Spermatogenic cell heterogeneity is determined by the complex process of spermatogenesis differentiation.However,effectively revealing the regulatory mechanisms underlying mammalian spermatogenic cell development and ...Spermatogenic cell heterogeneity is determined by the complex process of spermatogenesis differentiation.However,effectively revealing the regulatory mechanisms underlying mammalian spermatogenic cell development and differentiation via traditional methods is difficult.Advances in technology have led to the emergence of many single-cell transcriptome sequencing protocols,which have partially addressed these challenges.In this review,we detail the principles of 10x Genomics technology and summarize the methods for downstream analysis of single-cell transcriptome sequencing data.Furthermore,we explore the role of single-cell transcriptome sequencing in revealing the heterogeneity of testicular ecological niche cells,delineating the establishment and disruption of testicular immune homeostasis during human spermatogenesis,investigating abnormal spermatogenesis in humans,and,ultimately,elucidating the molecular evolution of mammalian spermatogenesis.展开更多
Background Diets rich in starch have been shown to increase a risk of reducing milk fat content in dairy goats.While bile acids(BAs)have been used as a lipid emulsifier in monogastric and aquatic animals,their effect ...Background Diets rich in starch have been shown to increase a risk of reducing milk fat content in dairy goats.While bile acids(BAs)have been used as a lipid emulsifier in monogastric and aquatic animals,their effect on ruminants is not well understood.This study aimed to investigate the impact of BAs supplementation on various aspects of dairy goat physiology,including milk composition,rumen fermentation,gut microbiota,and BA metabolism.Results We randomly divided eighteen healthy primiparity lactating dairy goats(days in milk=100±6 d)into two groups and supplemented them with 0 or 4 g/d of BAs undergoing 5 weeks of feeding on a starch-rich diet.The results showed that BAs supplementation positively influenced milk yield and improved the quality of fatty acids in goat milk.BAs supplementation led to a reduction in saturated fatty acids(C16:0)and an increase in monounsaturated fatty acids(cis-9 C18:1),resulting in a healthier milk fatty acid profile.We observed a significant increase in plasma total bile acid concentration while the proportion of rumen short-chain fatty acids was not affected.Furthermore,BAs supplementation induced significant changes in the composition of the gut microbiota,favoring the enrichment of specific bacterial groups and altering the balance of microbial populations.Correlation analysis revealed associations between specific bacterial groups(Bacillus and Christensenellaceae R-7 group)and BA types,suggesting a role for the gut microbiota in BA metabolism.Functional prediction analysis revealed notable changes in pathways associated with lipid metabolism,suggesting that BAs supplementation has the potential to modulate lipid-related processes.Conclusion These findings highlight the potential benefits of BAs supplementation in enhancing milk production,improving milk quality,and influencing metabolic pathways in dairy goats.Further research is warranted to elucidate the underlying mechanisms and explore the broader implications of these findings.展开更多
The placenta plays a crucial role in successful mammalian reproduction.Ruminant animals possess a semi-invasive placenta characterized by a highly vascularized structure formed by maternal endometrial caruncles and fe...The placenta plays a crucial role in successful mammalian reproduction.Ruminant animals possess a semi-invasive placenta characterized by a highly vascularized structure formed by maternal endometrial caruncles and fetal placental cotyledons,essential for full-term fetal development.The cow placenta harbors at least two trophoblast cell populations:uninucleate(UNC)and binucleate(BNC)cells.However,the limited capacity to elucidate the transcriptomic dynamics of the placental natural environment has resulted in a poor understanding of both the molecular and cellular interactions between trophoblast cells and niches,and the molecular mechanisms governing trophoblast differentiation and functionalization.To fill this knowledge gap,we employed Stereo-seq to map spatial gene expression patterns at near single-cell resolution in the cow placenta at 90 and 130 days of gestation,attaining high-resolution,spatially resolved gene expression profiles.Based on clustering and cell marker gene expression analyses,key transcription factors,including YBX1 and NPAS2,were shown to regulate the heterogeneity of trophoblast cell subpopulations.Cell communication and trajectory analysis provided a framework for understanding cell-cell interactions and the differentiation of trophoblasts into BNCs in the placental microenvironment.Differential analysis of cell trajectories identified a set of genes involved in regulation of trophoblast differentiation.Additionally,spatial modules and co-variant genes that help shape specific tissue structures were identified.Together,these findings provide foundational insights into important biological pathways critical to the placental development and function in cows.展开更多
