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http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2007.768

The Effect of Dietary Docosahexaenoic Acid Enrichment on the Expression of Porcine Hepatic Genes  

Chang, W.C. (Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University)
Chen, C.H. (Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University)
Cheng, W.T.K. (Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University)
Ding, S.T. (Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University)
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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.20, no.5, 2007 , pp. 768-774 More about this Journal
Abstract
To study the effect of dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) enrichment on the expression of hepatic genes in pigs, weaned, crossbred pigs (30 d old) were fed diets supplemented with either 2% tallow or DHA oil for 18 d. Hepatic mRNA was extracted. Suppression subtractive hybridization was used to explore the hepatic genes that were specifically regulated by dietary DHA enrichment. After subtraction, we observed 288 cDNA fragments differentially expressed in livers from pigs fed either 2% DHA oil or 2% tallow for 18 d. After differential screening, 7 genes were found to be differentially expressed. Serum amyloid A protein 2 (SAA2) was further investigated because of its role in lipid metabolism. Northern analysis indicated that hepatic SAA2 was upregulated by dietary DHA enrichment (p<0.05). In a second experiment, feeding 10% DHA oil for 2d significantly increased the expression of SAA2 (compared to the 10% tallow group; p<0.05). The porcine SAA2 full length cDNA sequence was cloned and the sequence was compared to the human and mouse sequences. The homology of the SAA2 amino acid sequence between pig and human was 73% and between pig and mouse was 62%. There was a considerable difference in SAA2 sequences among these species. Of particular note was a deletion of 8 amino acids, in the pig compared to the human. This fragment is a specific characteristic for the SAA subtype that involved in acute inflammation reaction. Similar to human and mouse, porcine SAA2 was highly expressed in the liver of pigs. It was not detectable in the skeletal muscle, heart muscle, spleen, kidney, lung, and adipose tissue. These data suggest that SAA2 may be involved in mediation of the function of dietary DHA in the liver of the pig, however, the mechanism is not yet clear.
Keywords
Dietary Docosahexaenoic Acid; Pigs; Serum Amyloid A Protein; Porcine Liver; Hepatic Genes;
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