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ArticleThe British journal of nutrition2019

The elongation of very long-chain fatty acid 6 gene product catalyses elongation of

Zhen Wang, Dong Hao Wang, Yuliya Goykhman, Yuanyuan Yan, Peter Lawrence, Kumar S D Kothapalli, J Thomas Brenna

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Article in The British journal of nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  1. A Novel Function of Nonadecanoic Acid in Regulating Glucose Homeostasis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  3. Odd chain fatty acid metabolism in mice after a high fat diet.The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology · 2022
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  5. Frontiers in nutrition · 2022
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  7. Quantitative Phosphoproteomic Analysis Reveals the Regulatory Networks ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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7 authors.

Zhen WangDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5715-2193
Dong Hao WangDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Yuliya GoykhmanDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Yuanyuan YanDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Peter LawrenceDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Kumar S D KothapalliDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
J Thomas BrennaDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

Funding

Molecular mechanism of omega-3 responseR01AT007003 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI BRENNA, JAMES T. · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT007003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Normal odd-chain SFA (OCSFA), particularly tridecanoic acid (n-13 : 0), pentadecanoic acid (n-15 : 0) and heptadecanoic acid (n-17 : 0), are normal components of dairy products, beef and seafood. The ratio of n-15 : 0:n-17 : 0 in ruminant foods (dairy products and beef) is 2:1, while in seafood and human tissues it is 1:2, and their appearance in plasma is often used as a marker for ruminant fat intake. Human elongases encoded by elongation of very long-chain fatty acid (ELOVL)1, ELOVL3, ELOVL6 and ELOVL7 catalyse biosynthesis of the dominant even-chain SFA; however, there are no reports of elongase function on OCSFA. ELOVL transfected MCF7 cells were treated with n-13 : 0, n-15 : 0 or n-17 : 0 (80 µm) and products analysed. ELOVL6 catalysed elongation of n-13 : 0→n-15 : 0 and n-15 : 0→n-17 : 0; and ELOVL7 had modest activity toward n-15 : 0 (n-15 : 0→n-17 : 0). No elongation activity was detected for n-17 : 0→n-19 : 0. Our data expand ELOVL specificity to OCSFA, providing the first molecular evidence demonstrating ELOVL6 as the major elongase acting on OCSFA n-13 : 0 and n-15 : 0 fatty acids. Studies of food intake relying on OCSFA as a biomarker should consider endogenous human metabolism when relying on OCSFA ratios to indicate specific food intake.

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ElongaseHeptadecanoic acid (n-17 : 0)Intake biomarkersPentadecanoic acid (n-15 : 0)Tridecanoic acid (n-13 : 0)

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