Changes in the Qualitative Composition of the milk of Holstein Cows During Summer Chronic Heat Stress

Seasonal summer heat stress leads to significant economic losses, resulting in a drop in milk yield in dairy cows and a deterioration in milk quality. The purpose of this study was to determine the changes in some qualitative parameters of milk in Holstein cows during chronic heat stress on one of the largest commercial dairy farms Ukraine (50°49′14″ N, 31°49′23″ E). Five multiparous cows of medium lactation with a milk yield of about 30 kg per day were randomly selected into the reference (in the spring, at the end of May) and the experimental group (in the summer, at the end of August). Milk samples were taken from cows during the morning milking. Qualitative analysis of milk included the identification of milk solids-not-fat, density, mass fraction of lactose, fat, protein and minerals, as well as the freezing point, electrical conductivity and active acidity using ultrasonic method. Animals were kept in naturally ventilated barns. The total mixed single-type balanced diet consisting of corn silage and concentrates that the cows received remained unchanged. The sampling of milk from cows of the experimental group was preceded by a continuous 26-day hot period, during which the maximum daily values of the temperature and humidity index did not fall below 72 units. The results showed that in the milk of the animals of the experimental group there was a significant decrease in the content of milk solids-not-fat, the mass fraction of fat and protein (P0.05). The mass fraction of lactose and minerals tended to increase. It should be noted that the average daily milk yield of dairy cows in the herd in spring and summer was almost at the same level. In conclusion, the results of the study showed that high summer temperatures lead to a deterioration in the quality of milk in Holstein cows. Despite the decrease in milk density and freezing point, these figures met the requirements of the standard. Organoleptic indicators of milk, electrical conductivity and active acidity of milk did not change in hot weather, their value indicated the naturalness of milk. The mass fraction of milk fat, which undergoes the greatest change under the influence of seasonal heat stress, is one of the most valuable components of milk, which has a direct effect on nutritional value and purchase price of raw milk. Therefore, a further deeper study of the fatty acid composition of milk using the method of chromato-mass spectrometry will provide valuable data necessary to search for possible herd management strategies to maintain high milk quality under conditions of seasonal heat stress

Correlation between emotional-affective disorders and gut microbiota composition in patients with Parkinson's disease

Background: Despite the efforts of scientific community the data available on the correlation between emotional-affective symptoms of Parkinson's disease and changes in microbiome is still scarce. Deeper studies of nonmotor symptoms evident in premotor stages of the disease and the reciprocal influence of microbiota may help to understand the etiology and pathogenesis of PD neurodegeneration better. The aim of the study was to discover the relations between emotional-affective disorders prevalent in PD population and changes in gut microbiota composition. Methods:51 patient diagnosed with PD participated in the study. Every participant's emotional-affective state was examined using Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Taxonomic richness of microbiome was studied using 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing, bioinformatics, and statistical analysis. Results: Anxiety and depression are prevalent affective disorders in patients with PD. In our study, most of the subjects demonstrated certain anxiety and depression. Taxonomic diversity of gut microbiota in BP was increasing with the increase in anxiety levels, reaching the maximum in the group with subclinical anxiety, and decreasing in the group with clinically significant anxiety disorder. At the species level, patients with clinically significant anxiety had higher abundance of Clostridium clariflavum compared to the anxiety-free patients. Patients with moderate depression were characterized by the higher prevalence of Christensenella minuta, Clostridium disporicum, and Oscillibacter valericigenes compared to subjects without depression or with mild depression. Conclusion: The data we received in our study allow better understanding of PD pathogenesis

