Transcriptional development of phospholipid and lipoprotein metabolism in different intestinal regions of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fry

Jin, Y.; Olsen, R. E.; Ostensen, M.-A.; Gillard, G. B.; Korsvoll, S. A.; Santi, N.; Gjuvsland, A. B.; Vik, J. O.; Torgersen, J. S.; Sandve, S. R.; Olsen, Y.

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Transcriptional development of phospholipid and lipoprotein metabolism in different intestinal regions of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fry

Jin, Y.·Olsen, R. E.·Ostensen, M.-A.·Gillard, G. B.·Korsvoll, S. A.·Santi, N.·Gjuvsland, A. B.·Vik, J. O.·Torgersen, J. S.·Sandve, S. R.·Olsen, Y.

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BackgroundIt has been suggested that the high phospholipid (PL) requirement in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fry is due to insufficient intestinal de-novo synthesis causing low lipoprotein (LP) production and reduced transport capacity of dietary lipids. However, there has not been performed any in-depth ontological analysis of intestinal PL and LP synthesis with development of salmon. Therefore in this paper we used RNA-seq technology to test the hypothesis that the high PL requirement in salmon fry was associated with undeveloped PL synthesis and LP formation pathways in intestine. There was a special focus on the understanding homologous genes, especially from salmonid-specific fourth vertebrate whole-genome duplication (Ss4R), contribution to salmonid specific features of regulation of PL metabolic pathways. The study was performed in stomach, pyloric caeca and hindgut at 0.16g (1 day before first-feeding), 2.5g and 10g of salmon.\n\nResultsIn general, we found an up-regulation of de-novo phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) synthesis, phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEtn) and LP formation pathways in pyloric caeca of salmon between 0.16g and 10g. Thirteen genes in these pathways were highly (q<0.05) up-regulated in 2.5g salmon compared to 0.16g, while only five more significant (q<0.05) genes were found when the fish grew up to 10g. Different homologous genes were found dominating in stomach, pyloric caeca and hindgut. However, the expression of dominating genes in PL and LP synthesis pathways was much higher in pyloric caeca than stomach and hindgut. Salmon-specific homologous (Ss4R) genes had similar expression during development, while other homologs had more diverged expression.\n\nConclusionsAn increasing capacity for PL synthesis and LP formation was confirmed in pyloric caeca. The up-regulation of the de-novo PtdCho pathway confirms that the salmon fry have increasing requirement for dietary PtdCho compared to adult. The similar expressions between Ss4R homologous genes suggest that the functional divergence of these genes was incomplete compared to homologs derived from other whole genome duplication. The results of the present study have provided new information on the molecular mechanisms of phospholipid synthesis and lipoprotein formation in fish.

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Jin, Y., Olsen, R. E., Ostensen, M.-A., Gillard, G. B., Korsvoll, S. A., Santi, N., Gjuvsland, A. B., Vik, J. O., Torgersen, J. S., Sandve, S. R., Olsen, Y.. 2017-09-27. Transcriptional development of phospholipid and lipoprotein metabolism in different intestinal regions of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fry. https://doi.org/10.1101/194514

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