title: Association between fatty acid compositions and genotypes of FABP4 and LXR-alpha in Japanese black cattle.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Fatty acid composition has become an important trait in the beef industry in terms of beef flavor and decreasing the circulating concentration of LDL cholesterol. In this study, we examined the association between polymorphisms of six genes, adipocytes-type fatty acid binding protein (FABP4), liver X receptor alpha (LXRalpha), cytochrome b5 (Cyt b5), long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (ACSL) 1, ACSL4 and diacylglycerol acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2) and fatty acid composition.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sequence comparisons revealed 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms in six genes. Four of them, I74V and V110M in FABP4 and G51E and V133I in LXRalpha, were nonsynonymous substitutions. The associations between the genotypes and fatty acid compositions were analyzed by using 234 Japanese Black cattle. The genotypes of FABP4 I74V and LXRalpha V133I were significantly associated with palmitoleic acids (C16:1, P = 0.0086) and linoleic acid (C18:2, P = 0.0121) content in intramuscular fat, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that the two polymorphisms of FABP4 I74V and LXRalpha V133I might be genetic factors in part associated with palmitoleic acid (FABP4 I74V) and linoleic acid (LXRalpha V133I) composition in intramuscular fat of Japanese Black cattle, respectively. Especially, FABP4 I74V had highly significant effect (P < 0.01) on C16:1 proportion, indicating that the I/I homozygote exhibited 0.5% higher percentage than V/V homozygote.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Breeding & Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan. sailfoot515@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoashi
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hinenoya
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohsaki
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasazaki
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oyama
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mannen
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition / Q000235:genetics; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005838:Genotype; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071518:Liver X Receptors; D008297:Male; D057093:Orphan Nuclear Receptors; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D005819:Genetic Markers; D000071518:Liver X Receptors; D057093:Orphan Nuclear Receptors; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; C008757:palmitoleic acid; D019787:Linoleic Acid