Early galactooligosaccharide intervention alters the metabolic profile, improves the antioxidant capacity of mitochondria and activates the AMPK/Nrf2 signaling pathway in suckling piglet liver

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 7280-7292
Author(s):  
Jue Wang ◽  
Shiyi Tian ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Weiyun Zhu

The early GOS intervention altered the composition of the hepatic metabolic profile by promoting lipid catabolism and regulating amino acid metabolism in the suckling piglets.

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-287
Author(s):  
Christine Leary ◽  
Roger G Sturmey

Abstract The pattern of metabolism by early embryos in vitro has been linked to a range of phenotypes, including viability. However, the extent to which metabolic function of embryos is modified by specific methods used during ART has yet to be fully described. This study has sought to determine if the mode of fertilization used to create embryos affects subsequent embryo metabolism of substrates. A metabolic profile, including consumption of key substrates and the endogenous triglyceride content of individual IVF and ICSI supernumerary embryos, was assessed and compared. Embryo development and quality was also recorded. All embryos were donated at a single clinical IVF center, on Day 5, from 36 patients aged 18–38 years, The data revealed that consumption of glucose and pyruvate, and production of lactate, did not differ between embryos created by IVF or ICSI. Similarly, the mode of insemination did not impact on the triglyceride content of embryos. However, ICSI-derived embryos displayed a more active turnover of amino acids (P = 0.023), compared to IVF embryos. The specific amino acids produced in higher quantities from ICSI compared to IVF embryos were aspartate (P = 0.016), asparagine (P = 0.04), histidine (P = 0.021) and threonine (P = 0.009) while leucine consumption was significantly lower (P = 0.04). However, importantly neither individual nor collective differences in amino acid metabolism were apparent for sibling oocytes subjected to either mode of fertilization. Embryo morphology (the number of top grade embryos) and development (proportion reaching the blastocyst stage) were comparable in patients undergoing IVF and ICSI. In conclusion, the microinjection of spermatozoa into oocytes does not appear to have an impact on subsequent metabolism and viability. Observed differences in amino acid metabolism may be attributed to male factor infertility of the patients rather than the ICSI procedure per se.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1225-1234
Author(s):  
Jong Deok Na ◽  
Yeo Jin Choi ◽  
Doo Sung Jun ◽  
Young Chul Kim

Betaine regulates sulfur-containing amino acid metabolism in the lung despite the lack of BHMT and increases pulmonary antioxidant capacity.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3153
Author(s):  
Lin Fu ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
Li Liu ◽  
Heng Yang ◽  
Peng Zhou ◽  
...  

Heat stress (HS) is one of the most serious factors to negatively affect the lactation performance of dairy cows. Bovine mammary epithelial cells are important for lactation. It was demonstrated that HS decreases the lactation performance of dairy cows, partly through altering gene expression within bovine mammary epithelial tissue. However, the cellular metabolism mechanisms under HS remains largely unknown. The objective of this study was to determine whether HS induced changes in intracellular metabolites and gene transcription related to amino acid metabolism, amino acid transportation and the mTOR signaling pathway. Immortalized bovine mammary epithelial cell lines (MAC-T cells, n = 5 replicates/treatment) were incubated for 12 h at 37 °C (Control group) and 42 °C (HS group). Relative to the control group, HS led to a greater mRNA expression of heat shock protein genes HSF1, HSPB8, HSPA5, HSP90AB1 and HSPA1A. Compared with the control group, metabolomics using liquid chromatography tandem–mass spectrometry identified 417 differential metabolites with p < 0.05 and a variable importance in projection (VIP) score >1.0 in the HS group. HS resulted in significant changes to the intracellular amino acid metabolism of glutathione, phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan, valine, leucine, isoleucine, arginine, proline, cysteine, methionine, alanine, aspartate and glutamate. HS led to a greater mRNA expression of the amino acid transporter genes SLC43A1, SLC38A9, SLC36A1, and SLC3A2 but a lower mRNA expression of SLC7A5 and SLC38A2. Additionally, HS influenced the expression of genes associated with the mTOR signaling pathway and significantly upregulated the mRNA expression of mTOR, AKT, RHEB, eIF4E and eEF2K but decreased the mRNA expression of TSC1, TSC2 and eEF2 relative to the control group. Compared with the control group, HS also led to greater mRNA expression of the CSN1S2 gene. Overall, our study indicates that bovine mammary epithelial cells may have the ability to resist HS damage and continue milk protein synthesis partly through enhanced intracellular amino acid absorption and metabolism and by activating the mTOR signaling pathway during HS.


1979 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-262
Author(s):  
E. V. ROWSELL

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 141-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
K VESTERBERG ◽  
J BERGSTROM ◽  
P FURST ◽  
U LEANDER ◽  
E VINNARS

Diabetes ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 42 (12) ◽  
pp. 1868-1877 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Luzi ◽  
A. S. Petrides ◽  
R. A. De Fronzo

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