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Influence of Dietary Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and ¦Ø6 to ¦Ø3 Ratios on Head Kidney Lipid Composition and Expression of Fatty Acid and Eicosanoid Metabolism Genes in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)

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Katan T, Xue X, Caballero-Solares A, Taylor RG, Rise ML & Parrish CC (2020) Influence of Dietary Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and ¦Ø6 to ¦Ø3 Ratios on Head Kidney Lipid Composition and Expression of Fatty Acid and Eicosanoid Metabolism Genes in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2020.602587

Abstract
The interaction of dietary eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid (EPA+DHA) levels with omega-6 to omega-3 ratios (¦Ø6:¦Ø3), and their impact on head kidney lipid metabolism in farmed fish, are not fully elucidated. We investigated the influence of five plant-based diets (12-week exposure) with varying EPA+DHA levels (0.3, 1.0, or 1.4%) and ¦Ø6:¦Ø3 (high ¦Ø6, high ¦Ø3, or balanced) on tissue lipid composition, and transcript expression of genes involved in fatty acid and eicosanoid metabolism in Atlantic salmon head kidney. Tissue fatty acid composition was reflective of the diet with respect to C18 PUFA and MUFA levels (% of total FA), and ¦Ø6:¦Ø3 (0.5¨C1.5). Fish fed 0.3% EPA+DHA with high ¦Ø6 (0.3% EPA+DHA¡ü¦Ø6) had the highest increase in proportions (1.7¨C2.3-fold) and in concentrations (1.4-1.8-fold) of arachidonic acid (ARA). EPA showed the greatest decrease in proportion and in concentration (by ~?) in the 0.3% EPA+DHA¡ü¦Ø6 fed fish compared to the other treatments. However, no differences were observed in EPA proportions among salmon fed the high ¦Ø3 (0.3 and 1.0% EPA+DHA) and balanced (1.4% EPA+DHA) diets, and DHA proportions were similar among all treatments. Further, the transcript expression of elovl5a was lowest in the 0.3% EPA+DHA¡ü¦Ø6 fed fish, and correlated positively with 20:3¦Ø3, 20:4¦Ø3 and EPA:ARA in the head kidney. This indicates that high dietary 18:3¦Ø3 promoted the synthesis of ¦Ø3 LC-PUFA. Dietary EPA+DHA levels had a positive impact on elovl5a, fadsd5 and srebp1 expression, and these transcripts positively correlated with tissue ¦²MUFA. This supported the hypothesis that LC-PUFA synthesis is positively influenced by tissue MUFA levels in Atlantic salmon. The expression of pparaa was higher in the 0.3% EPA+DHA¡ü¦Ø6 compared to the 0.3% EPA+DHA¡ü¦Ø3 fed fish. Finally, significant correlations between head kidney fatty acid composition and the expression of eicosanoid synthesis-related transcripts (i.e., 5loxa, 5loxb, cox1, cox2, ptges2, ptges3, and pgds) illustrated the constitutive relationships among fatty acids and eicosanoid metabolism in salmon.

Keywords
salmon aquaculture; omega-6/omega-3 ratio; EPA+DHA; lipid metabolism; head kidney transcript expression; nutrigenomics; metabolomics; fatty acids

Journal
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences: Volume 7

StatusPublished
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Publication date31/12/2020
Publication date online31/12/2020
Date accepted by journal17/11/2020
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PublisherFrontiers Media SA
eISSN2296-889X

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Dr Albert Caballero Solares

Dr Albert Caballero Solares

Lecturer in Aquaculture Nutrition, Institute of Aquaculture

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