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Yoder PS, Castro JJ, Ruiz-Cortes T, Hanigan MD. Effects of varying extracellular amino acid concentrations on bidirectional amino acid transport and intracellular fluxes in mammary epithelial cells. J Dairy Sci 2021; 104:9931-9947. [PMID: 34176632 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2021-20187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Understanding the regulation of cellular AA uptake as protein supply changes is critical for predicting milk component yields because intracellular supplies partly regulate protein synthesis. Our objective was to evaluate cellular uptake and kinetic behavior of individual AA when cells are presented with varying extracellular AA supplies. Bovine primary mammary epithelial cells were grown to confluency and transferred to medium with an AA profile and concentration similar to that of plasma from dairy cows for 24 h. Treatments were 4 AA concentrations, 0.36, 2.30, 4.28, and 6.24 mM, which represented 16, 100, 186, and 271% of typical plasma AA concentrations, respectively, in lactating dairy cows. Twenty-four plates of cells (89.4 × 19.2 mm) were assigned to each treatment. Cells were first subjected to treatment medium enriched with 15N-labeled AA for 24 h and then incubated with treatment medium enriched with 13C-labeled AA for 0, 15, 60, 300, 900, 1,800, and 3,600 s. Intracellular free AA, intracellular protein-bound AA, and extracellular medium free AA were analyzed for concentrations and isotopic enrichment using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. A dynamic, 12-pool model was fitted to the data for 14 AA to derive unidirectional uptake and efflux, protein turnover, transamination, oxidation, and synthesis. The derived concentration for half the maximal uptake (km) indicated no saturation of AA uptake at typical in vivo concentrations for 11 of the 14 AA. Arginine, Pro, and Val appeared to exhibit saturation kinetics. Net uptake of all essential AA except Phe was positive across treatments. Most nonessential AA exhibited negative net uptake values. Efflux of AA was quite high, with several AA exhibiting greater than 100% efflux of the respective influx. Intracellular pool turnover was rapid for most AA (e.g., 2 min for Arg), demonstrating plasticity in matching needs for protein translation to supplies. Intracellular AA concentrations increased linearly in response to treatment for most AA, whereas 9 AA exhibited quadratic responses. Amino acid uptake is responsive to varying extracellular supplies to maintain homeostasis. No saturation of uptake was evident for most AA, indicating that transporter capacity is likely not a limitation for most AA except possibly Arg, Val, and Pro in mammary epithelial cells.
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- P S Yoder
- Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061; Perdue AgriBusiness LLC, Salisbury, MD 21804
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- Universidad de Antioquia, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Research Group Biogenesis, Medellin, Colombia, 050010
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- Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.
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Pszczolkowski VL, Arriola Apelo SI. The market for amino acids: understanding supply and demand of substrate for more efficient milk protein synthesis. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2020; 11:108. [PMID: 33292704 PMCID: PMC7659053 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-020-00514-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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For dairy production systems, nitrogen is an expensive nutrient and potentially harmful waste product. With three quarters of fed nitrogen ending up in the manure, significant research efforts have focused on understanding and mitigating lactating dairy cows’ nitrogen losses. Recent changes proposed to the Nutrient Requirement System for Dairy Cattle in the US include variable efficiencies of absorbed essential AA for milk protein production. This first separation from a purely substrate-based system, standing on the old limiting AA theory, recognizes the ability of the cow to alter the metabolism of AA. In this review we summarize a compelling amount of evidence suggesting that AA requirements for milk protein synthesis are based on a demand-driven system. Milk protein synthesis is governed at mammary level by a set of transduction pathways, including the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), the integrated stress response (ISR), and the unfolded protein response (UPR). In tight coordination, these pathways not only control the rate of milk protein synthesis, setting the demand for AA, but also manipulate cellular AA transport and even blood flow to the mammary glands, securing the supply of those needed nutrients. These transduction pathways, specifically mTORC1, sense specific AA, as well as other physiological signals, including insulin, the canonical indicator of energy status. Insulin plays a key role on mTORC1 signaling, controlling its activation, once AA have determined mTORC1 localization to the lysosomal membrane. Based on this molecular model, AA and insulin signals need to be tightly coordinated to maximize milk protein synthesis rate. The evidence in lactating dairy cows supports this model, in which insulin and glucogenic energy potentiate the effect of AA on milk protein synthesis. Incorporating the effect of specific signaling AA and the differential role of energy sources on utilization of absorbed AA for milk protein synthesis seems like the evident following step in nutrient requirement systems to further improve N efficiency in lactating dairy cow rations.
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- Virginia L Pszczolkowski
- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.,Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Graduate Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. .,Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Graduate Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Yoder PS, Castro JJ, Ruiz-Cortes T, Hanigan MD. An in vitro method for assessment of amino acid bidirectional transport and intracellular metabolic fluxes in mammary epithelial cells. J Dairy Sci 2020; 103:8948-8966. [PMID: 32861491 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2020-18155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Understanding uptake of AA by mammary tissue as supply varies is critical for predicting milk component production. Our objective was to develop an in vitro method to quantify cellular uptake, efflux, and intracellular metabolism of individual AA that could be implemented for evaluating these factors when AA supply and profile are varied. Bovine primary mammary epithelial cells were grown to confluency and exposed to medium with an AA profile and concentration similar to lactating dairy cow plasma for 24 h. Cells were then preloaded in medium enriched with 15N-labeled AA for 24 h followed by removal of the 15N-labeled medium and incubation with medium enriched with 13C-labeled AA for 0, 15, 60, 300, 900, 1,800, and 3,600 s. Extracellular free AA and intracellular free and protein-bound AA were analyzed for concentrations and isotopic enrichment by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. A dynamic, 12-pool model was constructed representing extracellular and intracellular free and protein-bound pools of an AA, and their respective 15N and 13C isotopes. Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation (n = 5,000) was conducted to evaluate prediction errors by deriving standard errors and posterior distributions for rate constants, fluxes, and pools. Cellular Ala influx and efflux were higher than Leu, reflecting Ala role in driving system L transport and the high capacity of sodium-dependent transport. The Ala and Leu turnover rates were 181 and 95, 580 and 857, and 74 and 157% per hour for extracellular, intracellular, and fast protein-bound pools, respectively. The intracellular and extracellular Ala to Leu ratios were quite different, meaning the blood AA profile is not the AA profile provided for protein translation. The high level of exchange and rapid turnover of pools provide a mechanism for matching the AA supplies to the precision necessary for translation. This also understates the importance of using experimental medium similar to what is observed in vivo given that some AA depend on other AA for influx (exchange driven). The average root mean squared prediction error across the isotope enrichments, pools, and concentrations was 9.7 and 14.1% for Ala and Leu, respectively, and collinearity among parameters was low, indicating adequate fit and identifiability. The described model provides insight on individual AA transport kinetics and a method for future evaluation of AA transport and intracellular metabolism when subjected to varying AA supplies.
