Preliminary study on gene regulation and its pathways in Chinese Holstein cows with clinical mastitis caused by

Clinical mastitis (CM) is one of the most common diseases of dairy cows globally, has a complex aetiology and recurs easily. Staphylococcus aureus is a frequently isolated pathogen responsible for bovine mastitis and remains difficult to eradicate.

Material and Methods

To characterise the transcriptional profiles of dairy cows infected by S. aureus, we performed an RNA-seq analysis of peripheral blood leukocytes in lactating Chinese Holstein dairy cows with CM and did the same with healthy cows’ samples as controls.

Results

A total of 4,286 genes were detected in the CM cases infected with S. aureus which were differentially expressed compared to the controls, 3,085 of which were upregulated, the remainder being downregulated. Notably, we observed that some differentially expressed genes (DEGs) had strong protein–protein interaction. Of these, six downregulated DEGs (AKR1C4, PTGS2, HNMT, EPHX2, CMBL, and IDH1) were involved in the metabolic pathway, while eight upregulated DEGs (VWF, GP9, MYLK, GP6, F2RL3, ITGB3, GP5, and PRKG1) were associated with the platelet activation pathway.

Conclusion

The transcriptome dataset of CM cases would be a valuable resource for clinical guidance on anti-inflammatory medication and for deeper understanding of the biological processes of CM response to S. aureus infection, and it would enable us to identify specific genes for diagnostic markers and possibly for targeted therapy.

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Sujets de la revue:: Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Virology, other, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine

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Preliminary study on gene regulation and its pathways in Chinese Holstein cows with clinical mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus

Publié en ligne: 05 mai 2022

Pages: 179 - 187

Reçu: 23 nov. 2021

Accepté: 21 avr. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2022-0022

Mots clésclinical mastitis, cattle, inflammatory response, RNA-seq

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Introduction

Material and Methods

Results

Conclusion

Mots clés
clinical mastitis, cattle, inflammatory response, RNA-seq