title: The global effect of heat on gene expression in cultured bovine mammary epithelial cells.
abstract: Heat stress (HS) in hot climates is a major cause that strongly negatively affects milk yield in dairy cattle, leading to immeasurable economic loss. The heat stress response of bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMECs) is one component of the acute systemic response to HS. Gene networks of BMECs respond to environmental heat loads with both intra- and extracellular signals that coordinate cellular and whole-animal metabolism. Our experimental objective was to characterize the direct effects of heat stress on the cultured bovine mammary epithelial cells by microarray analyses. The data identified 2716 differentially expressed genes in 43,000 transcripts which were changed significantly between heat-stressed and normal bovine mammary epithelial cells (fold change ≥2, P ≤ 0.001). Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis showed that these differentially expressed genes are involved in different pathways that regulate cytoskeleton, cell cycle, and stress response processes. Our study provides an overview of gene expression profile and the interaction between gene expression and heat stress, which will lead to further understanding of the potential effects of heat stress on bovine mammary glands.
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiaojuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Man
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Genlin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D059585:G1 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000166:cytology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D012313:RNA