using human methylation 450K array from Illumina. Then we normalized the data for technical biases and tried to infer the the locus specific DNA methylation changes due to Pb exposure which was carried over from the grandmothers to the grandchildren by the Pb –exposed fetal germ cells of the mother using statistical model proposed by Sofer et al, 2012.
Project description:In a cohort consisting of 32 mother-infant dyads, we profiled the fecal metabolome at birth and at 3 and 6 months of infant age. Metagenomes from the same samples were also generated.
Project description:We have employed whole genome microarray analysis to determine the transcriptional response of intestinal epithelial cells following treatment with bovine colostrum fraction and 3'-Siallylactose.
Project description:Delivery of colostrum within the first several hours after birth is vital for establishing successful passive immunity in neonatal dairy calves. However, it is unclear whether the difference in colostrum feeding strategy can affect the development of the calf gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of colostrum feeding time within the first 12 h after birth on the colonic mucosal immune system in neonatal calves using a genome wide transcriptome analysis.RNA sequencing based transcriptome analysis of colon tissues collected from twenty-seven male Holstein calves which were randomly assigned to one of three colostrum feeding strategies (immediately after birth (TRT0); 6 h after birth (TRT6); 12 h after birth (TRT12)) and were euthanized at 51 h of age detected 15935 ± 210, 15332 ± 415, and 15539 ± 440 expressed genes in groups, respectively. The core transcriptome of the colon in dairy calves included 12,678 genes, with enriched “cellular process” and “metabolic process” as the top three biological functions. Expression of 802 immune related genes were detected in the colon tissue. Principal component analysis of the transcriptomes did not display a clear separation by colostrum feeding strategy, and differential abundance analyses showed no significant difference in the expression of immune related genes among the treatments.Transcriptome analysis indicates that the development of the colonic mucosal immune system in neonatal calves may be independent of the timing of initial colostrum meal within 12 h after birth.