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Palmerini CA, Mazzoni M, Giovinazzo G, Arienti G. Blood lipids in Antarctic and in temperate-water fish species. J Membr Biol 2009; 230:125-31. [PMID: 19696957 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-009-9192-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2009] [Accepted: 07/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Antarctic fish live in very cold water and have adapted to this exceptional environment. Hemoglobin is absent or very low; yet these fish still have erythrocytes, and from these we prepared ghost-like membranes. We studied for the first time the lipid composition of ghost membranes and of plasma in Antarctic fish (C. hamatus and T. bernacchii) and compared our results with those obtained for temperate-water fish (C. auratus and A. anguilla taken from Lake Trasimeno, Perugia, Italy). The membranes of Antarctic fish were richer in glycerophospholipid (especially phosphatidylethanolamine), whereas the membranes of temperate-water fish were richer in sphingomyelin. Unsaturated fatty acids were particularly abundant in Antarctic fish: C. hamatus had long-chain unsaturated fatty acid (especially C22:6 omega-3), whereas T. bernacchii had shorter unsaturated fatty acyl chains (c16:1, omega-7). On the other hand, C. auratus and A. anguilla were particularly rich in C16:0, which constituted more than one-half of the total fatty acid. Plasma lipids (both phospholipid and cholesterol) were much more abundant in temperate-water fish. The differences in phospholipid content were mainly due to choline glycerolipids. Measures of membrane fluidity inferred from the fluorescence anisotropy of DPH indicated that the membranes from Antarctic fish were more fluid at any measured temperature than those obtained from fish living in temperate waters. The ability to live in a very cold environment has therefore been achieved by the two Antarctic species tested in this paper by different strategies, but with the same results on fluidity.
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Weber JM. The physiology of long-distance migration: extending the limits of endurance metabolism. J Exp Biol 2009; 212:593-7. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.015024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Long-distance migrants have evolved specific adaptations that make their athletic records possible. Unique mechanisms explaining their amazing capacity for endurance exercise have now been uncovered, particularly with respect to energy storage, mobilization, transport and utilization. Birds are champions of migration because flying offers a key compromise: it allows more rapid movement than swimming, but has a lower cost of transport than running. High efficiency for muscle contraction, pointed wings, low wingloading, travelling in V-formations, storing fuel as energy-dense lipids and atrophy of non-essential organs are some of their strategies to decrease the cost of transport. The ability to process lipids rapidly also emerges as a crucial component of the migrant phenotype. High lipid fluxes are made possible by lipoprotein shuttles and fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs) that accelerate lipid transport and by upgrading the metabolic machinery for lipolysis and lipid oxidation. Preparation for long flights can include natural doping on n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) from unique invertebrate diets. Muscle performance is improved by restructuring membrane phospholipids and by activating key genes of lipid metabolism through peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs). The physiological secret to long migrations does not depend on a single `magic' adaptation but on the integration of multiple adjustments in morphology, biomechanics, behavior,nutrition and metabolism. Research on the physiology of migrants improves the fundamental knowledge of exercise biology, but it also has important implications for wildlife conservation, treating obesity and improving the performance of human athletes.
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Jury DR, Kaveti S, Duan ZH, Willard B, Kinter M, Londraville R. Effects of calorie restriction on the zebrafish liver proteome. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2008; 3:275-82. [PMID: 20494847 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2008.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2008] [Revised: 07/28/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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A proteomic approach was taken to study how fish respond to changes in calorie availability, with the longer-term goal of understanding the evolution of lipid metabolism in vertebrates. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) were fed either high (3 rations/day) or low (1 ration/7 days) calorie diets for 5 weeks and liver proteins extracted for proteomic analyses. Proteins were separated on two-dimensional electrophoresis gels and homologous spots compared between treatments to determine which proteins were up-regulated with high-calorie diet. Fifty-five spots were excised from the gel and analyzed via LC-ESI MS/MS, which resulted in the identification of 69 unique proteins (via multiple peptides). Twenty-nine of these proteins were differentially expressed between treatments. Differentially expressed proteins were mapped to Gene Ontology (GO) terms, and these terms compared to the entire zebrafish GO annotation set by Fisher's exact test. The most significant GO terms associated with high-calorie diet are related to a decrease in oxygen-binding activity in the high-calorie treatment. This response is consistent with a well-characterized response in obese humans, indicating there may be a link between lipid storage and hypoxia sensitivity in vertebrates.