Bacterial or viral infections,such as Brucella,mumps virus,herpes simplex virus,and Zika virus,destroy immune homeostasis of the testes,leading to spermatogenesis disorder and infertility.Of note,recent research shows...Bacterial or viral infections,such as Brucella,mumps virus,herpes simplex virus,and Zika virus,destroy immune homeostasis of the testes,leading to spermatogenesis disorder and infertility.Of note,recent research shows that SARS-CoV-2 can infect male gonads and destroy Sertoli and Leydig cells,leading to male reproductive dysfunction.Due to the many side effects associated with antibiotic therapy,finding alternative treatments for inflammatory injury remains critical.Here,we found that Dmrt1 plays an important role in regulating testicular immune homeostasis.Knockdown of Dmrt1 in male mice inhibited spermatogenesis with a broad inflammatory response in seminiferous tubules and led to the loss of spermatogenic epithelial cells.Chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing(ChIP-seq)and RNA sequencing(RNA-seq)revealed that Dmrt1 positively regulated the expression of Spry1,an inhibitory protein of the receptor tyrosine kinase(RTK)signaling pathway.Furthermore,immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry(IP-MS)and co-immunoprecipitation(Co-IP)analysis indicated that SPRY1 binds to nuclear factor kappa B1(NF-κB1)to prevent nuclear translocation of p65,inhibit activation of NF-κB signaling,prevent excessive inflammatory reaction in the testis,and protect the integrity of the blood-testis barrier.In view of this newly identified Dmrt1-Spry1-NF-κB axis mechanism in the regulation of testicular immune homeostasis,our study opens new avenues for the prevention and treatment of male reproductive diseases in humans and livestock.展开更多
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary saccharin sodium supplementation on production performance,serum biochemical indicators,and rumen fermentation of dairy goats in summer.Twelve Guanzh...The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary saccharin sodium supplementation on production performance,serum biochemical indicators,and rumen fermentation of dairy goats in summer.Twelve Guanzhong dairy goats with similar body weight,days in milk,and milk yield were randomly divided into two dietary treatments:(1)CON:basal diet;(2)SS:basal diet+150 mg/kg saccharin sodium on the basis of dry matter.The experiment lasted 35 d,including 7 d for adaptation and 28 d for dietary treatments,sampling and data collection.Each dairy goat was housed individually in a clean separate pen with ad libitum access to diet and water.The goats fed SS diet had increased dry matter intake(DMI;P=0.037),4%fat corrected milk yield(P=0.049),energy corrected milk yield(P=0.037),milk protein yield(P=0.031),and total solids yield(P=0.036).Serum activity of aspartate aminotransferase(P=0.047)and concentrations of 70-kDa heat shock protein(P=0.090),malondialdehyde(P=0.092),and total protein(P=0.057)were lower in goats fed SS diet than those fed CON diet.Supplementation of saccharin sodium tended to increase activity of glutathione peroxidase in serum(P=0.079).The concentrations of rumen total volatile fatty acid(P=0.042)and butyrate(P=0.038)were increased by saccharin sodium supplementation.Dietary supplementation of saccharin sodium increased the relative abundance of Lachnobacterium(P=0.022),Pseudoramibacter(P=0.022),Shuttleworthia(P=0.025),and Syntrophococcus(P=0.037),but reduced the relative abundance of Prevotella_1(P=0.037)and Lachnospiraceae_UCG_008(P=0.037)in rumen.Saccharin sodium was observed in feces and urine of goats fed diet supplemented with saccharin sodium,but saccharin sodium was undetectable in the milk of goats receiving SS diet.In conclusion,administration of saccharin sodium was effective in increasing fat and energy corrected milk yield by increasing DMI and improving rumen fermentation and antioxidant capacity of dairy goats in summer.In addition,saccharin sodium residue was undetectable in the milk.展开更多
