Methylome Patterns of Cattle Adaptation to Heat Stress
Heat stress has a detrimental impact on cattle health, welfare and productivity by affecting gene expression, metabolism and immune response, but little is known on the epigenetic mechanisms mediating the effect of temperature at the cellular and organism level. In this study, we investigated genome...
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Marcello Del Corvo Marcello Del Corvo Barbara Lazzari Emanuele Capra Ludmilla Zavarez Ludmilla Zavarez Marco Milanesi Marco Milanesi Yuri Tani Utsunomiya Yuri Tani Utsunomiya Adam Taiti Harth Utsunomiya Adam Taiti Harth Utsunomiya Alessandra Stella Guilherme de Paula Nogueira Josè Fernando Garcia Josè Fernando Garcia Paolo Ajmone-Marsan |
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Marcello Del Corvo Marcello Del Corvo Barbara Lazzari Emanuele Capra Ludmilla Zavarez Ludmilla Zavarez Marco Milanesi Marco Milanesi Yuri Tani Utsunomiya Yuri Tani Utsunomiya Adam Taiti Harth Utsunomiya Adam Taiti Harth Utsunomiya Alessandra Stella Guilherme de Paula Nogueira Josè Fernando Garcia Josè Fernando Garcia Paolo Ajmone-Marsan Methylome Patterns of Cattle Adaptation to Heat Stress Frontiers in Genetics heat stress epigenetics DNA methylation animals welfare cattle red blood cell |
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Marcello Del Corvo Marcello Del Corvo Barbara Lazzari Emanuele Capra Ludmilla Zavarez Ludmilla Zavarez Marco Milanesi Marco Milanesi Yuri Tani Utsunomiya Yuri Tani Utsunomiya Adam Taiti Harth Utsunomiya Adam Taiti Harth Utsunomiya Alessandra Stella Guilherme de Paula Nogueira Josè Fernando Garcia Josè Fernando Garcia Paolo Ajmone-Marsan |
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Methylome Patterns of Cattle Adaptation to Heat Stress |
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Methylome Patterns of Cattle Adaptation to Heat Stress |
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Methylome Patterns of Cattle Adaptation to Heat Stress |
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Methylome Patterns of Cattle Adaptation to Heat Stress |
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Methylome Patterns of Cattle Adaptation to Heat Stress |
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methylome patterns of cattle adaptation to heat stress |
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Heat stress has a detrimental impact on cattle health, welfare and productivity by affecting gene expression, metabolism and immune response, but little is known on the epigenetic mechanisms mediating the effect of temperature at the cellular and organism level. In this study, we investigated genome-wide DNA methylation in blood samples collected from 5 bulls of the heat stress resilient Nellore breed and 5 bulls of the Angus that are more heat stress susceptible, exposed to the sun and high temperature-high humidity during the summer season of the Brazilian South-East region. The methylomes were analyzed during and after the exposure by Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing, which provided genome-wide single-base resolution methylation profiles. Significant methylation changes between stressful and recovery periods were observed in 819 genes. Among these, 351 were only seen in Angus, 366 were specific to Nellore, and 102 showed significant changes in methylation patterns in both breeds. KEGG and Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analyses showed that responses were breed-specific. Interestingly, in Nellore significant genes and pathways were mainly involved in stress responses and cellular defense and were under methylated during heat stress, whereas in Angus the response was less focused. These preliminary results suggest that heat challenge induces changes in methylation patterns in specific loci, which should be further scrutinized to assess their role in heat tolerance. |
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heat stress epigenetics DNA methylation animals welfare cattle red blood cell |
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doaj-dc70a77a551746ca82977c1a1d46fb672021-05-28T09:25:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Genetics1664-80212021-05-011210.3389/fgene.2021.633132633132Methylome Patterns of Cattle Adaptation to Heat StressMarcello Del Corvo0Marcello Del Corvo1Barbara Lazzari2Emanuele Capra3Ludmilla Zavarez4Ludmilla Zavarez5Marco Milanesi6Marco Milanesi7Yuri Tani Utsunomiya8Yuri Tani Utsunomiya9Adam Taiti Harth Utsunomiya10Adam Taiti Harth Utsunomiya11Alessandra Stella12Guilherme de Paula Nogueira13Josè Fernando Garcia14Josè Fernando Garcia15Paolo Ajmone-Marsan16Department of Animal Science Food and Nutrition – DIANA, Nutrigenomics and Proteomics Research Centre – PRONUTRIGEN, and Biodiversity and Ancient DNA Research Centre, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, ItalyIstituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche IBBA CNR, Milan, ItalyIstituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche IBBA CNR, Milan, ItalyIstituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche IBBA CNR, Milan, ItalySchool of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Department of Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (unesp), Araçatuba, BrazilInternational Atomic Energy Agency, Collaborating Centre on Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, Araçatuba, BrazilSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Department of Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (unesp), Araçatuba, BrazilInternational Atomic Energy Agency, Collaborating Centre on Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, Araçatuba, BrazilSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Department of Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (unesp), Araçatuba, BrazilInternational Atomic Energy Agency, Collaborating Centre on Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, Araçatuba, BrazilSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Department of Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (unesp), Araçatuba, BrazilInternational Atomic Energy Agency, Collaborating Centre on Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, Araçatuba, BrazilIstituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche IBBA CNR, Milan, ItalySchool of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Department of Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (unesp), Araçatuba, BrazilSchool of Veterinary Medicine, Araçatuba, Department of Production and Animal Health, São Paulo State University (unesp), Araçatuba, BrazilInternational Atomic Energy Agency, Collaborating Centre on Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, Araçatuba, BrazilDepartment of Animal Science Food and Nutrition – DIANA, Nutrigenomics and Proteomics Research Centre – PRONUTRIGEN, and Biodiversity and Ancient DNA Research Centre, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, ItalyHeat stress has a detrimental impact on cattle health, welfare and productivity by affecting gene expression, metabolism and immune response, but little is known on the epigenetic mechanisms mediating the effect of temperature at the cellular and organism level. In this study, we investigated genome-wide DNA methylation in blood samples collected from 5 bulls of the heat stress resilient Nellore breed and 5 bulls of the Angus that are more heat stress susceptible, exposed to the sun and high temperature-high humidity during the summer season of the Brazilian South-East region. The methylomes were analyzed during and after the exposure by Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing, which provided genome-wide single-base resolution methylation profiles. Significant methylation changes between stressful and recovery periods were observed in 819 genes. Among these, 351 were only seen in Angus, 366 were specific to Nellore, and 102 showed significant changes in methylation patterns in both breeds. KEGG and Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analyses showed that responses were breed-specific. Interestingly, in Nellore significant genes and pathways were mainly involved in stress responses and cellular defense and were under methylated during heat stress, whereas in Angus the response was less focused. These preliminary results suggest that heat challenge induces changes in methylation patterns in specific loci, which should be further scrutinized to assess their role in heat tolerance.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.633132/fullheat stressepigeneticsDNA methylationanimals welfarecattlered blood cell |