PMID- 26074231 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160301 LR - 20181202 IS - 1525-3198 (Electronic) IS - 0022-0302 (Linking) VI - 98 IP - 8 DP - 2015 Aug TI - The effects of milking frequency on insulin-like growth factor I signaling within the mammary gland of dairy cows. PG - 5422-8 LID - S0022-0302(15)00411-7 [pii] LID - 10.3168/jds.2015-9425 [doi] AB - In dairy cows, short-term changes in milking frequency (MF) in early lactation have been shown to produce both an immediate and a long-term effect on milk yield. The effect of MF on milk yield is controlled locally within mammary glands and could be a function of changes in either number or activity of secretory mammary epithelial cells (MEC). Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) signaling is one candidate factor that could mediate these effects, as it can be controlled locally within mammary glands. Both MEC number and activity can be affected by IGF-I signaling by activating the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt and extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 pathways. To investigate the relationship between MF and IGF-I signaling, udder halves of 17 dairy cows were milked either 4 times a day (4x) or once a day (1x) for 14 d in early lactation. On d 14, between 3 and 5 h following milking, mammary biopsies were obtained from 10 cows from both udder halves, and changes in the expression of genes associated with IGF-I signaling and the activation of the PI3K/Akt and ERK1/2 pathways were measured. The mRNA abundance of IGF type I receptor, IGF binding protein (IGFBP)-3, and IGFBP-5 were lower following 4x milking relative to 1x milking. However, the mRNA abundance of IGF-I was not affected by MF. Both IGFBP3 and IGFBP5 are thought to inhibit IGF-I; therefore, decreases in their mRNA abundance may serve to stimulate the IGF-I signal in the 4x-milked mammary gland. The activation of PI3K/Akt pathway was lower in response to 4x milking relative to 1x, and the activation of the ERK1/2 was unaffected by MF, suggesting that they do not mediate the effects of MF. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 American Dairy Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Murney, R AU - Murney R AD - AgResearch Ltd., Ruakura Research Centre, PB 3123, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand; Institute of Agriculture and Environment, College of Sciences, Massey University, PB 11222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand. Electronic address: regan.murney@agresearch.co.nz. FAU - Stelwagen, K AU - Stelwagen K AD - SciLactis Ltd., Waikato Innovation Park, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. FAU - Wheeler, T T AU - Wheeler TT AD - AgResearch Ltd., Ruakura Research Centre, PB 3123, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. FAU - Margerison, J K AU - Margerison JK AD - Institute of Agriculture and Environment, College of Sciences, Massey University, PB 11222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand. FAU - Singh, K AU - Singh K AD - AgResearch Ltd., Ruakura Research Centre, PB 3123, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Dairy Sci JT - Journal of dairy science JID - 2985126R RN - 0 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, IGF Type 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Cattle MH - Cell Proliferation MH - *Dairying MH - Epithelial Cells/metabolism MH - Female MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3/metabolism MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/genetics/*metabolism MH - Lactation/physiology MH - Mammary Glands, Animal/*metabolism MH - Milk MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Random Allocation MH - Receptor, IGF Type 1/genetics/metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction OTO - NOTNLM OT - cell signaling OT - mammary OT - milk synthesis OT - milking frequency EDAT- 2015/06/16 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/02 06:00 CRDT- 2015/06/16 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/04/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/02 06:00 [medline] AID - S0022-0302(15)00411-7 [pii] AID - 10.3168/jds.2015-9425 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Dairy Sci. 2015 Aug;98(8):5422-8. doi: 10.3168/jds.2015-9425.