The Implications of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Fatty Acid Profiles for Their Thiamine StatusShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Ecology and Evolution, E-ISSN 2045-7758, Vol. 14, no 10, article id e70478
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Abstract [en]
Thiamine deficiency is an ongoing issue across the Northern Hemisphere, causing reproductive failure in multiple salmonid populations. In the Baltic Sea, a large brackish water system in northern Europe, previous research has suggested that this deficiency is associated with lipid-rich diets with a high proportion of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n-3). The mechanism proposed is that a diet abundant in highly unsaturated fatty acids, such as DHA, depletes thiamine as an antioxidant defense in adult salmonids, rather than allocating thiamine to the offspring. In light of this existing hypothesis, we here explore the relationship between diet history and the related fatty acid (FA), profiles, and thiamine status of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in three systems: the Baltic Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean, and Lake V & auml;nern. Atlantic salmon inhabiting each system is known to have unique feeding histories and thiamine status. Our results showed that despite extensive sampling effort and distinct FA profiles, indicative of their diverse diets, there were no correlations between any FAs, including DHA, and the thiamine status of these populations. This finding does not support the above-mentioned hypothesis that diets rich in easily oxidized FAs would lead to lower thiamine concentrations in salmon tissues. Additionally, we found that changes in the salmon FA profiles throughout their life cycle are consistent for both low-thiamine populations from the Baltic Sea and medium-thiamine populations from North Atlantic Ocean, suggesting that these changes might not be involved in thiamine deficiency development.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2024. Vol. 14, no 10, article id e70478
Keywords [en]
Atlantic salmon, DHA, diet history, fatty acids, M74, thiamin, thiamine
National Category
Ecology
Research subject
Ecology, Aquatic Ecology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-134173DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70478ISI: 001368240800001PubMedID: 39463742Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85207563690OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-134173DiVA, id: diva2:1923025
2024-12-202024-12-202025-02-05Bibliographically approved