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- P S Yoder
- Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061; Perdue AgriBusiness LLC, Salisbury, MD 21804
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- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, 050010
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- Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.
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Hanigan MD, Daley VL. Use of Mechanistic Nutrition Models to Identify Sustainable Food Animal Production. Annu Rev Anim Biosci 2020; 8:355-376. [PMID: 31730368 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-021419-083913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To feed people in the coming decades, an increase in sustainable animal food production is required. The efficiency of the global food production system is dependent on the knowledge and improvement of its submodels, such as food animal production. Scientists use statistical models to interpret their data, but models are also used to understand systems and to integrate their components. However, empirical models cannot explain systems. Mechanistic models yield insight into the mechanism and provide guidance regarding the exploration of the system. This review offers an overview of models, from simple empirical to more mechanistic models. We demonstrate their applications to amino acid transport, mass balance, whole-tissue metabolism, digestion and absorption, growth curves, lactation, and nutrient excretion. These mechanistic models need to be integrated into a full model using big data from sensors, which represents a new challenge. Soon, training in quantitative and computer science skills will be required to develop, test, and maintain advanced food system models.
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- Mark D Hanigan
- Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA; ,
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- Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA; , .,National Animal Nutrition Program (NANP), Department of Animal & Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546, USA
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Yoder PS, Ruiz-Cortes T, Castro JJ, Hanigan MD. Effects of varying extracellular amino acid profile on intracellular free amino acid concentrations and cell signaling in primary mammary epithelial cells. J Dairy Sci 2019; 102:8977-8985. [PMID: 31421874 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-16122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Extracellular amino acid profiles affect intracellular AA concentrations and profile as well as signaling proteins that regulate protein translation rates. The objective of this study was to assess whether various extracellular AA profiles and varied ratios of Lys to Met would increase the phosphorylation of signaling proteins related to protein metabolism. Six AA profiles, reflecting Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM), blood meal (BM), corn gluten meal (CGM), casein (CAS), plasma of lactating cows (PLA), and a negative control (NEG) represented the first factor (F1), and the ratio of Lys to Met (unaltered or set to 3:1) was the second factor (F2). Treatments were arranged in a 6 × 2 factorial manner, resulting in 12 treatments that were replicated 4 times. The total AA masses for all treatments were set to 659 mg/L (63% of DMEM) except NEG (0 mg/L). Confluent mammary epithelial cells were exposed to treatment media for 80 min (SD = 7.4). Intracellular concentrations of 17 AA were changed according to F1. The Met and Leu percent of total intracellular AA mass, as an example, varied from 0.58 (PLA) to 6.94 (NEG, +F2) for Met and 0.05 (NEG, -F2) to 4.63 (CGM, +F2) for Leu. Overall, balancing for Lys and Met at a 3:1 ratio increased intracellular concentrations of Lys and Met by 54 and 71%, respectively. Within the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, phosphorylation of mTOR (Ser2448), ribosomal protein S6 (Ser235/236), and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (Thr37/46) (4EBP1) were increased by all 5 AA profiles compared with the NEG control. We found no differences in phosphorylation state among the 5 AA profiles, indicating lack of sensitivity to various AA profiles. This lack of sensitivity between AA profiles might also be due to assay imprecision or other experimental limitations. Only phosphorylation of 4EBP1 was increased for F2. Phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 α subunit (Ser51) was unaffected by either F1 or F2 factors. Regression analyses indicated that intracellular concentrations of Met, Thr, Ile, and Leu predicted phosphorylation of mTOR-related proteins with adequate precision and accuracy, suggesting that multiple EAA dictate regulation, regardless of AA ratios. Changes in extracellular AA profiles translated to modified intracellular AA profiles, and no single profile uniquely stimulated phosphorylation of the mTOR pathway-related proteins.
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- P S Yoder
- Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 24061; Perdue AgriBusiness LLC, Salisbury, MD 21804
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- Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, 050010
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- Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 24061.
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Wang F, Shi H, Wang S, Wang Y, Cao Z, Li S. Amino Acid Metabolism in Dairy Cows and their Regulation in Milk Synthesis. Curr Drug Metab 2019; 20:36-45. [DOI: 10.2174/1389200219666180611084014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Revised: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background:
Reducing dietary Crude Protein (CP) and supplementing with certain Amino Acids (AAs)
has been known as a potential solution to improve Nitrogen (N) efficiency in dairy production. Thus understanding
how AAs are utilized in various sites along the gut is critical.
Objective:
AA flow from the intestine to Portal-drained Viscera (PDV) and liver then to the mammary gland was
elaborated in this article. Recoveries in individual AA in PDV and liver seem to share similar AA pattern with input:
output ratio in mammary gland, which subdivides essential AA (EAA) into two groups, Lysine (Lys) and Branchedchain
AA (BCAA) in group 1, input: output ratio > 1; Methionine (Met), Histidine (His), Phenylalanine (Phe) etc. in
group 2, input: output ratio close to 1. AAs in the mammary gland are either utilized for milk protein synthesis or
retained as body tissue, or catabolized. The fractional removal of AAs and the number and activity of AA transporters
together contribute to the ability of AAs going through mammary cells. Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
(mTOR) pathway is closely related to milk protein synthesis and provides alternatives for AA regulation of milk
protein synthesis, which connects AA with lactose synthesis via α-lactalbumin (gene: LALBA) and links with milk
fat synthesis via Sterol Regulatory Element-binding Transcription Protein 1 (SREBP1) and Peroxisome Proliferatoractivated
Receptor (PPAR).
Conclusion:
Overall, AA flow across various tissues reveals AA metabolism and utilization in dairy cows on one
hand. While the function of AA in the biosynthesis of milk protein, fat and lactose at both transcriptional and posttranscriptional
level from another angle provides the possibility for us to regulate them for higher efficiency.