Hemoglobin is responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to body tissues.Structurally,this protein is a tetramer composed of two a-globin chains and twoβ-globin chains.In sheep,the β-globin locus is of parti...Hemoglobin is responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to body tissues.Structurally,this protein is a tetramer composed of two a-globin chains and twoβ-globin chains.In sheep,the β-globin locus is of particular interest because it contains two different haplotypes,namely haplotype A(hap A)and hap B,which differ in length by more than 30 kb and do not undergo recombination with each other due to low sequence similarity(Bauer and Jung,1975;Jiang et al.,2015).The two haplotypes also differ in gene content with hap A possessing two clusters of hemoglobin gene families and hap B possessing only one(Aguiletam et al.,2004),which implies differentiation in their functional roles.Hap A was speculated to be associated with high-altitude adaptation in sheep(Hu et al.,2019).展开更多
Enterotypes,which are defined as bacterial clusters in the gut microbiome,have been found to have a close relationship to host metabolism and health.However,this concept has never been used in the rumen,and little is ...Enterotypes,which are defined as bacterial clusters in the gut microbiome,have been found to have a close relationship to host metabolism and health.However,this concept has never been used in the rumen,and little is known about the complex biological relationships between ruminants and their rumen bacterial clusters.In this study,we used young goats(n=99)as a model,fed them the same diet,and analyzed their rumen microbiome and corresponding bacterial clusters.The relationships between the bacterial clusters and rumen fermentation and growth performance in the goats were further investigated.Two bacterial clusters were identified in all goats:the P-cluster(dominated by genus Prevotella,n=38)and R-cluster(dominated by Ruminococcus,n=61).Compared with P-cluster goats,Rcluster goats had greater growth rates,concentrations of propionate,butyrate,and 18 free amino acids)and proportion of unsaturated fatty acids,but lower acetate molar percentage,acetate to propionate ratio,and several odd and branched chain and saturated fatty acids in rumen fluid(P<0.05).Several members of Firmicutes,including Ruminococcus,Oscillospiraceae NK4A214 group,and Christensenellaceae R-7 group were significantly higher in the R-cluster,whereas Prevotellaceae members,such as Prevotella and Prevotellaceae UCG-003,were significantly higher in P-cluster(P<0.01).Co-occurrence networks showed that R-cluster enriched bacteria had significant negative correlations with P-cluster enriched bacteria(P<0.05).Moreover,we found the concentrations of propionate,butyrate and free amino acids,and the proportions of unsaturated fatty acids were positively correlated with R-cluster enriched bacteria(P<0.05).The concentrations of acetate,acetate to propionate ratio,and the proportion of odd and branched chain and saturated fatty acids were positively correlated with P-cluster enriched bacteria(P<0.05).Overall,our results indicated that rumen bacterial clusters can influence rumen fermentation and growth performance of young goats,which may shed light on modulating the rumen microbiome in early life to improve the growth performance of ruminant animals.展开更多
Sheep is an important livestock species raised globally to produce meat,milk,wool,and other by-products.During the Neolithic Revolution,sheep were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia around 10,000 y...Sheep is an important livestock species raised globally to produce meat,milk,wool,and other by-products.During the Neolithic Revolution,sheep were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia around 10,000 years ago(Chessa et al.,2009).展开更多
基金supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFD1302201,2023YFF1000904)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072806,32372970)+2 种基金Key Technologies Demonstration of Animal Husbandry in Shaanxi Province(20221086,20230978)Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Competition Leaders(2022JBGS0025)Xinjian Ugur Autonouous Region Scientific Research and Innovation Platform Construction Project“State Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Germplasm”。
文摘Spermatogenic cell heterogeneity is determined by the complex process of spermatogenesis differentiation.However,effectively revealing the regulatory mechanisms underlying mammalian spermatogenic cell development and differentiation via traditional methods is difficult.Advances in technology have led to the emergence of many single-cell transcriptome sequencing protocols,which have partially addressed these challenges.In this review,we detail the principles of 10x Genomics technology and summarize the methods for downstream analysis of single-cell transcriptome sequencing data.Furthermore,we explore the role of single-cell transcriptome sequencing in revealing the heterogeneity of testicular ecological niche cells,delineating the establishment and disruption of testicular immune homeostasis during human spermatogenesis,investigating abnormal spermatogenesis in humans,and,ultimately,elucidating the molecular evolution of mammalian spermatogenesis.
