Endocrine Signals Altered by Heat Stress Impact Dairy Cow Mammary Cellular Processes at Different Stages of the Dry Period

Autor: Véronique Ouellet, João Negrao, Amy L. Skibiel, Valerie A. Lantigua, Thiago F. Fabris, Marcela G. Marrero, Bethany Dado-Senn, Jimena Laporta, Geoffrey E. Dahl
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Animals, Vol 11, Iss 2, p 563 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 11020563
2076-2615
DOI: 10.3390/ani11020563
Popis: Hormonal alterations occurring under late gestation heat stress may disturb mammary gland remodelling, resulting in a reduced milk yield during the subsequent lactation. We investigated the effects of an altered endocrine environment on mammary gene expression at different stages of the dry period. Mammary gland biopsies from in vivo-cooled (CL) or heat-stressed (HT) cows were collected at d 3 and 35 relative to dry-off and divided into explants. Explants were incubated in vitro for 24 h in one of three media: Basal: no prolactin or estrogen; CL-mimic: Basal + low prolactin + high 17β-estradiol, or HT-mimic: Basal + high prolactin + low 17β-estradiol. Real time qPCR was used to quantify gene expression. We established that late-gestation heat stress changes the expression of prolactin and oestrogen receptors, downregulates genes involved in apoptosis, autophagy and proliferation at d 3 and upregulates genes related to those cellular processes at d 35. Moreover, compared with in vivo treatments, we showed that the expression of fewer genes was impacted by in vitro treatments which aimed to mimic the hormonal response of cows exposed to a different environment. Further research will continue to uncover the mechanisms behind the production impairments caused by late-gestation heat stress.
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