scholarly journals The Synthesis of Milk Medium-Chain Fatty Acids in Mammary Gland

Fatty Acids ◽  
10.5772/67694 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangjiang Zhu ◽  
Jun Luo
1982 ◽  
Vol 202 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Knudsen ◽  
I Grunnet

1. Ruminant mammary-gland fatty acid synthetases can, in contrast with non-ruminant mammary enzymes, synthesize medium-chain fatty acids. 2. Medium-chain fatty acids are only synthesized in the presence of a fatty acid-removing system such as albumin, beta-lactoglobulin or methylated cyclodextrin. 3. The short- and medium-chain fatty acids synthesized were released as acyl-CoA esters from the fatty acid synthetase.


1984 ◽  
Vol 220 (2) ◽  
pp. 513-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
H O Hansen ◽  
I Grunnet ◽  
J Knudsen

Goat mammary-gland microsomal fraction by itself induces synthesis of medium-chain-length fatty acids by goat mammary fatty acid synthetase and incorporates short- and medium-chain fatty acids into triacylglycerol. Addition of ATP in the absence or presence of Mg2+ totally inhibits triacylglycerol synthesis from short- and medium-chain fatty acids, and severely inhibits synthesis de novo of medium-chain fatty acids. The inhibition by ATP of fatty acid synthesis and triacylglycerol synthesis de novo can be relieved by glycerol 3-phosphate. The effect of ATP could not be mimicked by the non-hydrolysable ATP analogue, adenosine 5′-[beta, gamma-methylene]triphosphate and could not be shown to be caused by inhibition of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase by a phosphorylation reaction. Possible explanations for the mechanism of the inhibition by ATP are discussed, and a hypothetical model for its action is outlined.


1982 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-NP ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet M. Nolin ◽  
Betty J. Thompson ◽  
Stuart Smith

Two approaches were used to establish the intercellular distribution of fatty acid synthetase and thioesterase II in the lactating rat mammary gland. Thioesterase II is the chain-length regulatory enzyme in the biosynthesis of the medium-chain fatty acids characteristic of milk fat. Using immunohistochemical techniques, immunoreactive fatty acid synthetase was found in both mammary adipocytes and epithelial cells; in contrast, immunoreactive thioesterase II was confined to the epithelial cells. In metabolic studies, adipocytes and epithelial cells were isolated from lactating rat mammary glands after digestion with collagenase and thermolysin, and their lipogenic activity was studied using isotopically labelled acetate. Consistent with the immunohistochemical data, adipocytes synthesized exclusively long-chain fatty acids whereas epithelial cells synthesized predominantly medium-chain fatty acids. The results indicate that the capacity for synthesis of medium-chain fatty acids is a unique property of the epithelial cell component of the mammary gland.


animal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1469-1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.J. Zhu ◽  
J. Luo ◽  
W. Wang ◽  
K. Yu ◽  
H.B. Wang ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelica A. Ochoa-Flores ◽  
Josafat A. Hernández-Becerra ◽  
Adriana Cavazos-Garduño ◽  
Ida Soto-Rodríguez ◽  
Maria Guadalupe Sanchez-Otero ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Huan Liu ◽  
Jingwei Huang ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
Feng Li ◽  
Quansheng Peng ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The ketogenic diet (KD) can promote the anti-inflammatory metabolic state and increase ketone body level in rats. This study was to explore the effects and differences of KD with or without medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) on serum inflammatory factors and mTOR pathway in Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats. Results Male SD rats were assigned to five groups: control diet (C), 20% caloric restriction diet (LC), 20% caloric restriction ketogenic diet (containing MCFAs) (LCKD1), 20% caloric restriction ketogenic diet (LCKD2) and 20% caloric restriction foreign ketogenic diet (LCKD3), and fed for 30 d. LC and KD could significantly reduce the body weight of rats; LC and KD containing MCFAs showed anti-inflammatory effects; KD without MCFAs decreased the concentration of mTOR1, while KD containing MCFAs decreased the expression of AMPK, mtor1 and P70sk. Conclusions KD containing MCFAs showed better effects on the mTOR pathway and anti-inflammation than that without MCFAs.


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