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BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02339-x
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Buffalo milk; Exosomal miRNA; Cell-cell communication; Immune and metabolism
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- projects of Guangdong Provincial Promotion Project on Preservation and Utilization of Local Breed of Livestock and Poultry
- major scientific projects in general colleges and Universities of Guangdong Province [2017KTSCX023]
- Opening Foundation of The State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agrobioresources [OSKL201502]
- Natural Science Foundation of China Program [31802032]
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Background Buffalo milk is rich in various nutritional components and bioactive substances that provide more essential health benefits to human body. Recently, exosome identified in the breast milk has been reported as a neotype nutrient and can mediate intercellular communication with exosomal miRNAs. In the present study, we therefore hypothesized that exosome-derived miRNAs from buffalo milk would play the potential physiological importance of consumption of buffalo milk. Results We isolated exosomes from buffalo and cow milk samples that were obtained at mid-lactation period, and the exosomal miRNA profiles were then generated using miRNA-seq. In addition, miRNAomes of pig, human and panda milk exosomes were downloaded from GEO database. Finally, a total of 27 milk exosomal miRNA profiles that included 4 buffalo, 4 cow, 8 pig, 4 human and 7 panda were analyzed using the miRDeep2 program. A total of 558 unique miRNA candidates existed across all species, and the top 10 highly expressed miRNA were evolutionarily conserved across multiple species. Functional analysis revealed that these milk enriched miRNAs targeted 400 putative sites to modulate disease resistance, immune responsiveness and basic metabolism events. In addition, a total of 32 miRNAs in buffalo milk were significantly up-regulated compared with non-buffalo milks, while 16 were significantly down-regulated. Of interest, functional analysis showed that up-regulated miRNAs were mainly related to host metabolism processes, while the predicted functions of down-regulated miRNAs were enriched in immune response. Conclusion In this study, we explored the exosomal miRNAome differences between milks of different animals, expanding the theoretical basis for potential applications of the miRNA-containing vesicles.
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