Project description:Mastitis, one of the most significant diseases affecting dairy cattle, is caused by diverse bacterial pathogens that elicit distinct host immune responses. To gain deeper insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying these pathogen-specific interactions, we conducted a comprehensive proteomic analysis of bovine somatic cells isolated from milk in relation to the bacterial species present. The study included 56 quarter-level samples collected from 24 dairy cows. Samples were grouped according to pathogen categories based on the taxonomic similarity derived from 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. Proteomic profiling revealed patterns of protein expression associated with mastitis in general, as well as distinct, pathogen-dependent signatures. This dataset provides valuable insights into host-pathogen interactions in the bovine mammary gland
Project description:Substantial evidence is now beginning to emerge that miRNAs, short, non-coding RNAs, which post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression, play a key role in the regulation of innate and adaptive immunity in humans and mice. Little is currently known, however, regarding the importance miRNAs in regulating the host response to infection in agriculturally important animals, such as cattle. Mastitis is an inflammatory disease of the mammary gland caused either by infection or physical damage, which is associated with substantial economic losses. In this study, we report a next generation sequencing approach to profile the expression of bovine miRNAs in primary bovine mammary epithelial (BMEs) cells challenged with a bovine mastitis pathogen, Streptococcus uberis (0140J). Computational analysis has been undertaken on 450 million raw sequence reads and revealed that 20% of known bovine miRNAs are expressed in BMEs. Furthermore, 22 miRNAs were found to be differentially expressed over the 6 hour time-course. We have completed miRNA target prediction analysis and found that the target genes of down-regulated miRNAs are enriched for having a role in innate immunity, and pathways associated with target genes of up-regulated miRNA correspond to previously reported mastitis-relevant pathways. In addition, we report 21 potentially novel bovine miRNAs that have not previously been described, two of which have close human orthologs. This study provides new insight into the regulation of miRNAs in the host response to infection at an unprecedented level in any species.
Project description:Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus are two common pathogenic microorganisms that cause mastitis in dairy cows. They can cause clinical mastitis and subclinical mastitis. In recent studies, lncRNAs have been found to play an important role in the immune responses triggered by microbial inducers. However, the actions of lncRNAs in bovine mastitis remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the lncRNA profile on mastitis.
Project description:Substantial evidence is now beginning to emerge that miRNAs, short, non-coding RNAs, which post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression, play a key role in the regulation of innate and adaptive immunity in humans and mice. Little is currently known, however, regarding the importance miRNAs in regulating the host response to infection in agriculturally important animals, such as cattle. Mastitis is an inflammatory disease of the mammary gland caused either by infection or physical damage, which is associated with substantial economic losses. In this study, we report a next generation sequencing approach to profile the expression of bovine miRNAs in primary bovine mammary epithelial (BMEs) cells challenged with a bovine mastitis pathogen, Streptococcus uberis (0140J). Computational analysis has been undertaken on 450 million raw sequence reads and revealed that 20% of known bovine miRNAs are expressed in BMEs. Furthermore, 22 miRNAs were found to be differentially expressed over the 6 hour time-course. We have completed miRNA target prediction analysis and found that the target genes of down-regulated miRNAs are enriched for having a role in innate immunity, and pathways associated with target genes of up-regulated miRNA correspond to previously reported mastitis-relevant pathways. In addition, we report 21 potentially novel bovine miRNAs that have not previously been described, two of which have close human orthologs. This study provides new insight into the regulation of miRNAs in the host response to infection at an unprecedented level in any species. 24 miRNAseq libraries were prepared from 3 infected and 3 control replicates at 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours.
Project description:Bovine mastitis causes changes in the serum exosomal miRNAs expression. Serum samples from healthy dairy cows (n = 7) were compared to those of cows with subclinical (n = 7 ) using small RAN sequencing. Three hundred fifty-five miRNAs (341 known and 14 novel ones) were identified. There were 42 miRNAs up-regulated in serum-derived EVs from cows with subclinical mastitis, including bta-miR-1246, bta-miR-2431-3p, bta-miR-126-3p, bta-miR-29a, etc. The MAPK signaling pathway was the most affected pathway by clinical mastitis. Thus, miRNA alterations in mastitis serum-derived EVs support the potential regulator role of specific miRNAs as exosomal cargo in clinical mastitis physiology.