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- David R Jury
- University of Akron, Department of Biology and Integrated Bioscience Program, Akron, Ohio 44325, USA
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Pelsers MMAL, Hermens WT, Glatz JFC. Fatty acid-binding proteins as plasma markers of tissue injury. Clin Chim Acta 2005; 352:15-35. [PMID: 15653098 DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 332] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2004] [Revised: 09/07/2004] [Accepted: 09/10/2004] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND One of the novel and promising plasma markers for detection of tissue injury is the family of 15 kDa cytoplasmic fatty acid-binding proteins of which various tissue-specific types occur. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The present status of heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for acute and chronic cardiac injury, as well as the preliminary diagnostic use of other types of FABP for detecting injury in other organs, is reviewed. METHODS This review is based on an overview of the literature on clinical diagnostics of various forms of organ injury, and uses additional literature on physiological aspects relevant for the interpretation of plasma marker concentrations. RESULTS H-FABP not only proves to be an excellent early marker for cardiac injury in acute coronary syndromes, but also allows detection of minor myocardial injury in heart failure and unstable angina. Preliminary results indicate that sensitivity, rule-out power and prognostic value of H-FABP in cardiac injury surpass the performance of the standard early marker myoglobin. The liver only contains liver-type FABP (L-FABP), but co-expression of H-FABP and L-FABP occurs in the kidney. Similarly, intestinal-type FABP (I-FABP) and L-FABP are found in intestines, and brain-type FABP (B-FABP) and H-FABP occur in the brain. Preliminary but promising applications of these proteins have been demonstrated for liver rejection, viability selection of kidneys from non-heart-beating donors (NHBD), inflammatory and ischemic bowel disease, traumatic brain injury and in the prevention of muscle injury in trained athletes. CONCLUSIONS Further study of the diagnostic and prognostic use of various FABP types is warranted, but their clinical application will require further commercialization of automated and rapid assays.
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- Maurice M A L Pelsers
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Antarctic Fish Skeletal Muscle and Locomotion. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1546-5098(04)22008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Clark JJ, Clark RJ, McMinn JT, Rodnick KJ. Microvascular and biochemical compensation during ventricular hypertrophy in male rainbow trout. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2004; 139:695-703. [PMID: 15581801 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2004] [Revised: 08/14/2004] [Accepted: 08/16/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We investigated whether there are compensatory changes in the coronary microvasculature, cardiac lipid metabolism, and myocyte ultrastructure associated with ventricular enlargement in male rainbow trout. Epicardial tissue was sampled at different stages of sexual maturation, and we estimated arterial capillary density, intercapillary diffusion distance, and applied a diffusion model to predict PO(2) at different workloads. We also measured biochemical indices of lipid metabolism and estimated fractional volumes of mitochondria and myofibrils in myocytes. Immature fish with nonenlarged ventricles had the highest capillary length densities (1620+/-158 mm mm(-3)). Maturing trout with moderate ventricular hypertrophy had lower capillary length densities (1103+/-58 mm mm(-3)) and similar diffusion distances (13.9+/-0.7 microm) compared with immature fish (11.7+/-0.9 microm). The largest ventricles had intermediate capillary length densities (1457+/-288 mm mm(-3)) and diffusion distances (12.8+/-0.8 microm). Modelling predicted that enlarged ventricles would not become anoxic even at maximal workloads. Biochemical markers of fatty acid metabolism and aerobic capacity were unchanged with hypertrophy. Volume densities of mitochondria and myofibrils were also not influenced by cardiac growth. In summary, ventricle hypertrophy results in expansion of the coronary capillary bed and the maintenance of the epicardial capacities for fat and oxidative metabolism.
