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Poultry Science, Vol 79, Issue 10, 1460-1464
Copyright © 2000 by Poultry Science Association

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The developmental expression of acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase in the yolk sac membrane, liver, and intestine of developing embryos and posthatch turkeys

ST Ding and MS Lilburn

Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster 44691, USA.

Acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) catalyzes the formation of cholesterol esters (CE) from free cholesterol and fatty acyl-coenzyme A. This experiment was conducted to study the ontogeny of ACAT activity in the yolk sac membrane, liver, and intestine during embryonic development and early posthatch growth of turkeys. The ACAT activity was measured on tissue samples collected at 3-d intervals from embryonic Day (ED 13) 13 through 6 d posthatch (PD 6). The ACAT activity (pmol/mg microsomal protein per min) in the yolk sac membrane increased form 840 pmol at ED 13 to 2,497 pmol at ED 22, and subsequently declined to a very low level by PD 3. The high level of enzyme activity at ED 22 is concomitant with the large quantity of CE formed within the yolk sac membrane at this developmental age. Liver ACAT activity increased from 60 pmol at ED 13 to 242 to 243 pmol at ED 25 and PD 3, followed by a decline to 130 pmol by PD 6, mirroring the peak in hepatic CE concentration. This suggests that even during incubation, the liver plays a significant role in lipid metabolism. Intestinal ACAT specific activity increased from 14 pmol (ED 16) to 44 pmol (ED 25), and then declined to 23 pmol by hatch (ED 28), with no further decline through PD 6. Total intestinal ACAT activity (pmol per intestine/min) increased, however, from ED 16 through PD 6. This increase in activity suggests that the total capacity for cholesterol esterification increases during the course of incubation and shortly after hatching.


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