Fatty acid biosynthesis and transcriptional regulation of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase 1 (SCD1) in buffalo milk
Fatty acid biosynthesis and transcriptional regulation of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase 1 (SCD1) in buffalo milk
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水牛乳中脂肪酸生物合成和硬脂酰辅酶A去饱和酶1 (SCD1)的转录调控
DOI:
10.1186/s12863-020-0829-6
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发表时间:
2020-03-02
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Liu, Qingyou
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作者:
Li, Zhipeng;Lu, Suyu;Liu, Qingyou
BackgroundBuffalo milk is considered as a highly nutritious food owing to its higher contents of fatty acids (FA) and rich nutrient profile. Higher fat contents of buffalo milk make it suitable for processing to develop various healthy and nutritious products. Moreover, buffalo milk contains more unsaturated FAs (UFA) such as oleic and linolenic acid, which are important from the human health point of view owing to their desirable physiological effects. However, inadequate information is available about the chemical composition and mechanism of FA synthesis in buffalo milk. In this study, we hypothesized that expression ofSCD1 gene could alter the biosynthesis of FA in epithelial cells of mammary gland and subsequently affect the FA contents in buffalo milk. We investigated the transcriptional and biological role of Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase 1 (SCD1) in the buffalo mammary epithelial cells (BMECs) during FA and triacylglycerol (TAG) synthesis.ResultsResults revealed that unsaturated fatty acid contents were much higher in concentration in buffalo milk as compared to Holstein cow. Significant increase in the expression level ofFAS,ACACA,SREBP1,PPARG,GPAT,andAGPATgenes was observed in response to altered expression of SCD1in buffalo milk. Moreover, change inSCD1gene in BMECs also mediated the expression of genes related to FA biosynthesis subsequently leading to alter the FA composition. Overexpression ofSCD1significantly increased the expression of genes associated with FA and TAG synthesis leading to enhance FA and unsaturated FA contents in BMECs. However, down-regulation ofSCD1exhibited opposite consequences.ConclusionOur study provides mechanistic insights on transcriptional regulation ofSCD1 to alter FA and TAG synthesis through directly or indirectly mediating biosynthesis and metabolic pathways in BMECs. We provide preliminary findings regarding engineering of FA contents in buffalo milk throughSCD1 signaling.