Project description:Thermal condition is an important envrionment factor to produce healthy pig. A mineral heat ware, RAVI is a regenerative far-infrared heating system. The purpose of this sutyd was to evaluate immunostimulating effects in pigs when RAVI was applied to maintain thermal condition compared with gasoline heater.
Project description:This experiment broadens our understanding of the temporal dynamics underlying the transcriptional response to heat stress. Using C. elegans hermaphrodite N2 populations, we have created a high-resolution time series of gene expression profiles taken at different time points during prolonged heat stress (35 C) conditions. Samples ware taken after 0h, 0.5h, 1h, 2h, 3h, 4h, 6h, 8h, and 12h of heat exposure with 3-5 biological replicas per time point.
Project description:This study aims to use whole blood omics data to understand environmental and genetics influences between back-crossed pigs from tropical and temperate facilities or during an experimental heat stress. Gene expression levels are affected by genetics and environmental effects. However, quantification of the influence of genetics and environmental effects on gene expression remains limited, especially in farm animals. Here, the relative influence of genetic and heat-related environmental variations on gene expression levels was investigated in pigs, using a backcross herd of diverse heat adaptation levels. Backcross animals were raised in either a tropical or temperate environment. Animals raised in temperate environment were subjected to an experimental heat stress at the end of their growth. We identified 1,967 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between pigs raised in the tropical (n = 181) and temperate (n = 180) facilities, and 472 DEGs throughout a 3 weeks experimental heat stress. Transcriptome-wide association (TWAS) study identified 139 associations between gene expression levels and thermoregulation/production traits. We detected 6,014 expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) associated with the expression level of 3,297 genes. Genetic variance was estimated to explain 36.3% of gene expression variance on average, and was the main source of variance for 27.7% of transcripts. Most eQTLs found are located in proximal regions (cis-eQTLs) and few within distal regions (trans-eQTLs) to their assigned genes. A trans-eQTL hotspot highlighted a hematopoietic mechanism driven by GPATCH8. An integration of GWAS and TWAS pointed to TMCO1 and ZNF184 as candidate genes for backfat thickness. This study provides a better understanding of the impact of climate, heat stress and genetic influences on the pig whole blood transcriptome.
Project description:Developing cost-effective and disease-relevant animal models is essential for advancing biomedical research into human disorders. This study investigates the feasibility of a pig model for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using embryonic exposure to valproic acid (VPA), an antiepileptic drug known to increase ASD risk. We established experimental paradigms to assess the behavioral characteristics of these pig models. Administration of VPA to Bama miniature pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) during critical embryonic stages resulted in abnormal gait, increased anxiety levels, reduced learning capabilities, and altered social patterns, while largely preserving social preference of treated piglets. Notably, we detected significant neuroanatomical changes in cortical regions associated with ASD in the VPA-treated pigs, including cortical malformation, increased neuronal soma size, decreased dendritic complexity, and reduced dendritic spine maturation. Transcriptome analysis of the prefrontal cortex of VPA-treated pigs further revealed substantial alterations in the expression of genes linked to ASD, especially genes of the dopamine signaling pathway, highlighting the model’s relevance and potential for shedding light on ASD’s underlying neuropathological and molecular mechanisms. These findings suggest that pig models could serve as a promising alternative to traditional rodent models and provide an ethical substitute for using primates in the translational research of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Project description:Anoxia induces several heat shock proteins and a heat pre-treatment can acclimatize Arabidopsis seedlings to a subsequent anoxic treatment. In this work we analyzed the response of Arabidopsis seedlings to anoxia, heat and a combined heat+anoxia stress. A significant overlapping between the anoxic and heat shock responses has been observed by whole-genome microarray analysis.
Project description:Decreased mineral density is a risk factor for skeletal pathologies including bone metastasis, the leading cause of mortality in patients with advanced breast cancer, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. While reduced mineral density can drive pathological bone remodeling via direct effects on select cell types, indirect effects due to broad changes of the microenvironment may be similarly important. However, how bone mineral content affects microenvironmental heterogeneity remains to be elucidated. Here, we leverage decellularized bone matrices with varied mineral content in combination with single-cell RNA-sequencing to study how reduced bone mineral content affects microenvironmental complexity and tumor growth. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing on implanted decellularized bovine bone scaffolds in which the mineral was either maintained at physiological levels or removed to simulate scenarios of impaired bone mineralization as, for example, present during aging. Using this approach, we explored the heterogeneous stromal response to varied bone mineral content in both an immunocompromised and immunocompetent, syngeneic mouse model in the presence and absence of cancer cells.
Project description:We report the application of Illumina RNA sequencing for characterization and discovery of genes and transcripts in Italian Large Whtie pig backfat tissue. RNAs sequencing for long RNA quantification, discovery, characterisation and differential expression evaluation.
Project description:Miniature pig is a useful animal model to clarify the vital reaction and the molecular mechanisms. However, physiclogical response of pig model to sodium azide (AZIDE) stress is not reveal. To establishment of large animal model for evaluate toxic stress, whole blood of miniature pig were assessed with genomics.