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16027194

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
Bovine somatotropin (bST) increases milk production in lactating cows through its effect on nutrient partition and maintenance of mammary cell function. A positive relationship between bST treatment and abundance of beta-casein mRNA in mammary tissues from lactating cows was hypothesized. In mammary tissue isolated from 14 midlactation Holstein cows, beta-casein mRNA was 35.4% higher among 7 cows receiving continuous bST infusions at 29 mg/d for 63 d compared with tissue from 7 untreated control cows. To investigate whether increased beta-casein mRNA resulted from a direct effect of bST on the mammary gland, explants of mammary tissue from other lactating cows that had not received bST were incubated with bST and prolactin in 2 experiments. Mammary explant cultures taken from 2 lactating cows that had not been milked for 48 h were supplemented with either prolactin or bST. Both prolactin and bST stimulated higher levels of beta-casein mRNA in the mammary explants compared with their non-supplemented counterparts. Explant cultures from 4 additional lactating cows were prepared from rear quarter mammary tissue subjected to milking intervals of 6 h for right rear quarters or 20 h for left rear quarters. Both bST- and prolactin-mediated increases in beta-casein mRNA were dependent on milking intervals. That is, levels of beta-casein mRNA were increased by bST or prolactin supplementation in explants isolated from the mammary quarters biopsied 20 h after milking but not for those biopsied at 6 h after milking. Results are consistent with a potential role for bST in up-regulating or sparing beta-casein mRNA levels in lactating bovine mammary tissue in a manner similar to prolactin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1525-3198
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2806-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of bovine somatotropin on beta-casein mRNA levels in mammary tissue of lactating cows.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822, USA. jinzeng@hawaii.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article