Cellular energy metabolism correlates with cell fate,but the metabolic properties of chicken embryonic stem (chES) cells are poorly understood.Using a previously established chES cell model and electron microscopy (EM),we found that undifferentiated chES cells stored glycogen.Additionally,undifferentiated chES cells expressed lower levels of glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) and phosphofructokinase (PFK) mRNAs but higher levels of hexokinase 1 (HK1) and glycogen synthase (GYS) mRNAs compared with control primary chicken embryonic fibroblast (CEF) cells,suggesting that chES cells direct glucose flux towards the glycogenic pathway.Moreover,we demonstrated that undifferentiated chES cells block gluconeogenic outflow and impede the accumulation of glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) from this pathway,as evidenced by the barely detectable levels of pyruvate carboxylase (PCX) and mitochondrial phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK2) mRNAs.Additionally,cell death occurred in undifferentiated chES cells as shown by Hoechst 33342 and propidium iodide (PI) double staining,but it could be rescued by exogenous G6P.However,we found that differentiated chES cells decreased the glycogen reserve through the use of PAS staining.Moreover,differentiated chES cells expressed higher levels of GLUT1,HK1 and PFK mRNAs,while the level of GYS mRNA remained similar in control CEF cells.These data indicate that undifferentiated chES cells continue to synthesize glycogen from glucose at the expense of G6P,while differentiated chES cells have a decreased glycogen reserve,which suggests that the amount of glycogen is indicative of the chES cell state.
LI JiaZHANG BaoLuHAN HongBingCAO ZhiChengLIAN ZhengXingLI Ning
脂肪酸转运蛋白1(Fatty acid transport protein 1,FATP1)是脂肪酸转运蛋白家族(FATPs)的一员,具有促进脂肪细胞吸收利用长链和极长链脂肪酸的功能,在脂肪沉积过程中发挥着重要的作用。采用直接测序法寻找FATP1基因5'调控区+64～-723 bp片段的单核苷酸多态性,在-586 bp处发现了一个T→C突变SNP(单核苷酸多态性)座位,利用PCR-RFLP的方法检测它在3个试验猪群体中的基因型,发现该座位在皮特兰和金皮F2代猪群中存在多态性,而在金华猪中仅表现为FATP1g-586TFATP1g-586T基因型。建立混合模型方程组分析该座位对188头金皮F2代猪脂肪性状的效应,结果显示,猪FATP1基因第-586座位的不同基因型与肩背膘厚、6～7肋背膘厚、最后一根肋骨处背膘厚、平均背膘厚和板油重显著相关(P<0.05),表明FATP1基因5'调控区的第-586位上的T→C突变对猪脂肪沉积有一定的影响。
