PMID- 30879817 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190606 LR - 20211204 IS - 1525-3198 (Electronic) IS - 0022-0302 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 5 DP - 2019 May TI - Methionine supply during the periparturient period enhances insulin signaling, amino acid transporters, and mechanistic target of rapamycin pathway proteins in adipose tissue of Holstein cows. PG - 4403-4414 LID - S0022-0302(19)30259-0 [pii] LID - 10.3168/jds.2018-15738 [doi] AB - Enhanced postruminal supply of Met during the periparturient period increases dry matter intake and milk yield. In nonruminants, adipose tissue is responsive to AA supply, and can use AA as fuels or for protein synthesis regulated in part via insulin and mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling. Whether enhancing supply of Met has an effect on insulin and mTOR pathways in adipose tissue in peripartal cows is unknown. Multiparous Holstein cows were assigned from -28 to 60 d relative to parturition to a basal diet (control; 1.47 Mcal/kg of dry matter and 15.3% crude protein prepartum; 1.67 Mcal/kg and 17.7% crude protein postpartum) or the control plus ethyl-cellulose rumen-protected Met (RPM). The RPM was fed individually at a rate of 0.09% of dry matter intake prepartum and 0.10% postpartum. Subcutaneous adipose tissue harvested at -10, 10, and 30 d relative to parturition (days in milk) was used for quantitative PCR and Western blotting. A glucose tolerance test was performed at -12 and 12 d in milk to evaluate insulin sensitivity. Area under the curve for glucose in the pre- and postpartum tended to be smaller in cows fed Met. Enhanced Met supply led to greater overall mRNA abundance of Gln (SLC38A1), Glu (SLC1A1), l-type AA (Met, Leu, Val, Phe; SLC3A2), small zwitterionic alpha-AA (SLC36A1), and neutral AA (SLC1A5) transporters. Abundance of AKT1, RPS6KB1, and EIF4EBP1 was also upregulated in response to Met. A diet x day interaction was observed for protein abundance of insulin receptor due to Met cows having lower values at 30 d postpartum compared with controls. The diet x day interaction was significant for hormone-sensitive lipase due to Met cows having greater abundance at 10 d postpartum compared with controls. Enhanced Met supply upregulated protein abundance of insulin-responsive proteins phosphorylated (p)-AKT, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, and fatty acid synthase. Overall abundance of solute carrier family 2 member 4 tended to be greater in cows fed Met. A diet x day interaction was observed for mTOR protein abundance due to greater values for RPM cows at 30 d postpartum compared with controls. Enhanced RPM supply upregulated overall protein abundance of solute carrier family 1 member 3, p-mTOR, and ribosomal protein S6. Overall, data indicate that mTOR and insulin signaling pathways in adipose tissue adapt to the change in physiologic state during the periparturient period. Further studies should be done to clarify whether the activation of p-AKT or increased availability of AA leads to the activation of mTOR. CI - The Authors. Published by FASS Inc. and Elsevier Inc. on behalf of the American Dairy Science Association(R). This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). FAU - Liang, Y AU - Liang Y AD - Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801. FAU - Batistel, F AU - Batistel F AD - Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801. FAU - Parys, C AU - Parys C AD - Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Hanau-Wolfgang, 63457, Germany. FAU - Loor, J J AU - Loor JJ AD - Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801. Electronic address: jloor@illinois.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190314 PL - United States TA - J Dairy Sci JT - Journal of dairy science JID - 2985126R RN - 0 (Amino Acid Transport Systems) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - AE28F7PNPL (Methionine) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/metabolism MH - Amino Acid Transport Systems/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Cattle/*physiology MH - Insulin/*physiology MH - Methionine/administration & dosage/*metabolism MH - Peripartum Period/*physiology MH - Random Allocation MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - amino acid transporter OT - insulin response OT - mechanistic target of rapamycin OT - transition period EDAT- 2019/03/19 06:00 MHDA- 2019/06/07 06:00 CRDT- 2019/03/19 06:00 PHST- 2018/09/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/01/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/03/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/06/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/19 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0022-0302(19)30259-0 [pii] AID - 10.3168/jds.2018-15738 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Dairy Sci. 2019 May;102(5):4403-4414. doi: 10.3168/jds.2018-15738. Epub 2019 Mar 14.