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- Feiran Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Conservation & Utilization of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resources, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing Engineering Technology Research Center of Raw Milk Quality and Safety Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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During recent decades, the UK dairy industry has had to adjust to the introduction of milk quotas in 1984, the deregulation of milk markets in 1994, and accommodate changes in the demand for dairy products. The combination of these factors, in addition to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Foot and Mouth disease, and a fall in milk price has inevitably resulted in a restructuring of the industry, but also reinforced the need for all sectors of the industry to respond to the prevailing economic climate and changes in consumer preferences.
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Sciascia QL, Pacheco D, McCoard SA. Administration of Exogenous Growth Hormone Is Associated with Changes in Plasma and Intracellular Mammary Amino Acid Profiles and Abundance of the Mammary Gland Amino Acid Transporter SLC3A2 in Mid-Lactation Dairy Cows. PLoS One 2015. [PMID: 26226162 PMCID: PMC4520662 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The objectives of this study were to (1) identify changes in plasma and mammary intracellular amino acid (AA) profiles in dairy cows treated with growth hormone (GH), and (2) evaluate the expression of mammary gland genes involved in the transport of AA identified in (1). Eight non-pregnant (n = 4 per group) lactating dairy cows were treated with a single subcutaneous injection of either a slow-release formulation of commercially available GH (Lactotropin 500 mg) or physiological saline solution. Six days after treatment, cows were milked and blood collected from the jugular vein for the analysis of free AA in the plasma. Cows were euthanized and mammary tissue harvested. Treatment with GH increased milk, protein, fat and lactose yields, with no effect on dry matter intake. Plasma concentrations of lysine and group I AA decreased significantly, and arginine, methionine, tyrosine and arginine-family AA tended to decrease in GH-treated cows. Concentrations of intracellular glycine, serine and glutamate increased significantly, with a trend for decreased arginine observed in the mammary gland of GH-treated cows. A trend for increased concentrations of intracellular total AA, NEAA and arginine-family AA were observed in the mammary gland of GH-treated cows. Variance in the concentration of plasma methionine, tyrosine, valine, alanine, ornithine, BCAA, EAA was significantly different between treatments. Variance in the concentration of intracellular lysine, valine, glutamine, EAA and group II was significantly different between treatments. AA changes were associated with increased mRNA abundance of the mammary gland AA transporter SLC3A2. We propose that these changes occur to support increased milk protein and fatty acid production in the mammary gland of GH-treated cows via potential mTOR pathway signaling.
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- Quentin L. Sciascia
- Department of Nutritional Physiology ‘‘Oskar Kellner”, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
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- Animal Nutrition and Health Group, AgResearch Grasslands, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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- Animal Nutrition and Health Group, AgResearch Grasslands, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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Arriola Apelo S, Knapp J, Hanigan M. Invited review: Current representation and future trends of predicting amino acid utilization in the lactating dairy cow. J Dairy Sci 2014; 97:4000-17. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Arriola Apelo S, Singer L, Ray W, Helm R, Lin X, McGilliard M, St-Pierre N, Hanigan M. Casein synthesis is independently and additively related to individual essential amino acid supply. J Dairy Sci 2014; 97:2998-3005. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Šamanc H, Kirovski D, Lakić N, Celeska I, Bojković-Kovačević S, Sladojević Ž, Ivanov I. A comparison of the concentrations of energy-balance-related variables in jugular and mammary vein blood of dairy cows with different milk yield. Acta Vet Hung 2014; 62:52-63. [PMID: 24334081 DOI: 10.1556/avet.2013.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The aim of this study was to compare the concentrations of blood variables obtained simultaneously from the jugular and mammary veins of dairy cows. Eighty Holstein cows were divided into four equal groups: dry, low- (LY), medium- (MY) and high-yielding (HY). Blood insulin, glucose, non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA), beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHBA) and urea concentrations were measured. The jugular and mammary vein (J/M) ratio between concentrations of each variable was calculated. Differences between the groups of cows in concentrations of variables in the jugular vein were not in accordance with those obtained for the mammary vein. J/M values for insulin and glucose concentrations were above 1.0 in all groups of cows. The ratios for NEFA and BHBA concentrations were under or equal to 1.0 in dry and LY cows but above 1.0 in the MY and HY groups, indicating that in MY and HY cows those metabolites are apparently utilised by the mammary gland. J/M values for urea were above 1.0 in dry and LY cows but less than 1.0 in groups MY and HY, indicating that in the latter case urea is apparently released by the mammary gland. In conclusion, J/M for NEFA, BHBA and urea may be useful for estimation of the critical point when the mammary gland receives insufficient energy precursors for its current activity.
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- Horea Šamanc
- 1 University of Belgrade Department of Farm Animal Diseases Bulevar Oslobođenja 18 Belgrade 11 000 Serbia
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- 2 University of Belgrade Department of Physiology and Biochemistry Bulevar Oslobođenja 18 Belgrade 11 000 Serbia
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- 3 University of Belgrade Department of Agroeconomy, Faculty of Agriculture Belgrade Serbia
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- 4 Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Department of Pathophysiology Skopje Macedonia
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- 6 Veterinary Station ‘Veterina System Sladojević’ Gradiška Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- 1 University of Belgrade Department of Farm Animal Diseases Bulevar Oslobođenja 18 Belgrade 11 000 Serbia
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Lapierre H, Lobley GE, Doepel L, Raggio G, Rulquin H, Lemosquet S. TRIENNIAL LACTATION SYMPOSIUM: Mammary metabolism of amino acids in dairy cows1,2. J Anim Sci 2012; 90:1708-21. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- H. Lapierre
- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1M 0C8 Canada
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- Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB21 9SB, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, T6G 2P5 Canada
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- Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1M 0C8 Canada
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche, 1080 Dairy Production, INRA, 35590 Saint-Gilles, France
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche, 1080 Dairy Production, INRA, 35590 Saint-Gilles, France
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Alemán G, López A, Ordaz G, Torres N, Tovar AR. Changes in messenger RNA abundance of amino acid transporters in rat mammary gland during pregnancy, lactation, and weaning. Metabolism 2009; 58:594-601. [PMID: 19375580 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Accepted: 12/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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During lactation, the mammary gland increases the needs for nutrients to fulfill the milk production requirements. Among these nutrients, amino acids play an important role for the synthesis of milk proteins. Amino acids are supplied to the mammary gland through amino acid transporters, although some are synthesized in situ. The purpose of this study was to establish the pattern of changes in messenger RNA abundance of the amino acid transporters ASC, system L, EAAC1, GLAST, CAT-1, and Tau in the mammary gland of the rat during different stages of pregnancy and lactation. Rats were fed during pregnancy and lactation a 20% casein diet. Food intake increased significantly during the lactation period. Amino acid transporter ASC expression increased during the first days of pregnancy about 2-fold, and it was increased in a lesser extent again during the peak of lactation. The expression of system L (LAT-1) and CAT-1 transporters was increased only during the lactation period. On the other hand, the expression of the transporters for anionic amino acids EAAC1 and GLAST was low during both stages. Finally, taurine transporter expression decreased during pregnancy; and it was significantly lower during lactation. These results showed that amino acid transporters were not expressed similarly in the mammary gland during pregnancy and lactation, indicating that the expression of these transporters did not respond only to the metabolic needs of the gland but depended on the dietary protein supply and possibly the specific hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy and lactation.
