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Peer Review Status: Refereed
Title: Investigation of highly unsaturated fatty acid metabolism in the Asian sea bass, Lates calcarifer
Author(s): Mohd-Yusof, Nurul Yuziana
Monroig, Oscar
Mohd-Adnan, Adura
Wan, Kiew-Lian
Tocher, Douglas R
Contact Email: drt1@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: Fatty acid
metabolism
fatty acyl desaturase
elongase
barramundi
Asian sea bass
cDNA
functional characterisation
Giant perch
Fatty acids Metabolism
Issue Date: Dec-2010
Date Deposited: 17-Mar-2011
Citation: Mohd-Yusof NY, Monroig O, Mohd-Adnan A, Wan K & Tocher DR (2010) Investigation of highly unsaturated fatty acid metabolism in the Asian sea bass, Lates calcarifer. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 36 (4), pp. 827-843. http://www.springerlink.com/content/16l47312j325p15g/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-010-9409-4
Abstract: Lates calcarifer, commonly known as the Asian sea bass or barramundi, is an interesting species that has great aquaculture potential in Asia including Malaysia and also Australia. We have investigated essential fatty acid metabolism in this species, focusing on the endogenous highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) synthesis pathway using both biochemical and molecular biological approaches. Fatty acyl desaturase (Fad) and elongase (Elovl) cDNAs were cloned and functional characterization identified them as ∆6 Fad and Elovl5 elongase enzymes, respectively. The ∆6 Fad was equally active towards 18:3n-3 and 18:2n-6, and Elovl5 exhibited elongation activity for C18-20 and C20-22 elongation and a trace of C22-24 activity. The tissue profile of gene expression for ∆6 fad and elovl5 genes, showed brain to have the highest expression of both genes compared to all other tissues. The results of tissue fatty acid analysis showed that the brain contained more docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3) than flesh, liver and intestine. The HUFA synthesis activity in isolated hepatocytes and enterocytes using [1-14C]18:3n-3 as substrate was very low with the only desaturated product detected being 18:4n-3. These findings indicate that L. calcarifer display an essential fatty acid pattern similar to other marine fish in that they appear unable to synthesize HUFA from C18 substrates. High expression of ∆6 fad and elovl5 genes in brain may indicate a role for these enzymes in maintaining high DHA levels in neural tissues through conversion of 20:5n-3.
URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/16l47312j325p15g/
DOI Link: 10.1007/s10695-010-9409-4
Rights: Published in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry by Springer.; The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com

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