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Chitosan-based sustained expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1a stimulates hepatic glucose oxidation and growth in <em>Sparus aurata</em>

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The administration of a single dose of chitosan nanoparticles driving the expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1a (SREBP1a) was recently associated with the enhanced conversion of carbohydrates into lipids. To address the effects of the long-lasting expression of SREBP1a on the growth and liver intermediary metabolism of carnivorous fish, chitosan-tripolyphosphate (TPP) nanoparticles complexed with a plasmid expressing the N terminal active domain of hamster SREBP1a (pSG5-SREBP1a) were injected intraperitoneally every 4 weeks (three doses in total) to gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fed high-protein-low-carbohydrate and low-protein-high-carbohydrate diets. Following 70 days of treatment, chitosan-TPP-pSG5-SREBP1a nanoparticles led to the sustained upregulation of SREBP1a in the liver of S. aurata. Independently of the diet, SREBP1a overexpression significantly increased their weight gain, specific growth rate, and protein efficiency ratio but decreased their feed conversion ratio. In agreement with an improved conversion of dietary carbohydrates into lipids, SREBP1a expression increased serum triglycerides and cholesterol as well as hepatic glucose oxidation via glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway, while not affecting gluconeogenesis and transamination. Our findings support that the periodical administration of chitosan-TPP-DNA nanoparticles to overexpress SREBP1a in the liver enhanced the growth performance of S. aurata through a mechanism that enabled protein sparing by enhancing dietary carbohydrate metabolisation.

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Orada, Quitosan, Fetge, Creixement

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Sparus aurata, Chitosan, Liver, Growth

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RASHIDPOUR, Ania, et al. Chitosan-based sustained expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1a stimulates hepatic glucose oxidation and growth in Sparus aurata. Marine Drugs. 2023. Vol. 21, num. 11. ISSN 1660-3397. [consulted: 14 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218827

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