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- Gabriela Alemán
- Departamento de Fisiología de la Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, DF 14000, México
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Zhou Y, Akers RM, Jiang H. Growth hormone can induce expression of four major milk protein genes in transfected MAC-T cells. J Dairy Sci 2008; 91:100-8. [PMID: 18096930 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Growth hormone (GH) can increase milk production in cattle, and this effect was thought to be mediated by an indirect mechanism because traditional ligand binding assays failed to detect GH binding sites in the mammary gland. However, recent findings that GH receptor (GHR) mRNA and protein are expressed in the epithelial cells of the bovine mammary gland suggest that GH may directly act on these cells to affect milk production. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine whether GH could affect milk protein gene expression, nutrient uptake, and cell proliferation in bovine mammary epithelial cells using the bovine mammary epithelial cell-derived MAC-T cells as a model. Native MAC-T cells had low expression of GHR. Thus, we transfected them with expression plasmids for GHR and signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (STAT5), 2 key components of GHR signaling, to maximize their GH response. Growth hormone increased the expression of alphaS1-casein, alphaS2-casein, beta-casein, and alpha-lactalbumin mRNA 16- to 117-fold in the transfected MAC-T cells, whereas it had no effect on the expression of kappa-casein, beta-lactoglobulin, or insulin-like growth factor I mRNA. Cotransfection analyses showed that GH also strongly induced reporter gene expression from alphaS1-casein, alphaS2-casein, beta-casein, and alpha-lactalbumin gene promoters. Growth hormone had no effect on the uptake of 2-deoxyglucose, an unmetabolizable glucose analog, amino acids, or oleic acid; neither did it affect cell proliferation or death. These observations together with the fact that GH receptor mRNA and protein are expressed in the epithelial cells of the bovine mammary gland raise the possibility that GH might act directly on the mammary epithelial cells in cows to stimulate transcription of major milk protein genes, as part of the mechanism by which GH stimulates milk production.
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- Y Zhou
- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 24061, USA
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Johnson HA, Maas JA, Calvert CC, Baldwin RL. Use of computer simulation to teach a systems approach to metabolism. J Anim Sci 2008; 86:483-99. [PMID: 17940156 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- H A Johnson
- Animal Science Department, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Purdie N, Trout D, Poppi D, Cant J. Milk Synthetic Response of the Bovine Mammary Gland to an Increase in the Local Concentration of Amino Acids and Acetate. J Dairy Sci 2008; 91:218-28. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fox D, Tedeschi L, Tylutki T, Russell J, Van Amburgh M, Chase L, Pell A, Overton T. The Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System model for evaluating herd nutrition and nutrient excretion. Anim Feed Sci Technol 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2003.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hanigan MD, Crompton LA, Bequette BJ, Mills JAN, France J. Modelling Mammary Metabolism in the Dairy Cow to Predict Milk Constituent Yield, with Emphasis on Amino Acid Metabolism and Milk Protein Production: Model Evaluation. J Theor Biol 2002; 217:311-30. [PMID: 12270276 DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A model of mammary metabolism has been constructed and parameterized, with milk protein synthesis represented as a function of five essential amino acids (EAA) (Hanigan et al., 2001). Herein the model is evaluated using both the data used to construct the model (reference data) and an independent data set (literature data), and sensitivity to inputs and parameter estimates is assessed. The model predicted metabolite removal well for the reference data with exceptions for glutamate, glucose, and acetate. However, predictions of milk protein synthesis exhibited significant mean positive bias, which apparently was associated with the representation of milk protein synthesis. Adjustment of model parameters removed the mean bias, however, prediction accuracy was still inadequate. Simulation of the single reference experiment containing all critical inputs resulted in predictions of milk protein output that explained 53% of the observed variation, suggesting that the limited accuracy of the model when applied to the entire reference data set was due to assumptions regarding missing inputs. Mammary removal of glutamate, isoleucine, lysine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, valine, glycerol, beta -hydroxybutyrate (BHBA), and acetate were predicted less accurately when simulations of the independent data set were conducted. Twenty-five percent of the observed variation in milk protein yields for the independent data set was explained by the model. Refitting parameters for removal of isoleucine, lysine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, valine, glycerol, BHBA, and acetate raised the variation explained to 43%. Sensitivity analysis indicated that milk protein synthesis was responsive to only the five EAA used in its determination, with sensitivity to any single EAA falling to zero as supply of the EAA exceeded protein synthetic needs. Similarly, milk protein synthesis was readily affected by parameters associated with removal and metabolism of the five EAA. Milk lactose was found to be sensitive to glucose input as well as to similar parameters and inputs as milk protein. It is concluded that representation of the milk protein synthesis process as a function of a single limiting EAA may not be adequate and might be better represented by simultaneous consideration of multiple EAA. Additional work on the description of energy metabolism is also suggested.
