Short Communication: Ability of Cultured Mammary Epithelial Cells in a Bicameral System to Secrete Milk Fat.
From: Hannah Research Institute, Hannah Research Park, Ayr, KA6 5HL, Scotland, UK. isabelle.ernens@crp-sante.healthnet.lu
Journal of dairy science
- Publish Date: Feb 2007
- ISSN: 1525-3198
- Volume: 90
- Issue: 2
- Pages: 677-81
- Medium: Internet
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Ernens I, Clegg R, Schneider Y-J, et al. Short Communication: Ability of Cultured Mammary Epithelial Cells in a Bicameral System to Secrete Milk Fat.. J. Dairy Sci. Feb 2007;90:677-81
Abstract
Mammary epithelial cells from lactating cows were cultured onto inserts coated with type I collagen. Every second day, the rates of fatty acid synthesis and secretion were determined by measuring the amount of [14C]-labeled sodium acetate incorporated into lipids over a 4-h period. The [14C]-containing lipids were identified by thin layer chromatography fractionation. In parallel, the integrity of the cell layer was evaluated by measurement of transepithelial electrical resistance. The integrity increased progressively to reach a maximum after 8 d of culture. Cells incorporated acetate into lipids; 1.34% of acetate was incorporated into lipids produced by freshly isolated cells. This percentage decreased to 0.5% after 2 d of culture. Moreover, this capacity decreased with the duration in culture; on d 8, the rate of incorporation dropped to about 3% of that on d 2. In the cell extracts, the [14C]-labeled lipids were mainly triglycerides, although the proportion of diglycerides and phospholipids progressively increased as a part of total newly synthesized lipids. The proportion of triglycerides decreased 0.66 times between d 2 and 8 when the proportion of diglycerides and phospholipids increased 1.33 and 2.18 times, respectively. About 28% of the newly synthesized lipids were secreted within 4 h of incubation. Around 65 to 85% of these labeled lipids were found in the apical compartment, suggesting a partially vectorial secretion. But 58 to 80% of labeled lipids found in the apical and basolateral medium were free fatty acids. Functional tight junctions and incorporation of labeled fatty acids into triglycerides are not compatible with an inferred status of complete dedifferentiation of the cell layer. Moreover, triglyceride secretion seems compromised, probably due to the lack of an appropriate cell environment and cell shape.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Carbon Radioisotopes, Cattle, Cells, Cultured, Chromatography, Thin Layer, Diglycerides, Electric Impedance, Epithelial Cells, Fatty Acids, Female, Lipids, Mammary Glands, Animal, Milk, Phospholipids, Sodium Acetate, Triglycerides
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