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Wang Q, Cao H, Su X, Liu W. Identification of key miRNAs regulating fat metabolism based on RNA-seq from fat-tailed sheep and F2 of wild Argali. Gene X 2022; 834:146660. [PMID: 35680029 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The evolution mechanism of sheep tail fat has not yet been clear, many researches focus on this issue, yet there still many gaps to be filled in the targets and non-coding RNA regulation. In our study, the differential expression mRNAs and miRNAs were detected by RNA-seq and constructed a mRNA-miRNA network related to the lipid deposition in tail of fat-tailed sheep and F2 of Argali with domestic sheep (thin-tailed). Then 6 kinds of tissues from thin-tailed and control group were extracted for function validation of candidate genes and its regulator miRNAs. 125 differentially expressed miRNAs were identified by RNA-seq, and enrichment analysis of their target genes revealed 10 significantly enriched pathways related to lipid metabolism. In these pathways, 126 DE-miRNA target genes were also differentially expression in the same tissues in our previous transcriptomic data. In PPI network, 6 hubgenes (SCD, ACACA, GPD2, ELOVL6, ELOVL5, GPAM) were extracted using the cytoHubba application, and they may be target genes for 3 candidate DE-miRNAs (miR-320d, miR-151b, miR-6715). The validation results of RT-qPCR show: the expression trend of miR-320d is opposite to the target gene SCD, and that of miR-151b and the target gene ACACA are also opposite in 6 tissues, implying that they may have direct targeting relationships. Moreover, the expression of miR-320d in F2 tail fat was significantly higher than that in fat-tailed sheep (P < 0.05), and the expression of SCD in F2 tail fat was extremely significantly lower than that in fat-tailed sheep (P < 0.01). The expression of miR-151b in F2 tail fat and subcutaneous fat was significantly higher than that in fat-tailed sheep (P < 0.05), and the expression of ACACA in F2 subcutaneous fat was significantly lower than that in fat-tailed sheep. miR-320d may directly and negatively regulate tail fat deposition by targeting SCD, while miR-151b may indirectly and negatively regulate tail fat deposition by targeting ACACA.
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- Qiong Wang
- College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China
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- College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China
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- College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China
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- College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China.
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Zeng Z, Zeng X, Guo Y, Wu Z, Cai Z, Pan D. Determining the Role of UTP-Glucose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase (GalU) in Improving the Resistance of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM to Freeze-Drying. Foods 2022; 11:foods11121719. [PMID: 35741917 PMCID: PMC9223153 DOI: 10.3390/foods11121719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM is widely used in the fermentation industry; using it as a freeze-dried powder can greatly reduce the costs associated with packaging and transportation, and even prolong the storage period. Previously published research has reported that the expression of galU (EC: 2.7.7.9) is significantly increased as a result of freezing and drying. Herein, we aimed to explore how galU plays an important role in improving the resistance of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM to freeze-drying. For this study, galU was first knocked out and then re-expressed in L. acidophilus NCFM to functionally characterize its role in the pertinent metabolic pathways. The knockout strain ΔgalU showed lactose/galactose deficiency and displayed irregular cell morphology, shortened cell length, thin and rough capsules, and abnormal cell division, and the progeny could not be separated. In the re-expression strain pgalU, these inhibited pathways were restored; moreover, the pgalU cells showed a strengthened cell wall and capsule, which enhanced their resistance to adverse environments. The pgalU cells showed GalU activity that was 229% higher than that shown by the wild-type strain, and the freeze-drying survival rate was 84%, this being 4.7 times higher than that of the wild-type strain. To summarize, expression of the galU gene can significantly enhance gene expression in galactose metabolic pathway and make the strain form a stronger cell wall and cell capsule and enhance the resistance of the bacteria to an adverse external environment, to improve the freeze-drying survival rate of L. acidophilus NCFM.