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- M D Hanigan
- Purina Mills Inc., PO Box 6812, St. Louis, MO 63166-6812, USA
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Cant JP, Trout DR, Qiao F, McBride BW. Milk composition responses to unilateral arterial infusion of complete and histidine-lacking amino acid mixtures to the mammary glands of cows. J Dairy Sci 2001; 84:1192-200. [PMID: 11384046 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(01)74580-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To evaluate a close mammary infusion technique for the study of milk protein responses to blood amino acid profile, five early-lactation, multiparous Holstein cows were surgically fitted with catheters in both external iliac arteries. Animals were infused into one arterial catheter with five different solutions on 5 consecutive days in a Latin square design. Infusions began at 0800 h and continued until 1800 h. The five infusates were a 3% saline control, 15 g/h of complete amino acid mix, 15 g/h of imbalanced amino acid mix (minus His), 30 g/h of complete amino acid mix, and 30 g/h of imbalanced amino acid mix (minus His). Cows were fed a total mixed ration twice daily containing 16% crude protein and 1.7 Mcal/kg of net energy for lactation. Infusion of the complete amino acid mix elevated amino acid concentrations in arterial plasma two- to threefold but caused only a small dose-dependent increase in milk protein content and yield. Fat percentage in milk was decreased from 4.08 to 3.35% by the complete amino acid infusions so that the protein:fat ratio climbed from 0.76 on the control to 0.99 with 30 g/h of amino acid. Removal of His from the infusate caused plasma His concentrations to drop but had no effect on any other circulating amino acids. Milk composition was restored to control levels by removal of the single amino acid. A short-term circulating amino acid imbalance depresses milk protein percentage and increases milk fat content in dairy cows.
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- J P Cant
- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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Bequette BJ, Kyle CE, Crompton LA, Buchan V, Hanigan MD. Insulin regulates milk production and mammary gland and hind-leg amino acid fluxes and blood flow in lactating goats. J Dairy Sci 2001; 84:241-55. [PMID: 11210039 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(01)74474-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We investigated the roles of insulin and amino acid (AA) in regulating milk production and the uptake of AA and blood flow (BF) by the mammary gland and hind-leg of goats (n = 4). During two periods, either saline or AA (65 g/d) was infused i.v. for 7.5 d, and, beginning on d 5, goats were subjected to a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. The insulin clamp elevated plasma insulin levels threefold and insulin-like growth factor-1 by 27%, and euglycemia was maintained by the infusion of glucose. Arterial, mammary, and tarsal vein blood samples were obtained on d 4 and 8 of each period, and blood flow was monitored continuously by probes. Insulin and insulin plus AA infusions increased the yields of milk by 13 to 18% and protein by 10 to 21%, but AA infusion alone had no effect. The insulin clamp reduced milk fat content by 21 to 31% and yield by 8 to 19%, and reduced the yields of milk fatty acids >C16. The insulin clamp increased mammary blood flow by 42%, but insulin and AA infusions both increased hind-leg BF by 29 to 52% and by 25%, respectively. Net uptakes of most plasma AA by the udder were reduced by insulin, whereas AA infusion had no effect. For the leg, the uptake of His and Thr were decreased by insulin, whereas the infusion of AA stimulated the uptake of total essential AA. Insulin increased the uptake of glucose by the udder but not by the leg. This study suggests that the udder and leg tissues respond differently to infusions of insulin and AA; the udder was more responsive to insulin, while the leg was more responsive to AA concentralion (supply), at least in terms of AA uptake and net anabolism (protein gain or secretion).
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- B J Bequette
- Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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This review deals with the cellular mechanisms that transport milk constituents or the precursors of milk constituents into, out of, and across the mammary secretory cell. The various milk constituents are secreted by different intracellular routes, and these are outlined, including the paracellular pathway between interstitial fluid and milk that is present in some physiological states and in some species throughout lactation. Also considered are the in vivo and in vitro methods used to study mammary transport and secretory mechanisms. The main part of the review addresses the mechanisms responsible for uptake across the basolateral cell membrane and, in some cases, for transport into the Golgi apparatus and for movement across the apical membrane of sodium, potassium, chloride, water, phosphate, calcium, citrate, iodide, choline, carnitine, glucose, amino acids and peptides, and fatty acids. Recent work on the control of these processes, by volume-sensitive mechanisms for example, is emphasized. The review points out where future work is needed to gain an overall view of milk secretion, for example, in marsupials where milk composition changes markedly during development of the young, and particularly on the intracellular coordination of the transport processes that result in the production of milk of relatively constant composition at a particular stage of lactation in both placental and marsupial mammals.
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Mackle TR, Dwyer DA, Ingvartsen KL, Chouinard PY, Ross DA, Bauman DE. Effects of insulin and postruminal supply of protein on use of amino acids by the mammary gland for milk protein synthesis. J Dairy Sci 2000; 83:93-105. [PMID: 10659969 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(00)74860-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We examined the relationships between amino acid supply, net utilization of amino acid by the mammary gland, and milk protein yield, in investigations that utilized a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. A two-way crossed factorial design was employed. There were two 12-d periods involving abomasal infusions of either water or a mixture of casein (500 g/d) plus branched-chain amino acids (88 g/d), with a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp during the last 4 d of each period. During the clamp, insulin was infused at 1.0 microg x kg BW(-1) x h(-1) to increase circulating levels fourfold, and euglycemia was maintained by infusion of glucose. The insulin clamp treatments increased milk protein yield by 15 and 25% during abomasal infusion of water or casein plus branched-chain amino acids, respectively. Circulating concentrations of essential amino acids were reduced (33%) during insulin clamp treatments, especially branched-chain amino acids (41%). Arteriovenous difference of essential amino acids across the mammary gland was linearly related to their arterial concentrations. However, milk protein yield was not related to either arterial concentration or arteriovenous difference, for any of the essential amino acids. During insulin clamp treatments, the mammary gland was able to support the increased milk protein yields by increasing extraction efficiency of essential amino acids, mammary blood flow, and glucose uptake. Furthermore, a positive mammary balance of total amino nitrogen and carbon was maintained for all treatments. These adaptations demonstrate the unique ability of the mammary gland to adjust local conditions to allow for an adequate nutrient supply.
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- T R Mackle
- Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4801, USA
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Cheli F, Baldi A, Gregoretti L, Rosi F, Cattaneo D, Dell'Orto V. Changes of plasma insulin, urea, amino acids and rumen metabolites in somatotropin treated dairy cows. Amino Acids 1999; 15:187-94. [PMID: 9871498 DOI: 10.1007/bf01318858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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An experiment was performed to evaluate the effects of somatotropin on plasma free amino acid, urea and insulin concentrations and rumen fermentation pattern and to assess their relationships. Four Italian Friesian dairy cows fitted with rumen cannulae were used in a switch-back design. Slow releasing recombinant bovine somatotropin (640 mg/cow) was injected every 28 days for two consecutive periods. Rumen fluid and blood samples were collected before and after feeding at 0, 7 and 21 days after rbST injection. Exogenous rbST increased plasma insulin concentration and the insulin response to feeding, and decreased plasma urea and free essential and branched chain amino acid concentrations. rbST did not affect rumen fermentation pattern. No correlation was found between rumen and plasma parameters measured after feeding. Our results are consistent with the notion that the main effect of somatotropin is post-absorptive.