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- J Jason Clark
- Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209-8007, USA
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Grove TJ, Sidell BD. Fatty acyl CoA synthetase from Antarctic notothenioid fishes may influence substrate specificity of fat oxidation. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2004; 139:53-63. [PMID: 15364288 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2004] [Revised: 06/10/2004] [Accepted: 06/11/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Antarctic notothenioid fishes possess large lipid stores that are important fuels for aerobic metabolism. Oxidative muscle tissues of these animals oxidize long-chain mono-unsaturated fatty acids more readily than saturated fatty acids. The mechanistic basis(es) for the substrate specificity of their fatty acid-oxidizing pathway is unknown. We examined the substrate specificity of fatty acyl coenzyme A synthetase (FACS) to determine whether the enzyme contributes to targeting unsaturated fatty acids for preferential transport into mitochondria as fuels for beta-oxidation. Maximal activities of FACS were measured in isolated mitochondria from Notothenia coriiceps and Chaenocephalus aceratus oxidative skeletal muscles in the presence of fatty acids differing in chain lengths and degrees of unsaturation. With the exception of C(22:6), maximal activities were greater with unsaturated substrates than with C(16:0), a saturated fatty acid. Monoenoic fatty acids did not produce the highest activities. Predicted amino acid sequences of FACS from Antarctic C. aceratus, Gobionotothen gibberifrons, and N. coriiceps and sub-Antarctic Notothenia angustata and Eleginops maclovinus were determined to identify amino acid candidates that may be important for determining the substrate specificity of FACS. Substitutions cysteine548 and polar threonine552 within the putative fatty acid binding pocket may contribute to preference for unsaturated fatty acyl substrates compared to saturated fatty acids.
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- Theresa J Grove
- School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA.
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Londraville RL, Duvall CS. Murine leptin injections increase intracellular fatty acid-binding protein in green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2002; 129:56-62. [PMID: 12409096 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-6480(02)00510-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) were injected daily with either murine leptin, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), or simply handled without injection for 14 days. At the end of the experiment, fish were assayed for intracellular indicators of fatty acid metabolism. Intracellular fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) expression in heart ventricle was twofold higher in the leptin treated group (87.2+/-5.6 Leptin; 47.2+/-6.8 PBS; 28.9+/-3.9 Handled; percent relative expression, Prob.>F<0.001). Two other indicators of intracellular fat metabolism, carnitine palmitoyl transferase activity (CPT) in liver and 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HOAD) in heart were not significantly different among groups, although the trend is for higher values in the leptin treatment (CPT: 0.23+/-0.04 Leptin, 0.11+/-0.04 PBS, 0.10+/-0.03 Handled; U/gm wet weight; Prob.>F=0.08; HOAD: 1.34+/-0.28 Leptin, 0.76+/-0.12 PBS, 0.86+/-0.25 Handled; U/gm wet weight; Prob.>F=0.18). Percent change in total weight, body fat (as a percent of dry weight), cardiosomatic index, and hepatosomatic index were not significantly different among treatments. These results suggest that fish respond to murine leptin injections by increasing fat metabolism, however many of the hallmarks of leptin treatment in mammals (loss of total weight and body fat) were not observed. This lack of response may be due to incompatibility of mouse leptin with fish receptors or an inadequate dose of leptin. We also suggest that leptin's action may be slower in ectotherms due to their lower metabolic rate.
