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ArticleScientific reports2019

A cross-talk between blood-cell neuroplasticity-related genes and environmental enrichment in working dogs.

G Guelfi, A B Casano, L Menchetti, M Bellicci, C Suvieri, L Moscati, P Carotenuto, M M Santoro, S Diverio

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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G GuelfiLaboratory of Ethology and Animal Welfare (LEBA), Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo 4, 0126, Perugia, Italy. gabriella.guelfi@unipg.it.
A B CasanoLaboratory of Ethology and Animal Welfare (LEBA), Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo 4, 0126, Perugia, Italy.
L MenchettiLaboratory of Ethology and Animal Welfare (LEBA), Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo 4, 0126, Perugia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8500-7970
M BellicciLaboratory of Ethology and Animal Welfare (LEBA), Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo 4, 0126, Perugia, Italy.
C SuvieriDepartment of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, Institution of Urological, Andrological Surgery and Minimally Invasive Techniques, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Loc. S. Andrea delle Fratte, 06156, Perugia, Italy.
L MoscatiIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche, Via G. Salvemini 1, 06126, Perugia, Italy.
P CarotenutoGuardia di Finanza, Centro Addestramento e Allevamento Cani, Via Lungolago 46, 06061, Castiglione Del Lago, PG, Italy.
M M SantoroGuardia di Finanza, Centro Addestramento e Allevamento Cani, Via Lungolago 46, 06061, Castiglione Del Lago, PG, Italy.
S DiverioLaboratory of Ethology and Animal Welfare (LEBA), Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Perugia, via San Costanzo 4, 0126, Perugia, Italy. silvana.diverio@unipg.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to identify a panel of blood-cell neuroplasticity-related genes expressed following environmental enrichment stimulation (EE). The Drug detection (DD) training course was an excellent model for the study of EE in the working dog. This research is divided into two experimental trials. In the First Trial, we identified a panel of blood-cell neuroplasticity related-genes associated with DD ability acquired during the training course. In the Second Trial, we assessed the EE additional factor complementary feeding effect on blood-cell neuroplasticity gene expressions. In the First and Second Trials, at different time points of the DD test, blood samples were collected, and NGF, BDNF, VEGFA, IGF1, EGR1, NGFR, and ICE2 blood-cell neuroplasticity related-genes were analyzed. As noted in the First Trial, the DD test in working dogs induced the transient up-regulation of VEGFA, NGF, NGFR, BDNF, and IGF, immediately after the DD test, suggesting the existence of gene regulations. On the contrary, the Second Trial, with feeding implementation, showed an absence of mRNA up-regulation after the DD test. We suppose that complementary feeding alters the systemic metabolism, which, in turn, changes neuroplasticity-related gene blood-cell mRNA. These findings suggested that, in working dogs, there is a cross-talk between blood-cell neuroplasticity-related genes and environmental enrichment. These outcomes could be used to improve future treatments in sensory implementation.

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EnvironmentGene Expression ProfilingAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBlood CellsDogsNeuronal PlasticityRNA, MessengerRNA, Messenger

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PMCPMC6502844

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