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- F Cheli
- Institute of Animal Nutrition, University of Milan, Italy
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Hanigan MD, Cant JP, Weakley DC, Beckett JL. An evaluation of postabsorptive protein and amino acid metabolism in the lactating dairy cow. J Dairy Sci 1998; 81:3385-401. [PMID: 9891282 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(98)75903-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The current protein system utilized in the US was formulated in 1985 with minor modifications in 1989 and has gained widespread acceptance. However, some of the assumptions that were adopted by the National Research Council (NRC) appear to be inconsistent with observational data. The marginal efficiency of conversion of absorbed protein to milk protein was assumed by NRC to be 70% until the requirement for absorbed protein was met and was 0% thereafter. The mean marginal efficiency observed for abomasal casein infusions reported in the literature and collected at the Purina Mills Research Center was 21%. Sorting the data into protein-sufficient and protein-deficient classes did not support the assumptions of 70% marginal efficiency in a deficient state and 0% marginal efficiency in the sufficient state. Analyses of nitrogen balance data and abomasal flow data and the work of Van Straalen et al. (77) indicated that energy status of the animal plays a role in determining the response to absorbed protein. Such a consideration was not included in the NRC model. The adoption of equations that describe metabolism at the organ level as opposed to the animal level would allow direct use of organ level data for parameterization and may provide better predictions. Simple representations of digestion and absorption, splanchnic metabolism, and mammary metabolism of amino acids or protein in aggregate are described. These representations could be used to improve the current system and could serve as a bridge to adoption of more complex models.
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- M D Hanigan
- Dairy Research Group, Purina Mills, Inc., St. Louis, MO 63144, USA
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Baldwin RL, Donovan KC. Modeling ruminant digestion and metabolism. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1998; 445:325-43. [PMID: 9781399 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1959-5_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- R L Baldwin
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis 95616-8521, USA
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Maas JA, France J, Dijkstra J, Bannink A, McBride BW. Application of a mechanistic model to study competitive inhibition of amino acid uptake by the lactating bovine mammary gland. J Dairy Sci 1998; 81:1724-34. [PMID: 9684180 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(98)75740-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A mathematical model is used to describe uptake by a countertransport system and subsequent flow of three amino acids (AA), Phe, Val, and Met, from arterial blood to milk protein in the mammary gland of a lactating cow. The model suggests that total uptake of all AA is higher than net uptake and that a large proportion of the incoming AA is released from the cell directly back to blood. The model is used to predict which of the three AA is limiting the rate of milk protein synthesis and the response to increased arterial concentration of the first-limiting AA. Simulations are performed to predict possible outcomes of several experimental protocols to AA infusion, which might be used to test in vivo the responsiveness of the bovine mammary gland to an altered arterial concentration of AA. Of the three AA considered, arterial Met concentration appears to be first-limiting. The infusion profile that gives the greatest response in milk protein synthesis rate alters the arterial profile of AA such that it is identical to that of proteins originating in the mammary gland. Model construction can be simplified by acknowledging normal biological constraints.
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- J A Maas
- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
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Hanigan MD, France J, Wray-Cahen D, Beever DE, Lobley GE, Reutzel L, Smith NE. Alternative models for analyses of liver and mammary transorgan metabolite extraction data. Br J Nutr 1998; 79:63-78. [PMID: 9505804 DOI: 10.1079/bjn19980010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Alternative models for analyses of liver and mammary transorgan data were formulated and fitted to liver and mammary data sets respectively. The models considered metabolite inputs to and effluxes from an extracellular pool. In general, fits were greatly improved over previous efforts using other models (Miller et al. 1991a; Hanigan et al. 1992; Wray-Cahen et al. 1997). Errors of prediction were generally less than 15% for liver and less than 20% for mammary glands. With the possible exception of glutamine for the udder, all metabolites exhibited linear responses to extracellular concentrations within the observed ranges of inputs. However, prediction biases were evident for beta-hydroxybutyrate, acetate, and propionate by liver and for arginine, histidine, citrulline and glycerol by mammary tissue. These biases were hypothesized to be caused by the existence of additional regulatory complexity. With the exception of histidine, parameter estimates for essential amino acid removal by liver were 2-3-fold lower than for mammary gland. Infusion of an amino acid mixture into the mesenteric vein did not alter parameter estimates for removal of amino acids by the liver. Treatment of cows with bovine somatotropin resulted in changes in mammary parameter estimates for aspartate, glutamate, leucine, phenylalanine, glucose, and glycerol.
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- M D Hanigan
- Purina Mills, Inc., St Louis, MO 63144, USA.
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Lykos T, Varga GA. Varying degradation rates of total nonstructural carbohydrates: effects on nutrient uptake and utilization by the mammary gland in high producing Holstein cows. J Dairy Sci 1997; 80:3356-67. [PMID: 9436118 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(97)76311-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Six ruminally cannulated Holstein cows at 56 to 77 d of lactation were fed three total mixed rations that varied in ruminal degradation rates of total nonstructural carbohydrates (6.04, 6.98, and 7.94%/h). The design was a 3 x 6 Latin square with 21-d experimental periods. Cows were catheterized in the jugular vein and in one of the caudal superficial epigastric veins. Increases in the ruminal degradation rate of total nonstructural carbohydrates 1) elevated mammary blood flow and blood concentrations of nonessential amino acids; 2) decreased arteriovenous differences and extraction rates of essential and most nonessential amino acids, but not of Gln and Glu (analyzed together) and glucose; 3) increased mammary uptake of Gln, Glu, and glucose; milk protein concentrations of Glu, Pro, and Asp; and total nonessential amino acids; and 4) did not alter uptake to output ratios of amino acids in the mammary gland, however, of the nonessential amino acids, only the uptake to output ratios for Glu and Gln increased (19%). Glucose and amino acid arteriovenous differences were not strongly correlated with their arterial concentrations. Increases in the ruminal degradation rate of total nonstructural carbohydrates increased intestinal digestibilities of total nonstructural carbohydrates and protein and increased uptake of energy substrates by the mammary gland, resulting in a 13% improvement in the utilization of nonessential amino acids for milk protein synthesis and in higher milk production and milk protein yields.
