Associations among Protein Biomarkers and pH and Color Traits in Longissimus thoracis and Rectus abdominis Muscles in Protected Designation of Origin Maine-Anjou Cull Cows.
This study investigated the relationships among a list of 23 protein biomarkers with CIE-L*a*b* meat color traits and ultimate pH on Longissimus thoracis (LT) and Rectus abdominis (RA) muscles of 48 protected designation of origin Maine-Anjou cows. The technological parameters were correlated with several biomarkers and were in some cases muscle-dependent. More biomarkers were related to pHu in LT than in RA muscle. Some consistencies were found, by the common correlation of pHu with MyHC-IIa and MyHC-IIx. The pHu of the LT muscle was also correlated with other cytoskeletal entities and proteins belonging to metabolism and cellular stress. In contrast to the relationships found between biomarkers and LT pHu, more proteins were related to the instrumental color coordinates in RA than in LT muscle. The regression equations were parameter- and muscle-dependent. Certain of the retained proteins explained more than one color coordinate. Hsp70-Grp75 was positive in the models of L*, a*, b*, and C* of LT and of b* in the RA muscle. Further heat shock proteins were strongly related with the meat color coordinates in both muscles. The involvement of metabolic enzymes and myofibrillar proteins in the meat color development was also verified in this experiment. This study confirmed once again the importance of numerous biological pathways in beef color.
UMR1213 Herbivores, INRA, VetAgro Sup, Clermont Université, Université de Lyon , 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.|INATAA, Université Frères Mentouri Constantine , Route de Ain El-Bey, 25000, Constantine, Algeria.
Mohammed
M
Gagaoua
Unité de Recherche sur les Systèmes d'Elevage (URSE), Université Bretagne Loire, Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture (ESA) , 55 rue Rabelais, BP 30748, 49007 Angers Cedex, France.
Sébastien
S
Couvreur
Unité de Recherche sur les Systèmes d'Elevage (URSE), Université Bretagne Loire, Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture (ESA) , 55 rue Rabelais, BP 30748, 49007 Angers Cedex, France.
Guillain
G
Le Bec
S.I.C.A. Rouge des Prés , Domaines des rues, 49220 Chenillé-Champteussé, France.
Ghislain
G
Aminot
UMR1213 Herbivores, INRA, VetAgro Sup, Clermont Université, Université de Lyon , 63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.
Brigitte
B
Picard
D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D002417:Cattle; D003116:Color; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry*; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000737:chemistry*
D015415:Biomarkers; D009124:Muscle Proteins
beef; cows; meat color; pH; prediction; protein biomarkers