1. Steroidome and metabolome analysis in gilt saliva to identify potential biomarkers of boar effect receptivity
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L. Haddad, Doryan Grivault, Cécile Douet, Philippe Liere, Jonathan Savoie, Armelle Prunier, Ghylène Goudet, Stéphane Ferchaud, Antoine Roinsard, A. Pianos, F. Montigny, Florence Maupertuis, Sylviane Boulot, Lydie Nadal-Desbarats, Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage [Rennes] (PEGASE), AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Imagerie et cerveau (iBrain - Inserm U1253 - UNIV Tours ), Université de Tours-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Expérimentale Elevages Porcins Innovants (GenESI), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), INSERM U1195, Unité Expérimentale de Physiologie Animale de l‘Orfrasiére (UE PAO), Chambre Régionale d'Agriculture des Pays de la Loire, Institut Technique de l'Agriculture Biologique (ITAB), Institut du Porc (IFIP), AgriBio4, Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Goudet, Ghylène, Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur] (IFCE)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-INSTITUT AGRO Agrocampus Ouest, and Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)
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Male ,endocrine system ,Saliva ,BOAR ,Porcine ,Swine ,040301 veterinary sciences ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Androstenediol ,Biology ,Male effect ,SF1-1100 ,Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry ,0403 veterinary science ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Animal science ,Metabolites ,Metabolome ,Animals ,Sexual Maturation ,Ovulation ,media_common ,2. Zero hunger ,Estrous cycle ,urogenital system ,0402 animal and dairy science ,Reproducibility of Results ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,040201 dairy & animal science ,Animal culture ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,chemistry ,Steroids ,Female ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Reproduction ,Biomarkers ,Hormone - Abstract
International audience; Optimal management of gilt reproduction requires oestrus synchronization. Hormonal treatments are used for this purpose, but there is a growing demand for non-hormonal alternatives, especially in organic farms. The boar effect is an important alternative opportunity to induce and synchronize oestrus without hormones. Before puberty, gilts exhibit a 'waiting period' during which boar exposure could induce and synchronize the first ovulation. We searched for salivary biomarkers of this period of boar effect receptivity to improve detection of the gilts to stimulate with the perspective of enhancing the efficacy of the boar effect. Saliva samples were collected from 30 Large-White×Landrace crossbred gilts between 140 and 175 days of age. Gilts were exposed twice a day to a boar and subjected to oestrus detection from 150 to 175 days of age. Among the 30 gilts, 10 were detected in oestrus 4 to 7 days after the first introduction of the boar and were considered receptive to the boar effect, 14 were detected in oestrus more than 8 days after first boar contact, and six did not show oestrus and were considered non-receptive. Saliva samples from six receptive and six non-receptive gilts were analyzed for steroidome and for metabolome using gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, respectively. Four saliva samples per gilt were analyzed: 25 days and 11 days before boar introduction, the day of boar introduction, 3 days later for receptive gilts or 7 days later for non-receptive gilts. Twenty-nine steroids and 31 metabolites were detected in gilt saliva. Salivary concentrations of six steroids and three metabolites were significantly different between receptive and non-receptive gilts: progesterone and glycolate 25 days before boar introduction, 3α5β20α- and 3β5α20β-hexahydroprogesterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, androstenediol, succinate, and butyrate 11 days before boar introduction, and 3β5α-tetrahydroprogesterone on the day of boar introduction. Thus, nine potential salivary biomarkers of boar effect receptivity were identified in our experimental conditions. Further studies with higher numbers of gilts and salivary sampling points are necessary to ascertain their reliability.
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- 2021
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