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INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue 11, Pages 991-996Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.08.002
Keywords
Tyrophagus mites; Biosynthesis of linoleic acid; Delta 12-Desaturase; Essential fatty acids
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [22380068, 24120006]
- Development Works for Practical Technology Driving Novel Policies for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [22005]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22380068, 24580167, 24120006] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We report here that Tyrophagus similis and Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Astigmata: Acaridae) have the ability to biosynthesize linoleic acid [(9Z, 12Z)-9, 12-octadecadienoic acid] via a Delta 12-desaturation step, although animals in general and vertebrates in particular appear to lack this ability. When the mites were fed on dried yeast enriched with d(31)-hexadecanoic acid (16:0), d(27)-octadecadienoic acid (18:2), produced from d(31)-hexadecanoic acid through elongation and desaturation reactions, was identified as a major fatty acid component of phosphatidylcholines (PCs) and phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs) in the mites. The double bond position of d(27)-octadecadienoic acid (18:2) of PCs and PEs was determined to be 9 and 12, respectively by dimethyldisulfide (DMDS) derivatization. Furthermore, the GC/MS retention time of methyl 9, 12-octadecadienoate obtained from mite extracts agreed well with those of authentic linoleic acid methyl ester. It is still unclear whether the mites themselves or symbiotic microorganisms are responsible for inserting a double bond into the Delta 12 position of octadecanoic acid. However, we present here the unique metabolism of fatty acids in the mites. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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