ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (10): 1663-1670.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.10.012

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Effects of HYD on the Synthesis of Casein in Mammary Epithelial Cells of Holstein Cows in vitro

TIAN Qing1,2,WANG Hong-rong2*,WANG Meng-zhi2   

  1. (1.Jiangsu Food & Pharmaceutical Science College,Huaian 223003,China;2.College of Animal Science and Technology,Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225009,China)
  • Received:2014-01-22 Online:2014-10-23 Published:2014-10-23

Abstract:

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of hydrocortisone (HYD) on growth,expressions of κ-casein (CSN3) and hydrocortisone receptor (NR3C1) genes and the relative quantities of κ-casein and total casein in bovine mammary epithelial cells.Bovine mammary epithelial cells from Chinese Holstein were used in an in vitro cultivation.Cells were cultured in a growth culture medium (without serum and hormone,control group),and the growth culture medium supplemented with 0,1,10,100 and 1 000 ng•mL-1 HYD,respectively.Changes of expression levels of CSN3 and NR3C1 genes and relative content of CSN3 and total casein were determined.The results showed as follows: 1) The cells proliferation in 1 000 ng•mL-1 group was lower than these in the others in numerical value before 20 h,but significant difference was found in cell proliferation between groups after 20 h (P<0.05).2) The expression of CSN3 and NR3C1 gene were increased in 1-100 ng•mL-1 HYD significantly (P<0.05).The relative quantities of κ-casein and total casein in 1 and 10 ng•mL-1 groups were significantly higher than these in the other groups (P<0.05).3) A certain dose-response relationship existed between HYD and casein.That meant,small dose of HYD (1 ng•mL-1) was more advantageous to promote the milk protein synthesis,but with the increase of HYD concentration,the promoting effects were gradually weakened and even reverse with the increase of HYD concentration (1 000 ng•mL-1).The results indicated that with the increase of HYD concentration,the expression levels of CSN3 and NR3C1 genes and the relative quantities of CSN3 and total casein tended to be decreased,the optimal level was 1 ng•mL-1.

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