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- Zhidan Zeng
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
- Correspondence:
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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Hwang J, Singh N, Long C, Smith SB. The Lentiviral System Construction for Highly Expressed Porcine Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase-1 and Functional Characterization in Stably Transduced Porcine Swine Kidney Cells. Lipids 2019; 53:933-945. [PMID: 30592064 PMCID: PMC10071579 DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The most highly regulated and abundant fatty acid in animal tissue is oleic acid (18:1n9). Oleic acid is synthesized by the Δ9 desaturase, stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1), which is responsible for the synthesis of the putative cytokine palmitoleic acid (16:1n7) and 18:2 cis-9, trans-11 conjugated linoleic acid. Owing to the importance of SCD1 in lipid metabolism, we generated porcine swine kidney (SK6) transgenic cell lines for sustained overexpression or knockdown of porcine stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (pSCD1) in an inducible manner by utilizing a lentiviral expression system. We successfully validated these cell culture models for expression and functionality of pSCD1 by documenting that the pSCD-transduced cells overexpressed pSCD1 protein and mRNA. Additionally, the pSCD1-transduced cells increased the conversion of palmitate (16:0) to palmitoleic acid nearly fourfold. The lentiviral vectors utilized in this study can be further used to generate transgenic animals to document the effects of the overexpression of SCD1 on obesity and steatosis.
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- Jinhee Hwang
- Department of Animal Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, 2471 TAMU, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A & M University, College Station, 4466 TAMU, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A & M University, College Station, 4466 TAMU, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, 2471 TAMU, TX 77843, USA
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Ren C, Wang L, Fan Y, Jia R, Zhang G, Deng M, Deng K, Wang F. Scd1 Contributes to Lipid Droplets Formation in GMEC via Transcriptional Regulation of Tip47 and Adrp. EUR J LIPID SCI TECH 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201700238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Caifang Ren
- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095 China
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095 China
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095 China
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095 China
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095 China
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095 China
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095 China
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University; Nanjing 210095 China
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The use of genetic engineering techniques to improve the lipid composition in meat, milk and fish products: a review. Animal 2014; 9:696-706. [PMID: 25500170 DOI: 10.1017/s1751731114003012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The health-promoting properties of dietary long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFAs) for humans are well-known. Products of animal-origin enriched with n-3 LCPUFAs can be a good example of functional food, that is food that besides traditionally understood nutritional value may have a beneficial influence on the metabolism and health of consumers, thus reducing the risk of various lifestyle diseases such as atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. The traditional method of enriching meat, milk or eggs with n-3 LCPUFA is the manipulation of the composition of animal diets. Huge progress in the development of genetic engineering techniques, for example transgenesis, has enabled the generation of many kinds of genetically modified animals. In recent years, one of the aims of animal transgenesis has been the modification of the lipid composition of meat and milk in order to improve the dietetic value of animal-origin products. This article reviews and discusses the data in the literature concerning studies where techniques of genetic engineering were used to create animal-origin products modified to contain health-promoting lipids. These studies are still at the laboratory stage, but their results have demonstrated that the transgenesis of pigs, cows, goats and fishes can be used in the future as efficient methods of production of healthy animal-origin food of high dietetic value. However, due to high costs and a low level of public acceptance, the introduction of this technology to commercial animal production and markets seems to be a distant prospect.
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Chowdhury R, Johnson L, Steur M. Trans fatty acid isomers in mortality and incident coronary heart disease risk. J Am Heart Assoc 2014; 3:e001195. [PMID: 25164948 PMCID: PMC4310415 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Rajiv Chowdhury
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (R.C., M.S.)
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- School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, United Kingdom (L.J.)
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (R.C., M.S.)
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Wang L, You J, Zhong B, Ren C, Zhang Y, Li M, Zhang G, Jia R, Ying S, Wang F. Scd1 mammary-specific vector constructed and overexpressed in goat fibroblast cells resulting in an increase of palmitoleic acid and oleic acid. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 443:389-94. [PMID: 24309099 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.11.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (Scd1) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids. Overexpression of Scd1 in transgenic animals would modify the nutritional value of ruminant-derived foods by increasing the monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) and decreasing the saturated fatty acid (SFA) content. The aim of this study was to develop an effective Scd1 vector that is specifically expressed in dairy goat mammary glands. We successfully amplified the goat full length Scd1 cDNA and evaluated its activity in goat ear skin-derived fibroblast cells (GEFCs) by lipid analysis. In addition, we constructed a mammary gland-specific expression vector and confirmed efficient expression of Scd1 in goat mammary epithelial cells (GMECs) by qRT-PCR and Western blot analysis. Fatty acid analysis showed that Scd1-overexpression resulted in an increase in levels of palmitoleic acid (16:1n-7) and oleic acid (18:1n-9), from 1.73 ± 0.02% to 2.54 ± 0.02% and from 27.25 ± 0.13% to 30.37 ± 0.04%, respectively (both p<0.01) and the ratio of MUFA to SFA was increased. This work lays a foundation for the generation of Scd1 transgenic goats.
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- Lizhong Wang
- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Jiangsu Livestock Embryo Engineering Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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