Assimilation of dietary phytosterols by Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas spat
1999
Knauer, J. | Barrett, S.M. | Volkman, J.K. | Southgate, P.C.
Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas spat were fed either the microalga Chaetoceros muelleri, Isochrysis aff. galbana (strain T-ISO) or Pavlova lutheri to investigate the effect of dietary phytosterols on the sterol composition of spat tissues. After a 6-week feeding period the sterol profile of spat tissues generally reflected that of the diet, but not all sterols were assimilated with the same efficiency. 4-Desmethyl sterols, such as cholesterol and 24-methylcholesterol, were readily incorporated into spat tissues but 4-methyl sterols, such as 4-methyl-24-ethyl-5 alpha-cholest-22E-en-3 beta-ol and the unusual 3,4-dihydroxy 4-methyl sterol 24-methylpavlovol present in P. lutheri, were poorly assimilated by spat. The absolute content of every sterol decreased in spat that had been starved for 6 weeks, but the relative sterol composition was similar to the initial sterol profile. However, the relative level of cholesterol increased, indicating the important role of this sterol in spat metabolism.
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