Genomic Regions and Candidate Genes Affecting Response to Heat Stress with Newcastle Virus Infection in Commercial Layer Chicks Using Chicken 600K Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Array
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2024-02-24
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Wang, Ying
Saelao, Perot
Chanthavixay, Ganrea
Gallardo, Rodrigo A.
Fulton, Janet E.
Dekkers, Jack M.
Kelly, Terra R.
Zhou, Huaijun
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Heat stress results in significant economic losses to the poultry industry. Genetics plays an important role in chickens adapting to the warm environment. Physiological parameters such as hematochemical parameters change in response to heat stress in chickens. To explore the genetics of heat stress resilience in chickens, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted using Hy-Line Brown layer chicks subjected to either high ambient temperature or combined high temperature and Newcastle disease virus infection. Hematochemical parameters were measured during three treatment phases: acute heat stress, chronic heat stress, and chronic heat stress combined with NDV infection. Significant changes in blood parameters were recorded for 11 parameters (sodium (Na+, potassium (K+), ionized calcium (iCa2+), glucose (Glu), pH, carbon dioxide partial pressure (PCO2), oxygen partial pressure (PO2), total carbon dioxide (TCO2), bicarbonate (HCO3), base excess (BE), and oxygen saturation (sO2)) across the three treatments. The GWAS revealed 39 significant SNPs (p < 0.05) for seven parameters, located on Gallus gallus chromosomes (GGA) 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, and 12. The significant genomic regions were further investigated to examine if the genes within the regions were associated with the corresponding traits under heat stress. A candidate gene list including genes in the identified genomic regions that were also differentially expressed in chicken tissues under heat stress was generated. Understanding the correlation between genetic variants and resilience to heat stress is an important step towards improving heat tolerance in poultry.
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This article is published as Wang, Ying, Perot Saelao, Ganrea Chanthavixay, Rodrigo A. Gallardo, Anna Wolc, Janet E. Fulton, Jack M. Dekkers, Susan J. Lamont, Terra R. Kelly, and Huaijun Zhou. 2024. "Genomic Regions and Candidate Genes Affecting Response to Heat Stress with Newcastle Virus Infection in Commercial Layer Chicks Using Chicken 600K Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Array" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25, no. 5: 2640. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25052640. Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.