Metabolic Response to Heat Stress in Late-Pregnant and Early Lactation Dairy Cows: Implications to Liver-Muscle Crosstalk
Fig 3
Muscle fatty acid oxidation gene expression is affected by heat stress.
mRNA abundances of (A) acyl-CoA dehydrogenase very long chain (ACADVL), (B) 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HADH), (C) peroxisomal acyl-coenzyme A oxidase 1 (ACOX1), (D) peroxisomal acetyl-coenzyme A acyltransferase 1 (ACAA1), and (E) peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PPARGC1A). Muscle samples were obtained after ad libitum feeding in P1 at thermoneutral conditions (P1 (TN-AL), black) and after 6 days (P2) of HS (red) or PF (blue) cows in the ante partum (ap) and post partum (pp) period, respectively. Data are from HSap n = 7, PFap n = 5, HSpp n = 6, PFpp n = 6 RNA samples. * P<0.05, † 0.05< P< 0.07.