Effect of Activation and Inhibition of GPR120 on LTA-induced Expression of Pro-inflammatory Genes and Cell Viability in Mammary Epithelial Cells of Dairy Cows
To investigate the effect of the GPR120 gene on the mitigation of LTA-mediated inflammation in mammary epithelial cells of dairy cows,Mac-T cells were treated with GPR120 activator TUG891 and inhibitor AH7614,and Mac-T cells were stimulated with 20 μg·mL-1 of LTA to construct a mammary inflammatory cell model.The mRNA expression of the relevant intracellular pro-inflammatory factors and their effects on cell viability were examined by qRT-PCR and CCK-8 assay in the Mac-T cell inflammatory response.The results showed that the mRNA expression levels of GPR120 were significantly up-regulated and inhibited by the treatment of GPR120 activator and inhibitor for 3 h.The mRNA expression levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 were significantly up-regulated by the stimulation of Mac-T cells with 20 μg·mL-1 LTA for 24 h(P<0.05).The expression levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 were significantly up-regulated(P<0.05),indicating that the Mac-T cell model of mastitis in cows constructed using LTA was successful,and that LTA stimulation significantly promoted the expression level of GPR120(P<0.05);activation of GPR120 significantly alleviated the release of the inflammatory cytokines TNF-α,IL-6 and IL-1β induced by LTA(P<0.05);and inhibition of GPR120 significantly increased the expression level of GPR120(P<0.05).further significantly exacerbated the high expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α,IL-1β and IL-6 produced by Mac-T cells induced by LTA(P<0.01).Within 48 h of stimulation of Mac-T cells with LTA,cell viability was significantly reduced(P<0.01),while treatment with activator significantly alleviated the reduction in cell viability induced by LTA(P<0.01),which was fur-ther triggered by treatment with inhibitor.It suggested that GPR120 was involved in the LTA-induced inflammatory response in bovine mammary epithelial cells and that activation of GPR120 slowed down the inflammatory response,which provided an important basis for screening for mastitis resistance genes in cows.