Liver transcriptomics-metabolomics integration reveals biological pathways associated with fetal programming in beef cattle

Autor: Guilherme Henrique Gebim Polizel, Simara Larissa Fanalli, Wellison J. S. Diniz, Aline Silva Mello Cesar, Nara Regina Brandão Cônsolo, Heidge Fukumasu, Angela Cánovas, Arícia Christofaro Fernandes, Barbara Carolina Teixeira Prati, Édison Furlan, Gabriela do Vale Pombo, Miguel Henrique de Almeida Santana
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-78965-4
Popis: Abstract We investigated the long-term effects of prenatal nutrition on pre-slaughter Nelore bulls using integrative transcriptome and metabolome analyses of liver tissue. Three prenatal nutritional treatments were administered to 126 cows: NP (control, mineral supplementation only), PP (protein-energy supplementation in the third trimester), and FP (protein-energy supplementation throughout pregnancy). Liver samples from 22.5 ± 1-month-old bulls underwent RNA-Seq and targeted metabolomics. Weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) identified treatment-associated gene and metabolite co-expression modules, further analyzed using MetaboAnalyst 6.0 (metabolite over-representation analysis and transcriptome-metabolome integrative analysis) and Enrichr (gene over-representation analysis). We identified several significant gene and metabolite modules, as well as hub components associated with energy, protein and oxidative metabolism, regulatory mechanisms, epigenetics, and immune function. The NP transcriptome-metabolome analysis identified key pathways (aminoacyl t-RNA biosynthesis, gluconeogenesis, and PPAR signaling) and hub components (glutamic acid, SLC6A14). PP highlighted pathways (arginine and proline metabolism, TGF-beta signaling, glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism) with arginine and ODC1 as hub components. This study highlights the significant impact of prenatal nutrition on the liver tissue of Nelore bulls, shedding light on critical metabolic pathways and hub components related to energy and protein metabolism, as well as immune system and epigenetics.
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