Influence of a high ambient temperature on stearoyl-Co-A-desaturase activity in the growing pig
1999
Kouba, M. | Hermier, D. | Le Dividich, J.
An experiment was conducted to determine the influence of a high ambient temperature on the stearoyl-CoA-desaturase activity and fatty acid composition of backfat, leaf fat, Longissimus dorsi muscle and liver, in the growing pig. Eighteen Large White X Landrace castrated pigs (20 kg body weight) were divided into three groups: I (31 degrees C, ad libitum), II (20 degrees C, pair-fed on the 31 degrees C group) and III (20 degrees C, ad libitum) until 35 kg body weight. At 20 degrees C, the level of feed intake had no effect on stearoyl-CoA-desaturase activity, whatever the tissue (groups II and III). At similar levels of feeding, (groups I and II), the stearoyl-CoA-desaturase activity was lower at 31 degrees C (P < 0.001) than at 20 degrees C, regardless of the tissue, with the exception of the hepatic stearoyl-CoA-desaturase activity, which was similar in all three groups. This reduction of the stearoyl-COA-desaturase activity at 31 degrees C could be related to a decrease in the monounsaturated fatty acid percentage in all the tissues, in hot conditions. The present results show that changes in fatty acid composition caused by environmental temperature, in the pig, may be attributed at least in part to an alteration in the stearoyl-CoA-desaturase activity.
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