基金funded by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number 32072761,32102570)Shaanxi Livestock and Poultry Breeding Double-chain Fusion Key Project(grant number 2022GDTSLD-46-0501)the fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(grant number 2021M702691).
文摘Background Diets rich in starch have been shown to increase a risk of reducing milk fat content in dairy goats.While bile acids(BAs)have been used as a lipid emulsifier in monogastric and aquatic animals,their effect on ruminants is not well understood.This study aimed to investigate the impact of BAs supplementation on various aspects of dairy goat physiology,including milk composition,rumen fermentation,gut microbiota,and BA metabolism.Results We randomly divided eighteen healthy primiparity lactating dairy goats(days in milk=100±6 d)into two groups and supplemented them with 0 or 4 g/d of BAs undergoing 5 weeks of feeding on a starch-rich diet.The results showed that BAs supplementation positively influenced milk yield and improved the quality of fatty acids in goat milk.BAs supplementation led to a reduction in saturated fatty acids(C16:0)and an increase in monounsaturated fatty acids(cis-9 C18:1),resulting in a healthier milk fatty acid profile.We observed a significant increase in plasma total bile acid concentration while the proportion of rumen short-chain fatty acids was not affected.Furthermore,BAs supplementation induced significant changes in the composition of the gut microbiota,favoring the enrichment of specific bacterial groups and altering the balance of microbial populations.Correlation analysis revealed associations between specific bacterial groups(Bacillus and Christensenellaceae R-7 group)and BA types,suggesting a role for the gut microbiota in BA metabolism.Functional prediction analysis revealed notable changes in pathways associated with lipid metabolism,suggesting that BAs supplementation has the potential to modulate lipid-related processes.Conclusion These findings highlight the potential benefits of BAs supplementation in enhancing milk production,improving milk quality,and influencing metabolic pathways in dairy goats.Further research is warranted to elucidate the underlying mechanisms and explore the broader implications of these findings.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFF1000100)Technology Application and Development Program for Rapid Propagation of Cow Breeding(20211117000005)+2 种基金Basic Science(Agricultural Biology)Research Center of Shaanxi(K3030922016)Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Key R&D Projects(2021BEF01001)Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(2022JQ-171)。
文摘The placenta plays a crucial role in successful mammalian reproduction.Ruminant animals possess a semi-invasive placenta characterized by a highly vascularized structure formed by maternal endometrial caruncles and fetal placental cotyledons,essential for full-term fetal development.The cow placenta harbors at least two trophoblast cell populations:uninucleate(UNC)and binucleate(BNC)cells.However,the limited capacity to elucidate the transcriptomic dynamics of the placental natural environment has resulted in a poor understanding of both the molecular and cellular interactions between trophoblast cells and niches,and the molecular mechanisms governing trophoblast differentiation and functionalization.To fill this knowledge gap,we employed Stereo-seq to map spatial gene expression patterns at near single-cell resolution in the cow placenta at 90 and 130 days of gestation,attaining high-resolution,spatially resolved gene expression profiles.Based on clustering and cell marker gene expression analyses,key transcription factors,including YBX1 and NPAS2,were shown to regulate the heterogeneity of trophoblast cell subpopulations.Cell communication and trajectory analysis provided a framework for understanding cell-cell interactions and the differentiation of trophoblasts into BNCs in the placental microenvironment.Differential analysis of cell trajectories identified a set of genes involved in regulation of trophoblast differentiation.Additionally,spatial modules and co-variant genes that help shape specific tissue structures were identified.Together,these findings provide foundational insights into important biological pathways critical to the placental development and function in cows.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072806,31572399)National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFD1302201)+3 种基金Program of Shaanxi Province Science and Technology Innovation Team(2019TD-036)Major Projects of Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(2020ZD10)Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province(2022NY-044)Key Technologies Demonstration of Animal Husbandry in Shaanxi Province(20221086)。
