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Enhanced Autophagy Activity in Laminar Tissue Damage of Acute Laminitis in Dairy Cows Induced by Oligofructose Overload

Version 1 : Received: 23 June 2023 / Approved: 27 June 2023 / Online: 27 June 2023 (09:53:38 CEST)

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Hayat, M.A.; Ding, J.; Zhang, X.; Liu, T.; Zhang, J.; Bokhari, S.G.; Akbar, H.; Wang, H. Enhanced Autophagy in Damaged Laminar Tissue of Acute Laminitis Induced by Oligofructose Overloading in Dairy Cows. Animals 2023, 13, 2478. Hayat, M.A.; Ding, J.; Zhang, X.; Liu, T.; Zhang, J.; Bokhari, S.G.; Akbar, H.; Wang, H. Enhanced Autophagy in Damaged Laminar Tissue of Acute Laminitis Induced by Oligofructose Overloading in Dairy Cows. Animals 2023, 13, 2478.

Abstract

Laminitis is considered as an important underlying cause of lameness diseases, yet its specific pathogenesis remains unclear. Autophagy is an intracellular degradation mechanism that controls recycling of membrane-associated integrin and may aid in the progression of metabolic diseases. But the significance of autophagy for initiation and development of laminitis is unknown. The present study aimed to explore autophagy activity in the laminar tissue of dairy cows with oligofructose-induced laminitis. Twelve healthy non-pregnant Holstein cows were randomly divided to 2 groups of 6 cows each, entitled the control group and the oligofructose overload group (OF group), respectively. At 0 h, cows in OF group were gavaged with oligofructose (17 g/kg BW) dissolved in warm deionized water (20 mL/kg BW) through oral rumen tube, and dairy cows in control group were gavaged with the same volume of deionized water by the same method. At -72 h before perfusion as well as 0 h, 6 h, 12 h, 18 h, 24 h, 36 h, 48 h, 60 h, and 72 h after perfusion, clinical evaluations in both groups were monitored. After 72 h, laminar tissues of dairy cows in both groups were collected to examine genes and proteins. We found the significantly higher (P<0.05) levels of mRNA ATG5, ATG12, and Becilin1, but P62 and mTOR were extensively lower (P<0.01) in the laminar tissue of the OF group than the control group. Protein expression level of Becilin-1 was higher significantly (P<0.05), and the protein expression level of LC3II was lower significantly (P<0.05) in OF group than control group. However, the expression of P62 reduced (P>0.05) non-significantly in OF group than control group. The distribution of Beclin1 protein in laminar tissue increased (P<0.01) significantly, and distribution of P62 protein decreased (P<0.05) significantly in OF group than control group. In conclusion, laminar tissue damage occurred during the onset of laminitis, which promoted the occurrence of autophagy, and confirmed that autophagy was involved in the regulation and pathogenesis of laminitis in dairy cows.

Keywords

autophagy; acute laminitis; dairy cows; laminar tissue; oligofructose

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology

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