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Bain LJ. cDNA cloning, sequencing, and differential expression of a heart-type fatty acid-binding protein in the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2002; 54:379-383. [PMID: 12420700 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-1136(02)00130-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A heart fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) cDNA was isolated from the liver of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) and the complete cDNA sequence and predicted amino acid sequence was determined. This cDNA binds to a mRNA product of 0.95 kb with the highest level of RNA expression in the male liver, gills, and gonads. Exposure of mummichogs to the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pyrene significantly down-regulated H-FABP expression at the highest concentration. This study provides evidence that environmentally relevant toxicants can modulate H-FABP expression.
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- Lisa J Bain
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 79968, USA.
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Crockett EL, Londraville RL, Wilkes EE, Popesco MC. Enzymatic capacities for beta-oxidation of fatty fuels are low in the gill of teleost fishes despite presence of fatty acid-binding protein. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1999; 284:276-85. [PMID: 10404119 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19990801)284:3<276::aid-jez5>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A variety of circulating fuels can support the work of the teleost gill. Previous work indicates, however, that unlike other aerobic tissues from teleosts, the gill may have a limited capacity to oxidize fatty fuels. We determined capacities for catabolism of carbohydrate, fatty acids, and amino acids in four species of temperate marine or euryhaline teleosts representing distinct lineages. In addition, we assessed the capacity for fatty acid oxidation in the gill from an Antarctic species. Activities of rate-limiting or regulatory enzymes from pathways of energy metabolism were measured at physiological temperatures (15 degrees or 1 degrees C). In the temperate species, ATP yields from glucose are 3- to 30-fold greater (varying with species) than ATP yields from a monounsaturated fatty acid, while ATP generation from glutamate is 2-50 times greater than similar capacities for the lipid fuel. Like the temperate species, capacity for beta-oxidation of fatty acids is limited in the Antarctic species. A positive linear correlation between activities of citrate synthase (central pathway of oxidative metabolism) and hexokinase (glycolysis) adds further support to the hypothesis that glucose is a preferred metabolic fuel in gill. Our results also demonstrate that fatty acid-binding protein is present in the gill of teleost fishes. It is likely that this protein plays a more important role facilitating anabolic pathways in lipid metabolism rather than fatty acid oxidation in the gill of teleost fishes.
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- E L Crockett
- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA.
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Pelsers MM, Butler PJ, Bishop CM, Glatz JF. Fatty acid binding protein in heart and skeletal muscles of the migratory barnacle goose throughout development. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:R637-43. [PMID: 10070122 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.3.r637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The long-distance migratory flights of birds are predominantly fueled by the oxidation of fatty acids, which are sourced primarily from extracellular adipose stores. These fatty acids have to be transported, via the circulatory system, to the mitochondria of the active muscles. An important facilitator of fatty acid transport within the cytoplasm of muscle cells is fatty acid binding protein (FABP), which serves as an intracellular carrier of long-chain fatty acids. In mammals, the muscular FABP content is related to the fatty acid oxidation capacity of the tissue. The aim of this study was to measure FABP in samples taken from the cardiac, pectoralis, and semimembranosus muscles of a long-distance avian migrant, the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis), at various stages of development. Western blot analysis identified a single goose muscle protein of 15 kDa that was able to bind fatty acids and showed a 66% cross-reactivity with antibodies against human heart-type FABP. Captive goslings showed no significant changes in FABP content of either the heart (62.6 +/- 10.6 microgram/g wet wt) or the semimembranosus muscle (8.4 +/- 1.9 microgram/g wet wt) during development. However, in both peripheral and deep sites within the pectoralis muscle, FABP content of samples taken from captive goslings were approximately 10-fold higher throughout development and reached values of 30-40 microgram/g wet wt in fledging goslings at 7 wk of age. A further twofold higher value was seen in wild but not in captive goslings immediately before migration (12 wk of age). Similarly, FABP content was significantly higher in pectoralis samples taken from wild adults (94.3 +/- 3.6 microgram/g wet wt) compared with those from captive adults (60.5 +/- 3.6 micro/g wet wt). These results suggest that the experience of flight activity may be of critical importance in achieving maximal expression of FABP in the pectoralis muscles of postfledging and mature geese immediately before migration.
