title: Phospholipid molecular species, beta-oxidation, desaturation and elongation of fatty acids in Atlantic salmon hepatocytes: effects of temperature and 3-thia fatty acids.
abstract: We have investigated the effects of a 3-thia fatty acid (TTA) and of temperature on the fatty acid (FA) metabolism of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). One experiment investigated the activity of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation enzyme, acyl-CoA oxidase (ACO), and the incorporation of TTA into phospholipid (PL) molecular species. Salmon hepatocytes in culture were incubated either without TTA (control(spades)) or with 0.8 mM TTA (TTA(spades)) in a short term (48 h) temperature study at 5 degrees C and at 12 degrees C. TTA was incorporated into the four PL classes studied: phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylserine (PS). TTA was preferentially esterified with 18:1, 16:1, 20:4 and 22:6 in the PLs. Hepatocytes incubated with TTA had higher ACO activity at 5 degrees C than at 12 degrees C. In a second experiment salmon were fed a diet based on fish meal-fish oil without any TTA added (control) or a fish meal-fish oil diet supplemented with 0.6% TTA for 8 weeks at 12 degrees C and 20 weeks at 5 degrees C. At the end of the feeding trial, hepatocytes from fish acclimated to high or low temperatures were isolated from both dietary groups and incubated with either [1-(14)C]18:1 n-9 or [1-(14)C]20:4 n-3 at 5 degrees C or 12 degrees C. Radiolabelled 18:1 n-9 was mainly esterified into neutral lipids (NL), whereas [1-(14)C]20:4 n-3 was mainly esterified into PL at both temperatures. The rate of elongation of [1-(14)C]18:1 n-9 to 20:1 n-9 was twice as high in hepatocytes from fish fed the control diet than it was in hepatocytes from fish fed the TTA diet, at both temperatures. The amount of [1-(14)C]20:4 n-3 converted to 22:6 n-3 was approximately the same in hepatocytes from the two dietary groups, but there was a tendency to higher production of 22:6 n-3 at the lower temperature. Oxidation of [1-(14)C]18:1 n-9 to acid soluble products (ASP) and CO(2) was approximately 10-fold greater in hepatocytes kept at 5 degrees C than in those kept at 12 degrees C and the main oxidation products formed were acetate, oxaloacetate and malate.
authors.affiliation: AKVAFORSK, Institute of Aquaculture Research, P.O. Box 5010, NO-1432 As, Norway.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moya-Falcón
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hvattum
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Thomassen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skorve
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruyter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004951:Esterification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D020317:Salmo salar / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D013440:Sulfides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6; D010743:Phospholipids; D013440:Sulfides; C062078:1-(carboxymethylthio)tetradecane