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- T Lykos
- Department of Dairy and Animal Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16803, USA
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Griinari JM, McGuire MA, Dwyer DA, Bauman DE, Barbano DM, House WA. The role of insulin in the regulation of milk protein synthesis in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 1997; 80:2361-71. [PMID: 9361208 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(97)76187-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We examined the role of insulin in milk protein synthesis using the hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp approach in combination with abomasal infusion of casein. The two experimental periods consisted of abomasal infusion of water or 0.5 kg/d of casein. An insulin clamp was conducted over the last 4 d of each period. During the insulin clamp, circulating insulin was elevated fourfold, and euglycemia was maintained by the infusion of exogenous glucose. Casein infusion increased milk yield so that milk protein yield was 10% greater than baseline values. Use of the insulin clamp combined with casein infusion increased milk protein yield by 230 g/d (28% greater than baseline values). Milk protein composition was not altered, but content was increased from 3.13% during the baseline period to 3.44% by d 4 of the clamp; calcium concentration in milk increased about 10% to 1.2 g/kg. During the clamp, circulating concentrations of essential amino acids were dramatically reduced. The most pronounced effects were noted for branched-chain amino acids (64% reduction from baseline values). The insulin clamp resulted in alterations in circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I concentrations (increase) as well as IGF-II and IGF-binding protein-2 concentrations (decreases). Overall, results indicated that the ability of the mammary gland to synthesize milk protein does not function at maximum capacity, and there is a previously unrecognized potential to enhance milk protein percentage and yield.
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- J M Griinari
- Department of Animal Science, Valio, Inc., R&D Centre, Helsinki, Finland
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Dijkstra J, France J, Dhanoa MS, Maas JA, Hanigan MD, Rook AJ, Beever DE. A model to describe growth patterns of the mammary gland during pregnancy and lactation. J Dairy Sci 1997; 80:2340-54. [PMID: 9361206 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(97)76185-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Extensive proliferation and death of cells in the mammary gland occur during pregnancy and lactation. In this study, a mechanistic model was developed that yielded a single equation to describe the pattern of mammary growth of mammals throughout pregnancy and lactation. The model contains a single pool, which is the cell population of the mammary gland; one influx, representing cell proliferation; and one efflux, representing cell death. The parameters of the equation lend themselves to direct physiological interpretation. The model fitted data on mammary gland DNA adequately and can be related to current knowledge on factors and inhibitors of mammary gland growth. A unique definition of the parameters of the model can be difficult because of the high degree of variation among animals, an improper number of observations, or timing, as indicated by analyses of simulated data. The model can also be applied to the study of the entire lactation curve. The widely applied gamma equation and the equation that was developed in this study were compared using weekly production data from dairy cows. The new model performed well, particularly when a sharp peak in milk production occurred. The model has the advantage of providing, for the first time, a simple biological description of the lactation curve that can be used to discriminate changes in lactational performance that are associated with experimental treatments.
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- J Dijkstra
- Department of Animal Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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Guinard J, Rulquin H. Effects of graded amounts of duodenal infusions of methionine on the mammary uptake of major milk precursors in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 1995; 78:2196-207. [PMID: 8598404 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(95)76847-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Arteriovenous differences in plasma and rate of blood flow were measured across the udder of four lactating dairy cows to examine the effects of increased supplies of a limiting AA on nutrient balance to the mammary gland. Treatment consisted of graded amounts of duodenal infusions of DL-Met (0, 8, 16, and 32 g/d) over 4-d periods according to a 4 x 4 Latin square design. Cows were fed a diet formulated to meet protein and energy requirements and based on 70:30 corn silage:concentrate ratio and dehydrated alfalfa (1.5 kg/d of DM). The basal diet met 70% of Met requirements. Yields of milk, fat, and protein and milk fat content were unaffected by infusions of Met, but milk protein content tended to increase by 5% to a maximum at the third treatment. Surprisingly, the rate of mammary blood flow declined in response to infusions of Met. The mammary uptake remained constant, nevertheless, for oxygen, energy-yielding nutrients, and nonessential AA. In contrast, the quantity of essential AA taken up by the udder decreased. As a result, milk protein yield seemed sustained by an increased efficiency of the mammary gland. In addition, in response to the Met infusions, the arterial supply of Met nearly increased 3-fold, and the mammary uptake of Met was similar across all treatments. The uptake of Met by the udder seems to be more related to the quantity of Met required for milk protein synthesis than to its concentration in the artery.
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- J Guinard
- Station de Recherches sur la Vache Laitière, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, St-Gilles, France
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Cant JP, McBride BW. Mathematical analysis of the relationship between blood flow and uptake of nutrients in the mammary glands of a lactating cow. J DAIRY RES 1995; 62:405-22. [PMID: 7593827 DOI: 10.1017/s0022029900031113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A dynamic mathematical model of blood flow regulation in the mammary glands of a lactating cow was constructed from a principle of local vasodilator release in response to changes in intracellular adenylate charge. An equation was derived to predict uptake of the milk precursors acetate, glucose, amino acids and fatty acids, as affected by mammary blood flow rate. Metabolism of the precursors to milk components and CO2 was simulated with a set of empirically derived equations. Relative rates of ATP production and utilization regulated both the number of perfused capillaries and the conductance of arteriolar segments in the mammary glands. The model simulated local control phenomena of functional and reactive hyperaemia, and simulation of autoregulation under changing arterial pressure suggested a predominance of precapillary sphincter regulation. It was predicted that an increase in blood flow without the mammary capacity to utilize blood metabolites efficiently would be detrimental to milk synthesis. Conversely, increased blood flow through changes in mammary activity resulted in predictions of higher milk production. It was proposed that the equation for uptake, [equation: see text] be used in analysis of mammary arteriovenous differences.
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- J P Cant
- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Guinard J, Rulquin H. Effects of graded amounts of duodenal infusions of lysine on the mammary uptake of major milk precursors in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 1994; 77:3565-76. [PMID: 7699134 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(94)77300-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Effects of providing a limiting AA on milk secretion and mammary nutrient uptake were investigated using four lactating dairy cows given duodenal infusions of graded amounts of L-Lys-HCl (0, 9, 27, and 63 g/d). Infusions were administered over 4-d periods according to a Latin square design. Diets consisted of a 70:30 corn silage:concentrate ratio supplemented with 1.5 kg of DM/d as dehydrated alfalfa. The basal diet met requirements for energy and protein and was deficient in Lys. Cows were fitted with indwelling catheters inserted into the left carotid and left subcutaneous abdominal veins, and a transit-time flow probe was implanted around the left external pudic artery. Milk, fat, and protein yields were unaffected by infusions of Lys. Milk protein content increased to a maximum with the third treatment, and fat content showed opposite variation. Although arterial concentrations and arteriovenous differences of Lys increased to a plateau with the third treatment, the relationship between arteriovenous differences and arterial concentrations was curvilinear. Infusions of Lys tended to increase the efficiency of N utilization and the mammary extraction rates of AA to synthesize more milk proteins. Initially, Lys was extracted in a direct ratio to its milk output and then taken up in excess by the secretory cells, suggesting that Lys was no longer a limiting factor in milk protein synthesis.