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- M M Pelsers
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Córdoba OL, Sánchez EI, Veerkamp JH, Santomé JA. Presence of intestinal, liver and heart/adipocyte fatty-acid-binding protein types in the liver of a chimaera fish. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1998; 30:1403-13. [PMID: 9924809 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(98)00085-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Five fatty-acid-binding proteins from the liver of the elephant fish (Callorhynchus callorhynchus), a chimaera fish that belongs--together with the elasmobranchs--to the ancient chondrichthyes class were isolated and characterized. The purification procedures for these proteins involved gel filtration, anion-exchange chromatography, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as a last step. They were submitted to "in gel" tryptic or cyanogen bromide digestion and the resulting peptides were separated by high performance liquid chromatography and then sequenced by Edman degradation. According to their partial amino acid sequences, one of them presents the highest identity with fatty-acid-binding proteins from human and catfish liver, another three with those from mammalian heart or adipose tissue and the fifth with the mammalian intestinal fatty-acid-binding protein. The presence of various members of this protein family, as now found in elephant fish and previously in catfish (Rhamdia sapo) liver, does not occur in mammalian liver which express only one a characteristic fatty-acid-binding protein.
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- O L Córdoba
- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas (UBA-CONICET), Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Bénistant C, Duchamp C, Cohen-Adad F, Rouanet JL, Barré H. Increased in vitro fatty acid supply and cellular transport capacities in cold-acclimated ducklings (Cairina moschata). THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:R683-90. [PMID: 9728063 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.3.r683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In cold-acclimated (CA) birds, lipids play a crucial role in regulatory thermogenesis by acting both as substrates for and activators of thermogenic processes. The capacity to supply lipids to thermogenic tissues, which could limit cold thermogenesis, was assessed in CA ducklings (5 wk old, 4 degrees C) and compared with thermoneutral controls (TN, 25 degrees C). In CA ducklings, basal lipolytic activity of adipose tissue fragments was higher (202 +/- 9 vs. 130 +/- 14 nmol glycerol released . 100 mg tissue-1 . h-1, +55%) than in TN controls, while glucagon had a much higher stimulatory effect (+140 to +500% depending on dose). This was consistent with increased plasma levels of nonesterified fatty acids (FA, +57%) and glycerol (+31%) in vivo. In vitro endothelial lipase activity per organ was higher in CA than in TN ducklings in red gastrocnemius muscle (6.3 +/- 0.6 vs. 3.5 +/- 0.3 microeq nonesterified FA released per hour, +80%) and liver (+55%). The intracellular FA-binding capacity of (12-18 kDa) proteins was higher in gastrocnemius muscle (+43%) and liver (+74%) from CA ducklings. In gastrocnemius, it was linked to a higher content (21 +/- 2 vs. 15 +/- 2 microg/mg protein, +37%) of an intracellular 15.4-kDa FA-binding protein. These in vitro results indicate that coordinated increases in FA supply from adipose tissue, cellular uptake of lipoprotein-derived FA, and intracellular FA transport capacity occur in CA ducklings endowed with higher thermogenic capacity and cold endurance.
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- C Bénistant
- Unité Mixte de Recherches 5578 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Laboratoire Associé Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Villeurbanne, France
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Kaptein WA, Korf J, Cheng S, Yang M, Glatz JF, Renneberg R. On-line flow displacement immunoassay for fatty acid-binding protein. J Immunol Methods 1998; 217:103-11. [PMID: 9776580 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(98)00106-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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In standard displacement flow immunoassays the analyte in the sample creates an active dissociation of labelled antigens (or antigen homologues) from an antigen binding site of an immobilized antibody, after which the labelled substance is measured downstream. Such systems have been described for molecules up to 1 kDa. In this study, we demonstrate displacement in a flow system for the detection of a small protein, cytoplasmic heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (15 kDa), a plasma marker for myocardial injury. The displacement system uses an inverse set-up: enzyme labelled monoclonal antibodies are associated to immobilized antigen, and are displaced by analyte in the sample. The system permits detection of both physiological (2-12 microg l(-1)) and pathological concentrations (12-2000 microg l(-1)) of fatty acid-binding protein in an on-line flow system.
