Abstract
Respiratory distress is a major cause of mortality in cloned neonatal animals, but its pathogenesis remains poorly understood. Here, we used necropsy and histology procedures to evaluate the lungs of cloned neonatal bovines dying of respiratory distress, finding incomplete lung dilation, alveolar collapse, and thickened alveolar walls. Comparison of the transcriptomes between collapsed lungs of cloned bovines and their normal counterparts revealed 1373 differentially expressed genes in collapsed lungs (p < 0.05, fold change >1.5 or <1.5-1 ), many of which were associated with surfactant biosynthesis, secretion, transport, recycling, and degradation. ERK/MAPK and Notch signaling pathways were among the canonical pathways relevant to surfactant homeostasis. Expression of the genes encoding Surfactant protein B (SPB) and Surfactant protein C (SPC)-which control surfactant lipid packing, spreading, and stability-were significantly lower in collapsed lungs of cloned neonates at the transcript (p < 0.01) and protein levels (p < 0.05) relative to that in normal lungs. Thus, our results provide an initial view into the changes in gene expression in cloned newborns with lung collapse and respiratory distress, and present a valuable reso...Continue Reading
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