title: The ontogeny of fatty acid-binding protein in turkey (Meleagridis gallopavo) intestine and yolk sac membrane during embryonic and early posthatch development.
abstract: Experiments were conducted to confirm the existence and ontogeny of fatty acid binding protein (FABP) in the intestine and yolk sac membrane of turkey poults (Meleagridis gallopavo) during embryonic and early posthatch development. Intestinal (I-) FABP was measured using an immunoblot procedure incorporating anti-chick liver (L-)FABP antisera. FABP activity in both tissues was also confirmed with a ligand-binding assay incorporating 14C-oleic acid. I-FABP did not cross-react with chick L-FABP antisera until hatch, embryonic day 28 (ED 28), after which there was a 39% increase in I-FABP concentration through the first 3 d posthatch (PD 3). FABP concentration calculated on a total intestinal basis (ng/intestine), however, increased 10-fold through PD 6. Specific activity [disintegrations per minute (dpm)/ mg cytosolic protein] was greatest at hatch and decreased slightly thereafter, whereas specific activity of FABP in the yolk sac membrane peaked between ED 16 and ED 19 and then declined. Total yolk sac activity (dpm/yolk sac membrane), however, plateaued at ED 22 before declining to low levels by PD 3, coincident with the period of maximal lipid transfer out of the yolk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lilburn
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007422:Intestines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D019301:Oleic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D009929:Organ Size; D014422:Turkeys / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D015017:Yolk Sac / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C493320:Fabp1 protein, mouse; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D019301:Oleic Acid