Project description:An accumulation of over a decade of research in cattle has shown that genetic selection for decreased residual feed intake (RFI), defined as the difference between an animal’s actual feed intake and its expected feed intake, is a viable option for improving feed efficiency and reducing the feed requirements of herds, thereby improving the profitability of cattle producers. Hormonal regulation is one of the most important factors in feed intake. To determine the relationship between hormones and feed efficiency, we performed gene expression profiling of hormonal regulation in whole blood of Chinese Holstein cattle with low and high RFI coefficients. 857 differential expression genes (from 24683 genes) were found. Among these, 415 genes were up-regulated and 442 genes were down-regulated in the low RFI group. The gene ontology (GO) search revealed 6 significant terms and 64 genes associated with hormonal regulation, and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) selected the adipocytokine signaling pathway, insulin signaling pathway. In conclusion, the study indicated that the molecular expression of genes associated with hormonal regulation differs in dairy cows, depending on their RFI coefficients, and that these differences may be related to the molecular regulation of the leptin-NPY and insulin signaling pathways.
Project description:The selection of cattle with high feed efficiency is of paramount importance with regard to reducing feed costs in the beef industry. Global gene expression patterns in metabolically important tissues can be used to identify genes that are potentially involved in regulating feed efficiency. We identified 5 genes (p<0.001;FDR <0.1) to be differentially expressed in skeletal skeletal muscle between high and low residual feed intake heifers with all 5 transcripts being upregulated in the low residual feed intake phenotype. Among these differentially expressed genes, all transcripts were related to oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial homeostasis. A total of 11 genes (p<0.001;FDR <0.1) were differentially expressed in hepatic tissue tissue between high and low residual feed intake bulls with 8 transcripts being upregulated and 3 being downregulated in the low residual feed intake phenotype. These differentially expressed genes were related to oxidative response, protein mediation and cell signalling. Pathway analysis on the RNAseq data indicates a relationship between oxidative phosphorylation and residual feed intake in skeletal muscle and aldosterone signalling and NRF2 mediated oxidative stress in hepatic tissue.
2021-05-05 | GSE112793 | GEO
Project description:residual feed intake of beef cattle
Project description:This experiment was undertaken to document changes in gene expression in the skin of tick-resistant Brahman (Bos indicus) and tick-susceptible Holstein-Friesian (Bos taurus) cattle prior to, and following, infestation with the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Experiment Overall Design: RNA was extracted from skin samples of tick-naïve cattle (animals with no previous R.microplus exposure) and tick-infested cattle after a period of successive, heavy infestations with R. microplus. Skin samples taken from tick-infested animals were taken at sites where tick larvae (approximately 24 h old) were attached to the skin sample. Skin samples were of 8 mm diameter and full skin thickness (approximately 10 mm). RNA samples from 12 animals (3 tick-naive Holstein-Friesian, 3 tick-naive Brahman, 3 tick-infested Holstein-Friesian and 3 tick-infested Brahman) were processed and hybridised to individual slides.
Project description:8 animals of high feed efficiency and 8 animals of low feed efficiency, selected by the measure of residual intake and body weight gain at the end of a feeding trial, had their liver samples collected by biopsy and sequenced in a Illumina HiSeq2500 plataform
Project description:This trial was undertaken to examine the perhipheral cellular and antibody response of cattle following infestation with the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus. The information from the Affymetrix gene expression data is used to complement other measurements of immune function such as cellular subset composition and antibody response in cattle of high (Brahman) and low (Holstein-Friesian) resistance to the cattle tick. Experiment Overall Design: RNA was extracted from white blood cells during a period of successive, heavy infestations with R. microplus. RNA samples from 3 Holstein-Friesian and 3 Brahman animals were analysed on individual slides.