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Assessment of Prenatal Transportation Stress and Sex on Gene Expression Within the Amygdala of Brahman Calves.

Emilie C Baker, David G Riley, Rodolfo C Cardoso, Thomas B Hairgrove, Charles R Long, Ronald D Randel, Thomas H Welsh

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Article in Biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Emilie C BakerDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX 79016, USA.
David G RileyDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2353-7823
Rodolfo C CardosoDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2466-5205
Thomas B HairgroveDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Charles R LongDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Ronald D RandelDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Thomas H WelshDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2212-172X

Funding

United States Department of Agriculture 2018-67015-28131 and 2019-67015-2957
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the amygdala is associated with fear and anxiety, it is important to determine the potential effects of gestational stressors on behavior and stress responses in offspring. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of prenatal transportation stress on amygdala gene expression in 25-day-old Brahman calves, focusing on sex-specific differences. Amygdala tissue samples from prenatally stressed (PNS) and control bull and heifer calves were analyzed using RNA sequencing. A thorough outlier detection process, utilizing visual inspection of multidimensional scaling plots, robust principal component analysis, and PCAGrid methods, led to the exclusion of 5 of 32 samples from subsequent analyses. Differential expression analysis revealed no significant treatment differences between the control and PNS groups within either sex. However, sex-specific differences in gene expression were identified in both the control and PNS groups. The control group showed seven differentially expressed genes between sexes, while ten were identified between PNS males and females, with seven located on the X chromosome. Among these was the ubiquitin-specific peptidase 9 X-linked gene, which plays a role in neurodevelopmental pathways. When comparing males to females, regardless of treatment, a total of 58 genes were differentially expressed, with 45 showing increased expression in females. Gene enrichment analysis indicated that many differentially expressed genes are associated with infectious disease-related pathways. Future research should explore amygdala size and functional responses to various postnatal stimuli.

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amygdalabovinegene expressionoutliersprenatal stress

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PMID39596870
PMCPMC11592456

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