PMID- 31993168 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240328 IS - 2048-7177 (Print) IS - 2048-7177 (Electronic) IS - 2048-7177 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan TI - Camellia (Camellia oleifera Abel.) seed oil promotes milk fat and protein synthesis-related gene expression in bovine mammary epithelial cells. PG - 419-427 LID - 10.1002/fsn3.1326 [doi] AB - Camellia (Camellia oleifera Abel.) seed oil is a commonly used edible oil of China. In ancient Chinese literature, it is mentioned to be helpful for postpartum repair and lactation in women. Research on camellia seed oil (CO) as a feed additive for dairy cattle is less. We investigated the effect of CO on the expression of milk fat and protein syntheses-related genes in differentiated bovine mammary epithelial cells (MAC-T) using soybean oil (SO) as the control. The results showed that CO increased the expression of genes related to de novo synthesis of fatty acids including sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP1), acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC), fatty acid synthase (FASN), lipoprotein lipase (LPL), and stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) (p < .05). Among the milk protein genes analyzed, CO increased beta-casein mRNA expression (p < .05) and decreased alphaS1-casein mRNA expression (p < .05) in MAC-T cells. CO upregulated the pathways related to milk protein synthesis with increased mRNA levels of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase (AKT1), and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) (p < .05) in MAC-T cells. Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 (S6K1) gene was upregulated, and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) gene (p < .05) was downregulated with CO treatment. The mRNA expression levels of janus kinase 2 (JAK2), activator of transcription 5-beta (STAT5-beta), and E74-like factor 5 (ELF5) were elevated in MAC-T cells treated with CO (p < .05). Meanwhile, the protein expression levels of S6K1, STAT5-beta, phosphorylated mTOR (p-mTOR), p-S6K1, and p-STAT5-beta increased in MAC-T cells treated with CO (p < .05). In summary, CO promoted beta-casein synthesis by regulating PI3K-mTOR-S6K1 and JAK2-STAT5 signaling pathways and influenced fatty acid synthesis by regulating SREBP1-related genes in MAC-T cells. We need to further confirm the function of CO using in vivo models. CI - (c) 2019 The Authors. Food Science & Nutrition published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Zhong, Wanqi AU - Zhong W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9086-5133 AD - Department of Animal Science College of Animal Science Jilin University Changchun China. FAU - Shen, Jinglin AU - Shen J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1921-4407 AD - Department of Animal Science College of Animal Science Jilin University Changchun China. FAU - Liao, Xiandong AU - Liao X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8851-1715 AD - Department of Animal Science College of Animal Science Jilin University Changchun China. FAU - Liu, Xinlu AU - Liu X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1257-9964 AD - Department of Animal Science College of Animal Science Jilin University Changchun China. FAU - Zhang, Jing AU - Zhang J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4823-4629 AD - Department of Animal Science College of Animal Science Jilin University Changchun China. FAU - Zhou, Changhai AU - Zhou C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4750-2107 AD - Department of Animal Science College of Animal Science Jilin University Changchun China. FAU - Jin, Yongcheng AU - Jin Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3462-3674 AD - Department of Animal Science College of Animal Science Jilin University Changchun China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191205 PL - United States TA - Food Sci Nutr JT - Food science & nutrition JID - 101605473 PMC - PMC6977417 OTO - NOTNLM OT - bovine mammary epithelial cells OT - camellia seed oil OT - casein OT - fatty acids OT - mRNA expression OT - protein expression COIS- The authors declare that they do not have any conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/01/30 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/30 06:01 PMCR- 2019/12/05 CRDT- 2020/01/30 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/11/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/11/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/01/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/01/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/30 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/12/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - FSN31326 [pii] AID - 10.1002/fsn3.1326 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Food Sci Nutr. 2019 Dec 5;8(1):419-427. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.1326. eCollection 2020 Jan.