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- J Guinard
- Station de Recherches sur la Vache Laitière, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, St-Gilles, France
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Guinard J, Rulquin H. Effect of graded levels of duodenal infusions of casein on mammary uptake in lactating cows. 2. Individual amino acids. J Dairy Sci 1994; 77:3304-15. [PMID: 7814706 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(94)77271-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The experiment examined patterns of mammary uptake of individual AA when graded amounts of calcium caseinate (0, 177, 362, and 762 g/d) were infused duodenally into four lactating cows. Six blood samples were collected over 12 h from the subcutaneous abdominal vein and the carotid. Mammary blood flow was measured by an ultrasonic flow probe implanted around the external pudic artery. Infusions of casein linearly increased the arterial concentrations of all essential AA and several nonessential AA (Pro, Tyr, Orn, and Cit) and increased, or tended to increase, linearly the mammary arteriovenous differences of all AA except Glu and Ala. Absorption ability of the mammary gland was not reduced in vivo. Relationships between mammary arteriovenous differences and arterial concentrations were positive and linear in every cow for all AA except Asn, Ser, Gly, and Ala. Some essential AA (Lys, Arg, and branched-chain AA) were therefore taken up in excess of their output into milk proteins, but others (His, Thr, Met, and Phe) were almost exclusively extracted by the udder in a direct ratio to their output. As infusions of casein increase, Phe becomes probably the most critical AA for milk synthesis.
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- J Guinard
- Station de Recherches sur la Vache Laitière, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, St-Gilles, France
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Baldwin RL, Emery RS, McNamara JP. Metabolic relationships in the supply of nutrients for milk protein synthesis: integrative modeling. J Dairy Sci 1994; 77:2821-36. [PMID: 7814748 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(94)77222-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The objective of research under the NC-185 regional project is to identify the critical chemical transformations in the rumen, digestive tract, gastrointestinal and splanchnic tissues, and adipose and mammary tissues that define patterns of nutrient utilization in lactating dairy cows. This objective includes research on differences in fermentation, digestion, absorption, and tissue utilization of nutrients in sufficiently different situations to permit estimation of parameters defining various nutrient interconversions. The regional project is utilizing dynamic, mechanistic models of metabolism as tools for integrative analyses of experimental data generated by the group. During the early phases of the project emphasized herein, primary emphasis was on development of models of adipose tissue, mammary gland, liver, rumen, and whole animal metabolism. Serious inadequacies exist in the detail and scope of knowledge of rates of chemical transformations across the wide range of milk yields and nutrient intakes found in production situations. Current knowledge, as described in the various equations and parameters in the models, is presented and discussed. Some characteristics of the current models are illustrated, and methods to utilize the models to identify important experiments are discussed. More cooperative efforts are necessary, including experimental designs that focus on quantification of relationships between input and output, physiological mechanisms that alter patterns of nutrient utilization in lactating dairy cows, and yield estimates of the parameters describing the pre- and postabsorptive uses of feed nutrients.
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- R L Baldwin
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis 95616-8521
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Sniffen CJ, Beverly RW, Mooney CS, Roe MB, Skidmore AL, Black JR. Nutrient requirements versus supply in the dairy cow: strategies to account for variability. J Dairy Sci 1993; 76:3160-78. [PMID: 8227638 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(93)77655-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Dairy producers must overcome substantial challenges to achieve milk outputs > 14,000 kg of milk/yr per cow within the next decade. To obtain high productivity, a more complete comprehension of the dynamics of metabolism, nutrient utilization, and nutrient absorption will enable better prediction of the efficiency of utilization of these nutrients. A better understanding of the dynamics of rumen function and a more accurate prediction of nutrient flow from the rumen are necessary. Grouping strategy and group feeding behavior influence cow productivity and farm profitability. Understanding of the variance of individual cow responses to management practice is critical. Feeding system design and management and diet formulation techniques need to be developed that recognize the dynamic nature of cow physiology and the variability in feedstuffs and cow requirements. These concepts need to be integrated into total farm management and require the use of new computer modeling technologies.
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- C J Sniffen
- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
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Cant J, DePeters E, Baldwin R. Mammary Uptake of Energy Metabolites in Dairy Cows Fed Fat and its Relationship to Milk Protein Depression. J Dairy Sci 1993. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(93)77562-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cant JP, DePeters EJ, Baldwin RL. Mammary amino acid utilization in dairy cows fed fat and its relationship to milk protein depression. J Dairy Sci 1993; 76:762-74. [PMID: 8463488 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(93)77400-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Changes in mammary AA utilization associated with dietary fat-induced milk protein depression were assessed in cows with disturbed AA status. Four first lactation cows fitted with rumen cannulas were assigned to a factorial arrangement of treatments: two diets and two casein infusion sites within a 4 x 4 Latin square design. Diets were formulated with yellow grease at 0 or 4% of DM. An 8% sodium caseinate solution was infused continuously at 5.04 kg/d into the rumen or abomasum during the last 5 d of each 21-d period. Arterial AA concentrations were reduced by dietary fat treatment and increased by abomasal sodium caseinate infusion. Mammary arteriovenous differences of essential AA tended to increase with both abomasal casein infusion and dietary fat treatments. With ruminal casein infusion treatments, yellow grease supplementation increased the percentage of extraction of blood essential AA into mammary tissue. Mammary blood flow rate dropped 7% on high fat treatments, preventing an increase in uptakes of critical AA to accompany the improved efficiency of milk synthesis, which was evident from a significantly reduced ratio of mammary blood flow to milk volume, resulting in depressed milk protein content.
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- J P Cant
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis 95616
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DePeters EJ, Cant JP. Nutritional factors influencing the nitrogen composition of bovine milk: a review. J Dairy Sci 1992; 75:2043-70. [PMID: 1401362 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(92)77964-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- E J DePeters
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis 95616-8521
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