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Katan T, Xue X, Caballero-Solares A, Taylor RG, Parrish CC & Rise ML (2021) Influence of Varying Dietary ¦Ø6 to ¦Ø3 Fatty Acid Ratios on the Hepatic Transcriptome, and Association with Phenotypic Traits (Growth, Somatic Indices, and Tissue Lipid Composition), in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Biology, 10 (7), Art. No.: 578. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10070578
Abstract
The importance of dietary omega-6 to omega-3 (¦Ø6:¦Ø3) fatty acid (FA) ratios for human health has been extensively examined. However, its impact on fish physiology, and the underlying molecular mechanisms, are less well understood. This study investigated the influence of plant-based diets (12-week exposure) with varying ¦Ø6:¦Ø3 (0.4¨C2.7) on the hepatic transcriptome of Atlantic salmon. Using 44 K microarray analysis, genes involved in immune and inflammatory response (lect2a, itgb5, helz2a, p43), lipid metabolism (helz2a), cell proliferation (htra1b), control of muscle and neuronal development (mef2d) and translation (eif2a, eif4b1, p43) were identified; these were differentially expressed between the two extreme ¦Ø6:¦Ø3 dietary treatments (high ¦Ø6 vs. high ¦Ø3) at week 12. Eight out of 10 microarray-identified transcripts showed an agreement in the direction of expression fold-change between the microarray and qPCR studies. The PPAR¦Á activation-related transcript helz2a was confirmed by qPCR to be down-regulated by high ¦Ø6 diet compared with high ¦Ø3 diet. The transcript expression of two helz2 paralogues was positively correlated with ¦Ø3, and negatively with ¦Ø6 FA in both liver and muscle, thus indicating their potential as biomarkers of tissue ¦Ø6:¦Ø3 variation. Mef2d expression in liver was suppressed in the high ¦Ø6 compared to the balanced diet (¦Ø6:¦Ø3 of 2.7 and 0.9, respectively) fed fish, and showed negative correlations with ¦Ø6:¦Ø3 in both tissues. The hepatic expression of two lect2 paralogues was negatively correlated with viscerosomatic index, while htra1b correlated negatively with salmon weight gain and condition factor. Finally, p43 and eif2a were positively correlated with liver ¦²¦Ø3, while these transcripts and eif4b2 showed negative correlations with 18:2¦Ø6 in the liver. This suggested that some aspects of protein synthesis were influenced by dietary ¦Ø6:¦Ø3. In summary, this nutrigenomic study identified hepatic transcripts responsive to dietary variation in ¦Ø6:¦Ø3, and relationships of transcript expression with tissue (liver, muscle) lipid composition and other phenotypic traits.
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hepatic transcript expression; lipid metabolism; salmon; microarray; omega-6/omega-3 ration; nutrigenomics; fatty acids; liver; muscle
Journal
Biology: Volume 10, Issue 7
Status | Published |
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Funders | and |
Publication date | 31/12/2021 |
Publication date online | 30/06/2021 |
Date accepted by journal | 21/06/2021 |
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Publisher | MDPI AG |
eISSN | 2079-7737 |
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Lecturer in Aquaculture Nutrition, Institute of Aquaculture