Data/hora: 09/06/2024 01:04:16

Provedor de dados: 	96	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Polymorphism of the BCO2 gene and the content of carotenoids, retinol, and α-tocopherol in the liver and fat of rabbits	
Autores: 	Strychalski,Janusz; Gugołek,Andrzej; Brym,Paweł; Antoszkiewicz,Zofia; Chwastowska-Siwiecka,Iwona.	
Data: 	2019-01-01	
Ano: 	2019	
Palavras-chave: 	Adipose tissue; Carotenoids; Rabbit; Vitamins.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT The study was carried out to evaluate the effect of AAT-deletion mutation at codon 248 of the BCO2 gene on the content of lutein, β-carotene, retinol, and α-tocopherol in the liver and fat of crossbred rabbits. The experimental animals comprised 90 rabbits, produced by reciprocal crossing between ins/del heterozygous parents of Flemish Giant, New Zealand Red, and Termond White breeds. All rabbits in the litter were genotyped, given the same diet, and finally slaughtered at 140 d of age. It was found that regardless of the mating scheme employed, all del/del homozygotes had the yellow fat trait, whereas heterozygous and homozygotes animals without the AAT deletion (ins/ins) developed white fat. Lutein concentration in fat was over 13-fold higher in rabbits carrying a homozygous AAT-deletion than in the remaining animals. A codon deletion in the BCO2 gene also contributes to an increase in the concentrations of β-carotene and α-tocopherol in the adipose tissue of rabbits. However, no differences were observed in the content of the analyzed components between heterozygous and homozygous rabbits without the deletion.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982019000100300	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia	
Relação: 	10.1590/rbz4820180243	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia  v.48 2019	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess