Changes in fatty acid synthesis and lipogenic enzymes in adipose tissue from fasted and fasted-refed steers.
Controls of fatty acid synthesis in bovine adipose tissue were investigated. Six Brown Swiss steers were fasted for 8 days and then refed for 56 days. Biopsy samples of backfat adipose tissue were taken during the fasting and refeeding periods. Rates of acetate incorporation into fatty acids ( FAS), activities of acetyl CoA carboxylase (CBX), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, and NADP:isocitrate dehydrogenase, and plasma free fatty acids (FFA) and plasma acetate were determined. FAS decreased 60% after 1 day of fasting and 99% after 8 days. FAS did not increase until day 3 of refeeding when energy intake was above maintenance, then returned to normal by 14 days. CBX followed a pattern similar to FAS, except its activity did rise above the control rate during refeeding. Plasma FFA increased 350% and acetate decreased 67% during fasting. After 4 days of refeeding, FFA returned to normal, and acetate increased to 156% of initial concentration, then returned to normal by 21 days. These data suggest that CBX limits FAS in adipose tissue of cattle.[1]References
- Changes in fatty acid synthesis and lipogenic enzymes in adipose tissue from fasted and fasted-refed steers. Pothoven, M.A., Beitz, D.C. J. Nutr. (1975) [Pubmed]
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