Journal
REPRODUCTION NUTRITION DEVELOPMENT
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 149-162Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2002014
Keywords
milk lipids; mammary epithelial cells; secretion
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In mammary epithelial cells, milk lipids and proteins are synthesised in the same compartment, the endoplasmic reticulum. Lipids, carried through the cytoplasm, associate with the apical membrane which then pinches off and releases the lipid globule. Proteins, carried through membrane compartments are released in the lumen after fusion of secretory vesicles with the apical membrane. These processes assure a relatively constant composition of milk but it is not known whether lipid and protein secretion are linked. The protein composition of the milk fat globule membrane and the stimulatory effects of prolactin and oxytocin on lipid and protein secretion suggest that these processes are coupled and co-regulated. However, it is possible to observe a dissociation between the formation and the secretion of the two constituents, during differentiation and in various experimental conditions, and this suggests that coupling is not strictly required.
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