ПРИМЕНЕНИЕ БИОУПРАВЛЕНИЯ В РЕАБИЛИТАЦИИ ПАЦИЕНТОВ С БОЛЕЗНЬЮ ПАРКИНСОНА

The effectiveness of a self regulation technique based on the biological feedback (BFB) has been studied during treatment in patients with Parkinson's desease. The specific recommendations for patients with Par­kinson's desease have been determined taking into account an appearance of the distinctive symptoms. The treatment method based on the BFB has been realized. The controllable physiological signals both electrocardiography and electromyography have been used in this method. The rehabilitation psycho-physiological complex “Reakor” has been used for the treatment and diagnostic procedures as well. The statistical analysis of the effectiveness of the self regulation method was performed. It has been shown the combination of medication and biofeedback training aids in the normalization of personal emotional parameters.Проведено исследование эффективности применения метода функциональной саморегуляции на основе биологической обратной связи (БОС) при лечении болезни Паркинсона (БП). Определены дифференцированные показания к применению БОС-терапии для пациентов с БП с учетом выраженности отдельных симптомов болезни. Реализована методика, основанная на БОС, с использованием управляемых физиологических электрокардиографических и миографических сигналов. Для проведения лечебных и профилактических немедикаментозных процедур использовался реабилитационный психофизиологический комплекс «Реакор». Выполнен статистический анализ эффективности применения метода функциональной саморегуляции. Показано, что сочетание медикаментозного лечения БП с сеансами биорегуляции способствует значимой нормализации показателей эмоционально-личностной сферы

Связана ли микрофлора кишечника с болезнью Паркинсона?

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with a complex pathogenesis. Today more and more studies are focusing on microbiota-gut-brain axis searching the causes of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory processes.The aim of our study is to determine the relationship between the composition of gut microbiota and clinical manifestations of PD.Materials and methods. We examined 89 patients with a PD diagnosis. Clinical assessment was performed including medical history collection, rating disease stage using Hoehn and Yahr scale. Motor and nonmotor symptoms as well as possible complication were examined using the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale. In addition, patients were asked to fill in Parkinson’s Well-Being Map and defecation diary that included Bristol scale. DNA isolation was performed in accordance with the method described. Preparation of libraries and amplicon sequencing of marker variable region V3–V4 of bacterial 16S rRNA genes was performed with MiSeq device (Illumina, USA) according to manufacturer’s standard protocol. Filtering readings by quality and their taxonomic classification were carried out using QIIME version 1.9.0 software. The assessment of statistical differences in abundance of taxonomic units among the groups of patients was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 23.1 software.As a result, we have identified significant differences in the abundance of seven genera among the groups of patients with different forms of the disease. We identified about 40 genera constituting 54.8% of the intestinal microbiota, that had a correlation with the clinical manifestations of the disease. These microorganisms might be involved in the pathogenesis of PD and, thus, require more clinical research in the light of emerging new methods of altering microbiotic composition by correcting dysbiosis to improve disease management and outcome. Болезнь Паркинсона (БП) – это нейродегенеративное заболевание со сложным патогенезом. В поисках причин развития нейродегенеративного и нейровоспалительного процесса все большую роль отводят оси «микробиота – кишечник – мозг».Цель исследования – выявление связи между составом микробиоты кишечника и клиническими проявлениями БП.Материал и методы. Было обследовано 89 пациентов с диагнозом БП. Был учтен анамнез, тяжесть болезни по шкале Хен и Яра, произведена оценка степени проявлений БП с помощью Унифицированной шкалы оценки проявлений БП. Дополнительно пациентами были заполнены карты оценки самочувствия пациента с болезнью Паркинсона (Parkinson’s Well-Being Map). Для оценки консистенции каловых масс использовалась Бристольская шкала. Выделение ДНК проводилось в соответствии с ранее описанной методикой. Подготовка библиотек и ампликонное секвенирование маркерного вариабельного участка V3–V4 бактериальных генов 16S рРНК проводились на приборе MiSeq (Illumina, США) согласно стандартному протоколу производителя. Фильтрация прочтений по баллам качества и их таксономическая классификация проведены с помощью программного обеспечения QIIME версии 1.9.0. Осуществлена оценка α- и β-разнообразия, проанализированы различия в представленности отдельных таксономических единиц между группами пациентов при использовании программного обеспечения IBM SPSS Statistics 23.1.Результаты. Выявлены значимые различия в представленности семи родов между группами пациентов с разными формами заболевания. Всего было идентифицировано около 40 родов, относительная представленность которых в сумме составила 54,8% от общего микробиотического состава кишечника, причем часть родов имели корреляции с клиническими проявлениями заболевания.Заключение. Вероятно, эти микроорганизмы могут являться непосредственными участниками патогенеза БП и требуют более пристального внимания в свете новых тенденций воздействия на организм путем коррекции микробиотического состава кишечника

Сравнительный анализ кишечной микробиоты при болезни Паркинсона и других неврологических заболеваниях