文摘Bacterial or viral infections,such as Brucella,mumps virus,herpes simplex virus,and Zika virus,destroy immune homeostasis of the testes,leading to spermatogenesis disorder and infertility.Of note,recent research shows that SARS-CoV-2 can infect male gonads and destroy Sertoli and Leydig cells,leading to male reproductive dysfunction.Due to the many side effects associated with antibiotic therapy,finding alternative treatments for inflammatory injury remains critical.Here,we found that Dmrt1 plays an important role in regulating testicular immune homeostasis.Knockdown of Dmrt1 in male mice inhibited spermatogenesis with a broad inflammatory response in seminiferous tubules and led to the loss of spermatogenic epithelial cells.Chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing(ChIP-seq)and RNA sequencing(RNA-seq)revealed that Dmrt1 positively regulated the expression of Spry1,an inhibitory protein of the receptor tyrosine kinase(RTK)signaling pathway.Furthermore,immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry(IP-MS)and co-immunoprecipitation(Co-IP)analysis indicated that SPRY1 binds to nuclear factor kappa B1(NF-κB1)to prevent nuclear translocation of p65,inhibit activation of NF-κB signaling,prevent excessive inflammatory reaction in the testis,and protect the integrity of the blood-testis barrier.In view of this newly identified Dmrt1-Spry1-NF-κB axis mechanism in the regulation of testicular immune homeostasis,our study opens new avenues for the prevention and treatment of male reproductive diseases in humans and livestock.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32102569)the Science&Technological Project of Shaanxi Province,China (2022ZDLNY01-09,2022GD-TSLD-46-0501,2022QFY11-05).
文摘The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary saccharin sodium supplementation on production performance,serum biochemical indicators,and rumen fermentation of dairy goats in summer.Twelve Guanzhong dairy goats with similar body weight,days in milk,and milk yield were randomly divided into two dietary treatments:(1)CON:basal diet;(2)SS:basal diet+150 mg/kg saccharin sodium on the basis of dry matter.The experiment lasted 35 d,including 7 d for adaptation and 28 d for dietary treatments,sampling and data collection.Each dairy goat was housed individually in a clean separate pen with ad libitum access to diet and water.The goats fed SS diet had increased dry matter intake(DMI;P=0.037),4%fat corrected milk yield(P=0.049),energy corrected milk yield(P=0.037),milk protein yield(P=0.031),and total solids yield(P=0.036).Serum activity of aspartate aminotransferase(P=0.047)and concentrations of 70-kDa heat shock protein(P=0.090),malondialdehyde(P=0.092),and total protein(P=0.057)were lower in goats fed SS diet than those fed CON diet.Supplementation of saccharin sodium tended to increase activity of glutathione peroxidase in serum(P=0.079).The concentrations of rumen total volatile fatty acid(P=0.042)and butyrate(P=0.038)were increased by saccharin sodium supplementation.Dietary supplementation of saccharin sodium increased the relative abundance of Lachnobacterium(P=0.022),Pseudoramibacter(P=0.022),Shuttleworthia(P=0.025),and Syntrophococcus(P=0.037),but reduced the relative abundance of Prevotella_1(P=0.037)and Lachnospiraceae_UCG_008(P=0.037)in rumen.Saccharin sodium was observed in feces and urine of goats fed diet supplemented with saccharin sodium,but saccharin sodium was undetectable in the milk of goats receiving SS diet.In conclusion,administration of saccharin sodium was effective in increasing fat and energy corrected milk yield by increasing DMI and improving rumen fermentation and antioxidant capacity of dairy goats in summer.In addition,saccharin sodium residue was undetectable in the milk.
