Wang Zhen, Wang Dong Hao, Goykhman Yuliya, Yan Yuanyuan, Lawrence Peter, Kothapalli Kumar S D, Brenna J Thomas
Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Br J Nutr. 2019 Feb 14;121(3):241-248. doi: 10.1017/S0007114518003185. Epub 2019 Jan 3.
Normal odd-chain SFA (OCSFA), particularly tridecanoic acid (n-13 : 0), pentadecanoic acid (n-15 : 0) and heptadecanoic acid (n-17 : 0), are normal components of dairy products, beef and seafood. The ratio of n-15 : 0:n-17 : 0 in ruminant foods (dairy products and beef) is 2:1, while in seafood and human tissues it is 1:2, and their appearance in plasma is often used as a marker for ruminant fat intake. Human elongases encoded by elongation of very long-chain fatty acid (ELOVL)1, ELOVL3, ELOVL6 and ELOVL7 catalyse biosynthesis of the dominant even-chain SFA; however, there are no reports of elongase function on OCSFA. ELOVL transfected MCF7 cells were treated with n-13 : 0, n-15 : 0 or n-17 : 0 (80 µm) and products analysed. ELOVL6 catalysed elongation of n-13 : 0→n-15 : 0 and n-15 : 0→n-17 : 0; and ELOVL7 had modest activity toward n-15 : 0 (n-15 : 0→n-17 : 0). No elongation activity was detected for n-17 : 0→n-19 : 0. Our data expand ELOVL specificity to OCSFA, providing the first molecular evidence demonstrating ELOVL6 as the major elongase acting on OCSFA n-13 : 0 and n-15 : 0 fatty acids. Studies of food intake relying on OCSFA as a biomarker should consider endogenous human metabolism when relying on OCSFA ratios to indicate specific food intake.
正常的奇数链饱和脂肪酸(OCSFA),特别是十三烷酸(n-13 : 0)、十五烷酸(n-15 : 0)和十七烷酸(n-17 : 0),是乳制品、牛肉和海鲜的正常成分。反刍动物食物(乳制品和牛肉)中n-15 : 0与n-17 : 0的比例为2:1,而在海鲜和人体组织中为1:2,它们在血浆中的出现常被用作反刍动物脂肪摄入量的标志物。由超长链脂肪酸延长酶(ELOVL)1、ELOVL3、ELOVL6和ELOVL7编码的人类延长酶催化主要的偶数链饱和脂肪酸的生物合成;然而,尚无关于延长酶对OCSFA功能的报道。用n-13 : 0、n-15 : 0或n-17 : 0(80 µm)处理转染ELOVL的MCF7细胞,并分析产物。ELOVL6催化n-13 : 0→n-15 : 0和n-15 : 0→n-17 : 0的延长反应;ELOVL7对n-15 : 0(n-15 : 0→n-17 : 0)有适度活性。未检测到n-17 : 0→n-19 : 0的延长活性。我们的数据将ELOVL的特异性扩展到OCSFA,提供了首个分子证据证明ELOVL6是作用于OCSFA的n-13 : 0和n-15 : 0脂肪酸的主要延长酶。依靠OCSFA作为生物标志物进行食物摄入量研究时,在依靠OCSFA比例来指示特定食物摄入量时应考虑人体的内源性代谢。