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Series GSE49765 Query DataSets for GSE49765
Status Public on Dec 12, 2013
Title Sequencing of milk fat, milk cell, and mammary tissue RNA from rhesus macaques
Organism Macaca mulatta
Experiment type Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary Studies of normal human mammary gland development and function have mostly relied on cell culture, limited surgical specimens, and rodent models. Although RNA extracted from human milk has been used to assay the mammary transcriptome non-invasively, the transcriptome derived from the milk fat layer has not been compared with the mammary-derived transcriptome nor have sources of RNA been quantified in milk. In this study the effects of milk collection and processing on RNA quality and origin were assessed in humans and rhesus macaques. Total RNA in milk was quantitated in acridine orange-stained milk using an automated whole slide scanner and custom-built Globulator software. Total RNA extracted from milk fat, cells in milk, and mammary biopsies of lactating rhesus macaques were compared using RNA sequencing and analysis. Compared with human milk, milk from macaques contained similar amounts of RNA-containing cytoplasmic crescents, but more cells. Total RNA extracted from milk fractions was also evaluated for factors that affect RNA quality. Degradation of RNA extracted from human milk fat was positively correlated with geographic distance from collection site, storage time, and sample type. There were no differences in RNA degradation in macaque milk collected after 10 min or 4 hr accumulation, suggesting that degradation of RNA extracted from milk fat may not occur in the mammary gland. Using RNA-Seq, RNA extracted from macaque milk fat and cells in milk more accurately represented RNA from mammary epithelial cells (cells that produce milk) than did RNA from mammary tissue. Mammary epithelium-specific transcripts were more abundant in macaque milk fat whereas adipose or stroma-specific transcripts were more abundant in mammary tissue. Functional analyses confirmed the validity of milk as a source of RNA from mammary epithelial cells. Analysis of highly abundant putative microRNAs in macaque milk fat revealed a potentially novel non-coding RNA species that is conserved in humans. RNA extracted from the milk fat during lactation accurately portrayed the RNA profile of milk-producing mammary epithelial cells. However, this sample type clearly requires protocols that minimize RNA degradation.
 
Overall design Transcript profiles from milk cells, milk fat, and mammary tissue from 6 lactating rhesus macaques at 30 and 90 days lactation; 34 samples run in triplicate
 
Contributor(s) Lemay DG
Citation(s) 24330573
Submission date Aug 11, 2013
Last update date May 15, 2019
Contact name Danielle G Lemay
E-mail(s) dglemay@ucdavis.edu
Organization name University of California Davis
Department Genome Center
Street address 451 Health Sciences Dr
City Davis
State/province CA
ZIP/Postal code 95616
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL14954 Illumina HiSeq 2000 (Macaca mulatta)
Samples (102)
GSM1206704 m_2_1_i2
GSM1206705 m_2_1_i4
GSM1206706 m_2_1_i5
Relations
BioProject PRJNA214874
SRA SRP028716

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GSE49765_master_monkey_transcripts_FPKM.txt.gz 11.5 Mb (ftp)(http) TXT
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