基金supported by the Sci-Tech Innovation 2030 Agenda(2022ZD0401403)Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Provine of China(2023-JC-YB-157)+1 种基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U21A20120)Shaanxi Livestock and Poultry Breeding Double-chain Fusion Key Project(2022GD-TSLD-46-0401).
文摘Hemoglobin is responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to body tissues.Structurally,this protein is a tetramer composed of two a-globin chains and twoβ-globin chains.In sheep,the β-globin locus is of particular interest because it contains two different haplotypes,namely haplotype A(hap A)and hap B,which differ in length by more than 30 kb and do not undergo recombination with each other due to low sequence similarity(Bauer and Jung,1975;Jiang et al.,2015).The two haplotypes also differ in gene content with hap A possessing two clusters of hemoglobin gene families and hap B possessing only one(Aguiletam et al.,2004),which implies differentiation in their functional roles.Hap A was speculated to be associated with high-altitude adaptation in sheep(Hu et al.,2019).
基金The present study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32072761,32272829)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFD500500).
文摘Enterotypes,which are defined as bacterial clusters in the gut microbiome,have been found to have a close relationship to host metabolism and health.However,this concept has never been used in the rumen,and little is known about the complex biological relationships between ruminants and their rumen bacterial clusters.In this study,we used young goats(n=99)as a model,fed them the same diet,and analyzed their rumen microbiome and corresponding bacterial clusters.The relationships between the bacterial clusters and rumen fermentation and growth performance in the goats were further investigated.Two bacterial clusters were identified in all goats:the P-cluster(dominated by genus Prevotella,n=38)and R-cluster(dominated by Ruminococcus,n=61).Compared with P-cluster goats,Rcluster goats had greater growth rates,concentrations of propionate,butyrate,and 18 free amino acids)and proportion of unsaturated fatty acids,but lower acetate molar percentage,acetate to propionate ratio,and several odd and branched chain and saturated fatty acids in rumen fluid(P<0.05).Several members of Firmicutes,including Ruminococcus,Oscillospiraceae NK4A214 group,and Christensenellaceae R-7 group were significantly higher in the R-cluster,whereas Prevotellaceae members,such as Prevotella and Prevotellaceae UCG-003,were significantly higher in P-cluster(P<0.01).Co-occurrence networks showed that R-cluster enriched bacteria had significant negative correlations with P-cluster enriched bacteria(P<0.05).Moreover,we found the concentrations of propionate,butyrate and free amino acids,and the proportions of unsaturated fatty acids were positively correlated with R-cluster enriched bacteria(P<0.05).The concentrations of acetate,acetate to propionate ratio,and the proportion of odd and branched chain and saturated fatty acids were positively correlated with P-cluster enriched bacteria(P<0.05).Overall,our results indicated that rumen bacterial clusters can influence rumen fermentation and growth performance of young goats,which may shed light on modulating the rumen microbiome in early life to improve the growth performance of ruminant animals.
文摘Sheep is an important livestock species raised globally to produce meat,milk,wool,and other by-products.During the Neolithic Revolution,sheep were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent of Southwest Asia around 10,000 years ago(Chessa et al.,2009).
