Abstract
Effects of Holstein genotype on interleukin-1β response were assessed by ex-vivo stimulation of whole blood with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipoteichoic acid (LTA), or sonicated, heat-killed Gram-negative or Gram-positive bacteria. Holstein genotypes were unselected Holsteins (UH, n = 14) not subjected to selection pressures since the mid-1960s and contemporary Holsteins (CH, n = 13). Milk yield of UH and CH cows differ by more than 4500 kg/lactation. Whole blood was mixed with 0.01 µg LPS, 10 µg LTA or 2.5 × 106 CFU of sonicated, heat-killed E. coli, K. pneumoniae, S. marcescens, S. aureus, S. dysgalactiae, or S. uberis per mL of blood and incubated (4 h, 37 °C). Plasma IL-1β was quantified by ELISA and log10-transformed concentrations analyzed with a multivariate linear mixed effects model. Responses to bacteria were greater than responses to LPS or LTA. Responses to LPS, LTA and the Gram-negative stimulants were greater in UH than in CH cows while responses to the Gram-positive bacteria did not differ between Holstein genotypes. In both genotypes, strong correlations were detected among IL-1β responses to the Gram-negative stimulants and to LTA. There were strong correlations among IL-1β responses to the Gram-positive bacteria in CH cows but only between S. aureus and S. dysgalactiae in UH cows. The IL-1β response to S. uberis was highly correlated with responses to all of the Gram-negative stimulants in CH cows but only with E. coli in the UH cows. The reduced immune response could make contemporary cows more susceptible to infection by Gram-negative bacteria. Results confirm selection practices since the mid-1960s have altered immune response in the Holstein, at least to Gram-negative bacteria, and validate the need for additional studies to further evaluate the impacts of these selection practices on immune function in contemporary Holsteins.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 110573 |
Journal | Veterinary immunology and immunopathology |
Volume | 258 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station , project MIN‐18–125, and by a grant from the Rapid Agricultural Response Fund program of the Minnesota State Legislature and Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station . Cole was supported by appropriated project 8042–31000–002–00-D , “Improving Dairy Animals by Increasing Accuracy of Genomic Prediction, Evaluating New Traits, and Redefining Selection Goals”, of ARS , USDA.
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© 2023 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
- Heat-killed bacteria
- Milk yield genotype
- ex-vivo interleukin-1β response
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article