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ArticleScientific reports2017

Effect of dietary Astragalus Polysaccharide supplements on testicular miRNA expression profiles and enzymatic changes of breeder cocks.

Shengru Wu, Xiaochun Ren, Yulong Li, Wei Guo, Xinyu Lei, Junhu Yao, Xiaojun Yang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shengru WuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Xiaochun RenCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Yulong LiCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Wei GuoCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Xinyu LeiCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Junhu YaoCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Xiaojun YangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Northwest A&F University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astragalus Polysaccharide (APS) is an important feed additive due to its immunomodulatory functions. Previous studies have proven that miRNAs play important roles in posttranscriptional gene regulation. Our goals were to identify differentially expressed miRNAs in testes in responses to APS dietary supplements and to find the effects of APS on breeder cock testes. We measured several enzymatic activities in testes and sperm samples and further generated miRNA expression profiles of testes from breeder cocks fed with control diets and extra APS. As a result, we found APS could increase testicular functional activities of marker enzymes. Meanwhile, there were 16 up-regulated and 17 down-regulated miRNAs in APS group, compared with the control group meeting the criteria of P-values < 0.05. Meanwhile, twelve differentially expressed miRNAs were validated by Mir-XTM miRNA RT-qPCR. Further GO and KEGG analyses of target genes for differentially expressed miRNAs revealed that some miRNAs may be involved in testicular nutrient metabolisms and NK cell mediated cytotoxicity pathway. Moreover, the effect of dietary APS supplements on NK cell mediated cytotoxicity pathway was also validated by RT-qPCR. Our results provided a novel insight into the effect of dietary APS supplements on testicular miRNA expression profiles and enzymatic changes of breeder cocks.

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Dietary SupplementsGene Expression ProfilingAnimalsAstragalus PlantChickensCytotoxicity, ImmunologicGene Expression RegulationImmunologic FactorsKiller Cells, NaturalMaleMicroRNAsPolysaccharidesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionTestisImmunologic FactorsMicroRNAsPolysaccharides

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PMID28054553
PMCPMC5214674
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