Project description:Brucella suis infects macrophages and dendritic cells. Wild boars act as reservoirs and carriers of Brucella suis biovar 2, and there is evidence that wild boar can be the main source of infection for domestic pigs through the venereal route. Transmission through this route could be an important path for disesease dissemination. The result from this study will contribute to the overall understanding of the molecular pathogenic mechanisms involved during Brucella suis infection in European wild boar.
Project description:Pig brains are valuable models for studying brain diseases due to their structural similarities to human brains. However, understanding the regulatory mechanisms in pig brains is challenging due to cellular heterogeneity. This study aimed to investigate the heterogeneity of pig brains and uncover the underlying regulatory mechanisms at single-cell resolution. We created the first single-cell chromatin accessibility atlas of the cerebral cortex and cerebellum in domestic pigs and wild boars using single-cell ATAC-seq (scATAC-seq). We profiled 71,798 cells, identifying nine cell types, and integrated single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data to characterize cell type-specific regulatory landscapes and oligodendrocyte development. Our analysis revealed that oligodendrocyte progenitor cells exhibit the fastest evolutionary rate between domestic pigs and wild boars. Additionally, cross-species comparison showed that pig regulatory elements are more conserved with humans than those in mice. Notably, genetic variant enrichment studies found that regulatory elements associated with Alzheimer’s disease were significantly enriched in pigs but not in mice, suggesting pigs as a potentially superior model for this condition. Conversely, neurological diseases like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder showed higher enrichment in mice.
2025-05-11 | GSE281568 | GEO
Project description:the gut microbes of domestic pigs and wild boars
Project description:Brucella suis infects macrophages and dendritic cells. Wild boars act as reservoirs and carriers of Brucella suis biovar 2, and there is evidence that wild boar can be the main source of infection for domestic pigs through the venereal route. Transmission through this route could be an important path for disesease dissemination. The result from this study will contribute to the overall understanding of the molecular pathogenic mechanisms involved during Brucella suis infection in European wild boar. Experiment Overall Design: In this study we preliminarily characterized differential gene expression in European wild boar naturally infected with Brucella suis biovar 2 using Microarray hybridization and Real Time RT-PCR analysis. Since Brucella suis acts by infecting macrophages, we used spleen cells to analyze the gene expression response to Brucella suis infection.
Project description:The male hypogonadism is closely associated with adipose tissue metabolism. Domestic pig has been a widely used experimental animal in biomedical research because of their similarity to humans in body size and other physiological/anatomical features. However, the transcriptional responses of pigs to male hypogonadism in subcutaneous adipose tissue remain unclear so far. We used microarrays to detail the transcriptional profiles of barrows and boars, and determined the gene networks regulated by castration-induced sex hormone deficiency. This study will help to provide a significant addition to knowledge about fat accumulation and lipid metabolism in hypogonadal man.
Project description:We investigated the nutritional effects on gene expression in a three generation Large White pig feeding experiment. A group of experimental (E) F0 boars were fed a standard diet supplemented with high amounts of methylating micronutrients whereas a control (C) group of F0 boars received a standard diet. These differentially fed F0 boars sired F1 boars which then sired 60 F2 pigs. Gene expression profiles showed significant twofold differences in mRNA level between 8 C F2 offspring and 8 E F2 offspring for 79, 64 and 53 probes for muscle, liver and kidney RNA, respectively. We found that in liver and muscle respective pathways of lipid metabolism and metabolic pathway were over-represented for the differentially expressed genes. Gene expression in three tissue types of F2 offspring from differentially fed F0 boars were measured. F0 boars received either a standard diet or a standard diet supplemented with methylating micronutrients. These boars produced the F1 males that received exclusively the standard diet. The F2 generation was then produced with these F1 boars. Gene expression was measured in liver, skeletal muscle and kidney of 8 F2 pigs derived from F0 boars that received the standard diet and of 8 F2 pigs derived from those F0 boars that received the standard diet supplemented with methylating micronutrients.
Project description:Domestication of pig results in modifications of many traits, including fatness traits, which are important in pig production since they have effect on meat quality, fattening efficiency, reproduction and immunity.In this study, we investigate 3D genome organization and transcriptomic characterization of adipose tissues (ATs) between wild boars and Bama pig, a typical indigenous domestic pig in China, to uncover molecular mechanisms of fatness-phenotypic shifts.
2022-01-14 | GSE183447 | GEO
Project description:Consequences of Domestication on Gut Microbiome: A Comparative Analysis Between Wild Boars and Domestic Pigs
Project description:The male hypogonadism is closely associated with adipose tissue metabolism. Domestic pig has been a widely used experimental animal in biomedical research because of their similarity to humans in body size and other physiological/anatomical features. However, the transcriptional responses of pigs to male hypogonadism in subcutaneous adipose tissue remain unclear so far. We used microarrays to detail the transcriptional profiles of barrows and boars, and determined the gene networks regulated by castration-induced sex hormone deficiency. This study will help to provide a significant addition to knowledge about fat accumulation and lipid metabolism in hypogonadal man. The subcutaneous adipose tissue of barrows and boars were acquired at 175 d of age for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays. All the fifteen pairs of full sibs were divided into six subgroups. An equal amount of total RNA from 5 boars was pooled in a subgroup, and RNA from 5 barrows in each pair of full sibs was pooled in another subgroup. Each pooled RNA sample was hybridized to a separate array. A total of 6 gene chips were used in this study, resulting in three biological duplicates.
Project description:We investigated the nutritional effects on gene expression in a three generation Large White pig feeding experiment. A group of experimental (E) F0 boars were fed a standard diet supplemented with high amounts of methylating micronutrients whereas a control (C) group of F0 boars received a standard diet. These differentially fed F0 boars sired F1 boars which then sired 60 F2 pigs. Gene expression profiles showed significant twofold differences in mRNA level between 8 C F2 offspring and 8 E F2 offspring for 79, 64 and 53 probes for muscle, liver and kidney RNA, respectively. We found that in liver and muscle respective pathways of lipid metabolism and metabolic pathway were over-represented for the differentially expressed genes.