Dry Period Heat Stress Impacts Mammary Protein Metabolism in the Subsequent Lactation

Animals

Geoffrey E. Dahl¹  Sebastian I. Arriola Apelo²  Bethany Dado-Senn²  Jimena Laporta²  Amy L. Skibiel³ 

[1] Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA;Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA;Department of Animal, Veterinary and Food Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA;

关键词: hyperthermia;    milk;    late-gestation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ani11092676

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Dry period heat stress impairs subsequent milk production, but its impact on milk protein content and yield is inconsistent. We hypothesize that dairy cow exposure to dry period heat stress will reduce milk protein synthesis in the next lactation, potentially through modified amino acid (AA) transport and compromised mTOR signaling in the mammary gland. Cows were enrolled into heat-stressed (dry-HT, n = 12) or cooled (dry-CL, n = 12) treatments for a 46-day dry period then cooled after calving. Milk yield and composition and dry matter intake were recorded, and milk, blood, and mammary tissue samples were collected at 14, 42, and 84 days in milk (DIM) to determine free AA concentrations, milk protein fractions, and mammary AA transporter and mTOR pathway gene and protein expression. Dry matter intake did not significantly differ between treatments pre- or postpartum. Compared with dry-CL cows, milk yield was decreased (32.3 vs. 37.7 ± 1.6 kg/day) and milk protein yield and content were reduced in dry-HT cows by 0.18 kg/day and 0.1%. Further, dry-HT cows had higher plasma concentrations of glutamic acid, phenylalanine, and taurine. Gene expression of key AA transporters was upregulated at 14 and 42 DIM in dry-HT cows. Despite minor changes in mTOR pathway gene expression, the protein 4E-BP1 was upregulated in dry-HT cows at 42 DIM whereas Akt and p70 S6K1 were downregulated. These results indicate major mammary metabolic adaptations during lactation after prior exposure to dry period heat stress.

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