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Postpartum cows showed high oocyte triacylglycerols concurrently with high plasma free fatty acids
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Title: | Postpartum cows showed high oocyte triacylglycerols concurrently with high plasma free fatty acids |
Authors: | Furukawa, Eri Browse this author | Chen, Zhen Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Ueshiba, Hiroki Browse this author | Wu, Yue Browse this author | Chiba, Hitoshi Browse this author | Yanagawa, Yojiro Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Katagiri, Seiji Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Nagano, Masashi Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Hui, Shu-Ping Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Keywords: | Dairy cow | Fatty acyls | Free fatty acid | Oocyte | Postpartum | Triacylglycerol |
Issue Date: | 1-Dec-2021 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Journal Title: | Theriogenology |
Volume: | 176 |
Start Page: | 174 |
End Page: | 182 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2021.09.034 |
PMID: | 34624811 |
Abstract: | Impaired oocyte quality is one of the main causes of low fertility in modern high-yielding dairy cows. One of the potential factors of the impaired oocyte quality is the effects of free fatty acids (FFA). In fact, high FFA supplementation to culture media exacerbated oocyte developmental competence in vitro. Meanwhile, artificially induced high blood FFA levels in heifers did not affect the lipid composition of oocytes in vivo; however, the oocyte lipid profile of postpartum cows has not yet been investigated. Therefore, the profile of lipids involved in energy metabolism, including FFA and triacylglycerols (TAG), and their relationship between plasma and oocytes were compared among cows at different lactation stages. Heifers were used as a control group that was not affected by lactation. Plasma and oocytes were collected from heifers (n = 4) and 14 Holstein cows categorized to the early lactation stage: 25-47 days in milk (DIM) (n = 6), peak lactation stage: 61-65 DIM (n = 4), and middle lactation stage: 160-202 DIM (n = 4). The FFA and TAG profiles of plasma and oocytes were examined by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. Plasma FFA positively correlated with oocyte TAG (P < 0.05). Plasma FFA and oocyte TAG were significantly higher in cows in the early lactation stage than in heifers (P < 0.05), while the peak and middle lactation stage groups had intermediate levels. The proportion of oleic acid in plasma increased concurrently with elevations in total FFA, while the compositions of oocyte FFA and TAG fatty acyls were constant regardless of plasma FFA concentration or oocyte TAG content. The present results suggest that high postpartum plasma FFA concentrations affect the quantity of oocyte TAG. Taken together with the adverse effects of high FFA concentrations on oocyte developmental competence in vitro, oocyte quality in postpartum cows may be impaired due to high circulating FFA concentrations. These results provide a more detailed understanding of the effects of postpartum high circulating FFA concentrations on the low fertility of cows. |
Rights: | © 2021. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Type: | article (author version) |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/87374 |
Appears in Collections: | 保健科学院・保健科学研究院 (Graduate School of Health Sciences / Faculty of Health Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 惠 淑萍
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