China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2024, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (11): 5097-5107.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2024.11.044

• Basic Veterinary Medicine • Previous Articles    

Effect of Plasma-derived Exosomes on LPS-induced MAC-T Cell Inflammation in Dairy Cows with Mastitis

LI Yang, WANG Zhaoyuan, HE Xingli, LIU Peng, WANG Zi, LI Xiaolin, SONG Yangyang, SHEN Binglei   

  1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, China
  • Received:2024-03-17 Published:2024-10-31

Abstract: 【Objective】 Exosomes are key factors in cellular communication and establishment of tissue microenvironment,and they have a regulatory role in inflammatory processes.This study was aimed to investigate the role of plasma-derived exosomes from dairy cows in the regulation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation in mammary epithelial cells (MAC-T) of dairy cows. 【Method】 In this study,venous blood was collected from healthy and mastitis-affected dairy cows,and plasma was obtained after centrifugation,and plasma-derived exosomes were isolated by ultracentrifugation.The expression of pro-inflammatory factors after incubation of plasma-derived exosomes from dairy cows was detected by Real-time quantitative PCR.Western blotting was used to verify the expression of NF-κB pathway proteins TLR4,MyD88 and TNF-α after incubation of plasma-derived exosomes from dairy cows.The effects of plasma-derived exosomes from dairy cows on the proliferation as well as apoptosis of MAC-T cells were verified by CCK8 and Hoechst staining. 【Result】 Real-time quantitative PCR results showed that plasma-derived exosomes from dairy cows with mastitis significantly down-regulated the expression of pro-inflammatory factors IL-6,IL-23,IL-1α,NFRK,MyD88,TNF-α and IL-1β genes mRNA compared with LPS group (P<0.05). Plasma-derived exosomes from healthy cows significantly inhibited mRNA expression of the IL-1β gene (P<0.05).Western blotting results showed that the plasma-derived exosomes from dairy cows with mastitis significantly decreased the expression of the NF-κB pathway proteins TLR4,MyD88 and TNF-α (P<0.05). NF-κB pathway protein expression in plasma-derived exosomes from healthy cows was not significantly different from that of the LPS group (P>0.05). CCK8 and Hoechst staining results showed that plasma-derived exosomes from dairy cows with mastitis could promote cell proliferation and alleviate apoptosis compared with LPS group. Plasma-derived exosomes from healthy cows restored some cell viability. 【Conclusion】 The results indicated that plasma-derived exosomes from dairy cows with mastitis could alleviate LPS-induced inflammation of MAC-T cells through NF-κB pathway.This study would provide a theoretical basis for the anti-inflammatory role played by plasma-derived exosomes in dairy cow mastitis,and at the same time laid the foundation for the clinical application of plasma-derived exosomes.

Key words: plasma-derived exosomes; NF-κB pathway; anti-inflammatory; dairy cow mastitis

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