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- W A Kaptein
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, China
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Long-chain fatty acids are important fuel molecules for the heart, their oxidation in mitochondria providing the bulk of energy required for cardiac functioning. The low solubility of fatty acids in aqueous solutions impairs their cellular transport. However, cardiac tissue contains several proteins capable of binding fatty acids non-covalently. These fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) are thought to facilitate both cellular uptake and intracellular transport of fatty acids. The majority of fatty acids taken up by the heart seems to pass the sarcolemma through a carrier-mediated translocation mechanism consisting of one or more membrane-associated FABPs. Intracellular transport of fatty acids towards sites of metabolic conversion is most likely accomplished by cytoplasmic FABPs. In this review, the roles of membrane-associated and cytoplasmic FABPs in cardiac fatty acid metabolism under (patho)physiological circumstances are discussed.
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- F G Schaap
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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Vayda ME, Londraville RL, Cashon RE, Costello L, Sidell BD. Two distinct types of fatty acid-binding protein are expressed in heart ventricle of Antarctic teleost fishes. Biochem J 1998; 330 ( Pt 1):375-82. [PMID: 9461533 PMCID: PMC1219150 DOI: 10.1042/bj3300375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This report provides the first evidence for the existence of two distinct types of fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) in cardiac tissue of vertebrates. Four species of Antarctic teleost fish (Chaenocephalus aceratus, Cryodraco antarcticus, Gobionotothen gibberifrons and Notothenia coriiceps) exhibited two FABP mRNAs of 1. 0 kb and 0.8 kb, which we have termed Hh-FABP and Had-FABP (isolated from Heart tissue, with similarity to mammalian heart-type FABP or mammalian adipose-type FABP respectively). These FABP types appear to be products of distinct genes. Both FABP transcripts were abundant in cardiac and aerobic pectoral muscle. However, relative abundance of the two types varied distinctly among other tissues such as kidney, brain, spleen and white muscle. Neither FABP type was expressed in liver or intestine. The coding regions of Hh-FABP and Had-FABP cDNAs from the same species are only approximately 60% identical with one another. However, homologues of each FABP species, which exhibit >98% identity to their respective types, were isolated from three other Antarctic teleosts. Phylogenetic analysis of aligned amino-acid sequences places Hh-FABP with other vertebrate heart-type FABPs, and Had with adipose/cutaneous FABPs. Expression of two distinct FABPs in cardiac tissue of Antarctic teleosts may be related to their ability to both utilize fatty acid as the primary metabolic fuel and to store lipid intracellularly.
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- M E Vayda
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA
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Ando S, Xue XH, Tibbits GF, Haunerland NH. Cloning and sequencing of complementary DNA for fatty acid binding protein from rainbow trout heart. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 1998; 119:213-7. [PMID: 9530822 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(97)00309-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A cDNA encoding a rainbow trout homologue of mammalian heart fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) was isolated. The deduced protein sequence is 75% identical to that of rat H-FABP. The structural conservation of H-FABPs and their evolutionary relationship are discussed.
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- S Ando
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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It is an article of faith among biochemists and molecular biologists that precious enzymes must be stored on ice. The usual reason given is that, at temperatures around freezing, enzyme activity is minimized and protein stability maximized. There is considerable evidence supporting this, but is it true for all enzymes? What about enzymes from organisms that spend part or all of their lives at temperatures around freezing? How do they manage to maintain normal enzymatic function at low temperatures? Can we learn something from cold-adapted proteins that would allow us better to understand how proteins function?
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- C J Marshall
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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- A L Burlingame
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446, USA
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