PMID- 30219419 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190108 LR - 20211204 IS - 1525-3198 (Electronic) IS - 0022-0302 (Linking) VI - 101 IP - 11 DP - 2018 Nov TI - Seryl-tRNA synthetase-mediated essential amino acids regulate beta-casein synthesis via cell proliferation and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway in bovine mammary epithelial cells. PG - 10456-10468 LID - S0022-0302(18)30845-2 [pii] LID - 10.3168/jds.2018-14568 [doi] AB - Essential amino acids (EAA) play an important role in promoting milk protein synthesis in primary bovine mammary epithelial cells (BMEC). However, the regulatory mechanisms involved in the relationship between EAA and milk protein synthesis have not been fully explored. This study examined the effects of seryl-tRNA synthetase (SARS) on EAA-stimulated beta-casein synthesis, cell proliferation, and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) system in BMEC. First, BMEC were cultured in medium either lacking all EAA (-EAA) or that included all EAA (+EAA) for 12 h. The BMEC were then supplemented with the opposing treatments (-EAA supplemented with +EAA and vice versa) for 0 h, 10 min, 0.5 h, 1 h, 6 h, or 12 h, respectively. After the treatment-specific time allotment, proteins were collected for Western blotting. Subsequently, a 2 x 2 factorial design was used to evaluate the interactive of SARS inhibition (control or SARS inhibited) and EAA supply (+EAA or -EAA) on gene and protein abundance, cell viability, and cell cycle in BMEC. Based on the data obtained in the first experiment, the changes in protein abundance of beta-casein and SARS depended on EAA treatment time in similar patterns. The protein abundance of beta-casein, SARS, and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-related proteins, cell viability, cell cycle progression, and the mRNA abundance of cyclin D1 (CCND1, cell cycle progression marker) and marker of proliferation Ki-67 (MKI67, cell proliferation marker) were stimulated by the presence of EAA. Correspondingly, when cells were deprived of EAA, cell proliferation and abundance of these proteins and genes were reduced overall. Moreover, the decreases in these aspects were further exacerbated by inhibiting SARS, suggesting that an interaction between EAA and SARS is important for regulating protein synthesis. The results indicated that SARS stimulated the mTOR signaling pathway when EAA were present, enhanced EAA-stimulated cell proliferation, and contributed to increased beta-casein production in BMEC. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 American Dairy Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Dai, W T AU - Dai WT AD - College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - White, R R AU - White RR AD - Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24060. FAU - Liu, J X AU - Liu JX AD - College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. FAU - Liu, H Y AU - Liu HY AD - Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24060. Electronic address: hyliu@zju.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180913 PL - United States TA - J Dairy Sci JT - Journal of dairy science JID - 2985126R RN - 0 (Amino Acids, Essential) RN - 0 (Caseins) RN - 0 (Milk Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 6.1.1.11 (Serine-tRNA Ligase) SB - IM MH - Amino Acids, Essential/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Caseins/metabolism MH - Cattle/*physiology MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Dietary Supplements MH - Epithelial Cells/metabolism MH - Female MH - Mammary Glands, Animal/metabolism MH - Milk/*metabolism MH - Milk Proteins/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Serine-tRNA Ligase/drug effects/*metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - bovine mammary epithelial cells OT - cell proliferation OT - essential amino acids OT - mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) OT - beta-casein synthesis EDAT- 2018/09/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/09 06:00 CRDT- 2018/09/17 06:00 PHST- 2018/02/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/07/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/09/17 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0022-0302(18)30845-2 [pii] AID - 10.3168/jds.2018-14568 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Dairy Sci. 2018 Nov;101(11):10456-10468. doi: 10.3168/jds.2018-14568. Epub 2018 Sep 13.