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Animal Breeding and Genetics
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 2004;17(10): 1378-1382.
https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2004.1378    Published online January 1, 2004.
Effects of Zinc on Lipogenesis of Bovine Intramuscular Adipocytes
Young Sook Oh, Chang Bon Choi
Abstract
Zinc (Zn) is a micromineral and functions as a cofactor of many enzymes and its deficiency induces retardation of growth and dysfunction of the immune system in animals. This study was conducted to determine lipogenic activity of Zn in bovine intramuscular adipocytes. Preadipocytes were isolated from intramuscular fat depots of 26 month old Korean (Hanwoo) steers and cultured in media containing Zn. At confluence, the cells were treated with insulin, dexamethasone, and 1-methyl-3-isobutyl-xanthine to induce differentiation (accumulation of lipid droplets in cells). The sources of Zn were zinc chloride (ZnCl2) and zinc sulfate (ZnSO4), and the final concentrations of both Zn sources were 0, 5, 25, 50 and 100 M. Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) activity, an index of adipocyte differentiation, was increased as the concentration of Zn in media increased showing the highest activity (25.74 ng/min/mg protein) at 25 M of ZnSO4. Supplementation of Zn during differentiation of bovine intramuscular adipocytes tended to decrease the production of nitric oxide (NO). Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 2 (PPAR 2) gene expression was increased 10 days after differentiation induction. The current results indicate that Zn has a strong lipogenic activity in cultured bovine intramuscular adipocytes with remarkable suppression of NO production.
Keywords: Zinc; Intramuscular Adipocytes; Bovine; PPAR 2; Nitric Oxide


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