Currently the role of microbiota in diseases pathogenesis, its therapeutic and diagnostic potential are of the utmost interest for scientists and medical doctors. Parkinson’s disease is neurodegenerative disorder for which microbiota’s dysbiosis was previously shown.The main goal of the study is to compare the colon microbiota composition in case of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological pathologies, including idiopathic familial dystonia, essential tremor, multiple sclerosis, multiple system atrophy in order to determine the intestinal flora landscape specific to Parkinson’s disease.Material and methods. One hundred twenty-six patients, 93 with Parkinson’s disease and 33 with other neurological pathology were examined. For all patients, physical examination and fecal samples collection were performed. Microbiota taxonomic composition was analyzed by sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes followed by bioinformatic and statistical analysis.As a result of the study, significant differences between groups in microbiota composition were found. Gut microbiota of patients with Parkinson’s disease was characterized by increase of Desulfovibrio piger, Lactobacillus mucosae, Yokenella regensburgei, Alistipes indistinctus, Oscillospira capillosus, Clostridium bolteae, Soleaferrea massiliensis, Butyricimonas virosa, Dorea massiliensis, Victivallis vadensis abundances. Patients with other neurological diseases had increased levels of bacteria belonging to Blautia, Intestinibacter, Coprococcus genera and Anoxystipes fissicatena, Fusobacterium periodonticum, Gemmiger formicilis, Papillibacter cinnamivorans, Roseburia faecis, Lachnoclostridium indolis, Clostridium populeti, Clostridium tertium, Roseburia intestinalis, Eubacterium desmolans, Eubacterium cylindroides, Clostridium clariflavum, Eubacterium eligens, Coprococcus eutactus, Intestinibacter bartlettii species in their gut microbiota.Consequently, gut microbiota in case of Parkinson’s disease was different from the microbiota of patients with other neurological diseases, including neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders, in terms of taxonomic diversity and composition. В настоящее время большой интерес представляет роль микробиоты в патогенезе различных болезней, а также ее диагностический и терапевтический потенциал. Болезнь Паркинсона – нейродегенеративное заболевание, для которого было показано изменение состава кишечной микробиоты в сравнении со здоровым контролем.Цель данного исследования – сравнительная характеристика кишечной микробиоты лиц с болезнью Паркинсона и другими неврологическими заболеваниями, включая идиопатическую семейную дистонию, эссенциальный тремор, рассеянный склероз, множественную системную атрофию для определения микробиотического ландшафта, характерного именно для болезни Паркинсона.Материал и методы. В исследование были включены 93 пациента с диагнозом болезни Паркинсона и 33 пациента с иными неврологическими заболеваниями. Для каждого пациента проведено физикальное обследование и собраны образцы фекалий. Определение состава микробиоты проводилась секвенированием бактериальных генов 16S рРНК с последующим биоинформатическим и статистическим анализом.Результаты. При сравнительном анализе состава микробиоты были найдены значимые различия. Микробиота кишечника лиц с болезнью Паркинсона характеризовалась увеличением содержания бактерий видов Desulfovibrio piger, Lactobacillus mucosae, Yokenella regensburgei, Alistipes indistinctus, Oscillospira capillosus, Clostridium bolteae, Soleaferrea massiliensis, Butyricimonas virosa, Dorea massiliensis, Victivallis vadensis. У лиц с другими неврологическими заболеваниями преобладали бактерии родов Blautia, Intestinibacter, Coprococcus и видов Anoxystipes fissicatena, Fusobacterium periodonticum, Gemmiger formicilis, Papillibacter cinnamivorans, Roseburia faecis, Lachnoclostridium indolis, Clostridium populeti, Clostridium tertium, Roseburia intestinalis, Eubacterium desmolans, Eubacterium cylindroides, Clostridium clariflavum, Eubacterium eligens, Coprococcus eutactus, Intestinibacter bartlettii.Выводы. Микробиота кишечника при болезни Паркинсона отличается по таксономическому разнообразию и бактериальному составу от микробиоты пациентов с другими неврологическими заболеваниями, в том числе нейровоспалительными и нейродегенеративными.

