Abstract Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant brain cancer in adults, enriched a small subpopulation of glioma stem cells (GSC), which can drive tumor recurrence and therapeutic resistance. Considerable evidence suggests that endogenous levels unsaturated fatty acids (FA) are crucial regulators GSCs survival self-renewal. Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD-1) abundant desaturase humans. ...

We proposed that greater stearoyl coenzyme A (CoA) desaturase enzyme activity caused the elevated monounsaturated fatty acids observed in American Wagyu adipose tissue. Stearoyl CoA desaturase mRNA concentrations and enzyme activities were measured in subcutaneous adipose samples from Angus (n = 5) and American Wagyu (n = 5), fed to the Japanese market end point. A rat liver stearoyl CoA desatu...

A positive correlation between stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD)1 expression and metabolic diseases has been reported in rodents and humans. These findings indicate that SCD1 is a promising therapeutic target for the chronic treatment of diabetes and dyslipidemia. The SCD1 enzyme is expressed at high levels in several human tissues and is required for the biosynthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids...

This study investigated the effects of dietary linolenic acid (C18:3n-3) v. linoleic acid (C18:2n-6) on fatty acid composition and protein expression of key lipogenic enzymes, acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC), stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) and delta 6 desaturase (Δ6d) in longissimus muscle and subcutaneous adipose tissue of bulls. Supplementation of the diet with C18:3n-3 was accompanied by an incr...

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been acknowledged as essential nutrients for cephalopods but the specific PUFAs that satisfy the physiological requirements are unknown. To expand our previous investigations on characterisation of desaturases and elongases involved in the biosynthesis of PUFAs and hence determine the dietary PUFA requirements in cephalopods, this study aimed to investig...

Both high-carbohydrate diet (HCD) and high-fat diet (HFD) modulate liver fat accumulation and inflammation, however, there is a lack of data on the potential contribution of carbohydrates and lipids separately. For this reason, the changes in liver fatty acid (FA) composition in male Swiss mice fed with HCD or HFD were compared, at the time points 0 (before starting the diets), and after 7, 14,...

Fatty acid desaturation regulates membrane function and fat storage in animals. To determine the contribution of stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) activity on fat storage and development in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, we analyzed the lipid composition and lipid droplet size in the fat-6;fat-7 desaturase mutants independently and in combination with mutants disrupted in conserved lipid meta...

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD; EC 1.14.99.5) is a key enzyme in the synthesis polyunsaturated fatty acids. Liver and ose tissue are the predominant sites of SCD expression. Regulation of tic SCD by various nutritional and hormonal ors, such as insulin, dietary carbohydrates and polyunsaturated fatty s, has been well documented. Little is known, ver, about adipocyte SCD regulation despite high le...