Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2067/1887
Title: Comparative proteomics and transcriptomics analyses of livers from two different Bos taurus breeds: “Chianina and Holstein Friesian”
Authors: Timperio, Anna Maria
D'Alessandro, Angelo
Pariset, Lorraine
D'Amici, Gian Maria
Valentini, Alessio
Zolla, Lello
Keywords: Holstein Friesian;Holstein Frisona;Chianina;Chianina;Proteomics;Proteomica;Liver;Fegato;Microarray;Microarray;Pathway analysis;Percorso di analisi
Issue Date: 6-Apr-2011
Abstract: 
The Holstein Friesian and Chianina cattle breeds are representative of extreme selection for milk and meat traits, respectively, with significant changes in metabolism resulting from human selection over the past centuries. In the present study, we wanted to assess whethe selection for different purposes has had a measurable effect on liver metabolism through a
comparison of the protein and gene expression profiles of the two breeds. We applied 2-DE
in order to identify proteins which were differentially expressed in the livers of the two breeds and relate them to different liver functions. We expected to find that only a small number of proteins would be differentially expressed, due to the relatively short phylogenetic distance between these cattle breeds. Nonetheless, thirty nine differentially expressed proteins were characterized between Chianina and Holstein Friesian, out of a total of 560 ± 57 spots that matched. Microarray analyses evidenced the differential expression of 167 genes (148 for the Holstein Friesian and 19 for the Chianina). Despite being closely related at the genetic level, the disparity of the proteomic and transcriptomic profiles of these two breeds allows us to perform pathway analysis thus to pinpoint proteins whose expression might render the latter capable of greater milk production, or proteins involved in altered thermoregulatory
ability or hormone production. On the other hand, we found proteins and gene transcripts in Chianina, not expressed in Holstein, which, upon interaction pathway analysis, were mainly involved in anabolic pathways. In brief, our integrated study provides molecular evidences to support the physiological differences between Holstein and Chianina cattle breeds.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2067/1887
ISSN: 1874-3919
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