A role of the gastrointestinal tract microbiota in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease

peer reviewedMicrobiota is a community of microorganisms, viruses, protozoa, colonizing the gut. There are tight phylogenetic relationships between the gut microbiota and the human body, the disturbance of which may lead to the CNS dysfunction as well as to the development of neurodegenerative diseases. This review focuses on general and specific aspects of the influence of gut microbiota on the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Current theories and models of the relationship between microbiota and brain structures in PD are presented with a specific focus on neurochemical and immunological aspects of the problem. © 2016, Media Sphera. All rights reserved

Parkinson's disease and polymorphisms of the glutamatergic system genes GRIN2A, SLC1A2, and GRIK4

Parkinson's disease (PD) is now increasingly considered as a multi-system disorder associated with multi-neurotransmitter dysfunction, so it is important to search for genetic risk factors that determine different clinical types of this disease. Objective: to investigate the associations of PD with the polymorphic variants of glutamatergic system genes, such as GRIN2A encoding the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor; SLC1A2 encoding the glial glutamate transporter; and GRIK4 encoding the ionotropic glutamate kainate receptor. Patients and methods. Examinations were made in 222 patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and 318 healthy individuals, who were an ethnic Russian population from the Siberian Region. Genotyping using one single-nucleotide polymorphism was performed in three glutamatergic system genes: the polymorphisms were rs2650427 in the GRIN2A gene, rs4354668 in the SLC1A2 gene, and rs1954787 in the GRIK4 gene. The results were statistically processed using the SPSS Statistics 23.0. Results and discussion. In the group of patients with tremor-dominant PD, the GRIK4 polymorphism rs1954787 showed a considerable increase in frequency of the T allele (66.7%) and a reduction in that of the C allele (33.3%) as compared to their distribution in the control group (42.1 and 57.9%, respectively; χ2 =7.70; p=0.006). The odds ratio (OR) was calculated for all of the genotypes and alleles of the investigated polymorphisms; the ratio showed that the C allele of the GRIK4 polymorphism rs1954787 had a protective effect (OR, 0.36; 95% CI, 0.17–0.76), whereas the T allele (OR, 2.75; 95% CI, 1.32–5.75) and the homozygous TT genotype (OR, 3.40; 95% CI, 1.21–9.53) were found to predispose to the development of tremor-dominant PD. Conclusion. The found significant association of the GRIK4 polymorphism rs1954787 with the tremor-dominant PD may suggest that abnormalities in the glutamatergic system play a role in the pathophysiological processes of the disease

Is gut microbiota associated with Parkinson’s disease?

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with a complex pathogenesis. Today more and more studies are focusing on microbiota-gut-brain axis searching the causes of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory processes.The aim of our study is to determine the relationship between the composition of gut microbiota and clinical manifestations of PD.Materials and methods. We examined 89 patients with a PD diagnosis. Clinical assessment was performed including medical history collection, rating disease stage using Hoehn and Yahr scale. Motor and nonmotor symptoms as well as possible complication were examined using the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale. In addition, patients were asked to fill in Parkinson’s Well-Being Map and defecation diary that included Bristol scale. DNA isolation was performed in accordance with the method described. Preparation of libraries and amplicon sequencing of marker variable region V3–V4 of bacterial 16S rRNA genes was performed with MiSeq device (Illumina, USA) according to manufacturer’s standard protocol. Filtering readings by quality and their taxonomic classification were carried out using QIIME version 1.9.0 software. The assessment of statistical differences in abundance of taxonomic units among the groups of patients was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 23.1 software.As a result, we have identified significant differences in the abundance of seven genera among the groups of patients with different forms of the disease. We identified about 40 genera constituting 54.8% of the intestinal microbiota, that had a correlation with the clinical manifestations of the disease. These microorganisms might be involved in the pathogenesis of PD and, thus, require more clinical research in the light of emerging new methods of altering microbiotic composition by correcting dysbiosis to improve disease management and outcome

Olfactory dysfunction and modification in microbiota as early non-motor manifestations of Parkinson’s disease

The purpose of this paper is to study the most common non-motor symptoms of the Parkinson’s disease (PD): olfactory dysfunction, constipation and associated with them variety of fecal microorganisms in patients with Parkinson’s disease.Materials and methods. We studied olfactory function in 51 patients with PD using Sniffin Sticks Test and taxonomic composition of fecal microbiota.Results. Olfactory dysfunctions (hyposmia, anosmia) were found in most patients that participated in study as well as differences in alpha-variety of gut microbiota among groups with different olfactory characteristics.Conclusion. Our findings suggest that the composition of gut microbiota must be associated with etiology and pathogenesis of PD