Marie-France Palin, Ph.D.

Image Marie-France Palin
Research Scientist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
https://profils-profiles.science.gc.ca/en/research-centre/sherbrooke-research-and-development-centre

Current research and/or projects

I am studying interactions between genes and nutrients (e.g. polyunsaturated fatty acids, amino acids) in growing pigs with the aim of developing new nutrigenomic tools to improve carcass and meat quality and the mammary gland development.

I am also working on genomics and nutritional strategies to increase pork carnosine content. Carnosine is a naturally occurring dipeptide with recognized health attributes. Increasing muscle carnosine content in pigs would be associated with better meat quality and improved meat attributes.

Research and/or project statements

 Active research projects:

  • Enhancement of carnosine content and its nutritional advantages in pork.

  • New technologies to identify pigs with higher muscle carnosine, a new value-added attribute, and advantages of carnosine-enhanced pork in improving meat quality traits and nutritional value of the meat. 

  • Role of prolactin in the regulation of mammary development in late-gestating sows.

  • New feeding and management strategies for replacement gilts that will maximize future milk yield.

Professional activities / interests

  • Animal genomics and nutrigenomics.
  • Identification of marker genes associated with meat quality and mammary development.
  • Role of adipokines in mammary development and function.
  • In vitro cell and tissue culture models (adipose and muscle cells, liver tissue) to characterize different cellular mechanisms (e.g. lipogenesis, oxidative stress, cell growth and differentiation).

Education and awards

 

  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Sherbrooke University

  • B.Sc. in Microbiology, Sherbrooke University

  • Received the Young Scientist Award from the Canadian Society of Animal Science.

Additional links

SCOPUS profile:

https://www.scopus.com/results/results.uri?sort=plf-f&src=s&st1=Palin&st2=m.f.&nlo=1&nlr=20&nls=count-f&sid=49936eb3c42dc0089ca0b2a0ec859312&sot=anl&sdt=aut&sl=39&s=AU-ID%28%22Palin%2c+Marie+France%22+7004375137%29&txGid=b3a9a5bcc78d17a0f782ab14d797fb61

 

Key publications

  1. Lapointe, J., Roy, C.S., Bergeron, N., Lavoie, M., Beaudry, D., Blanchet, I., Petit, H.V., and Palin, M.-F. (2015). "Negative energy balance is associated with inflammatory and oxidative stress conditions in early lactation dairy cows.", Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine’s (SFRBM) Annual Meeting, Boston, MS, USA, November 18-21, 2015.

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  2. Dalto, D.B., Roy, M., Audet, I., Palin, M.F., Guay, F., Lapointe, J., Matte, J.J. (2015). Interaction between vitamin B6 and source of selenium on the response of the selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase system to oxidative stress induced by oestrus in pubertal pig. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, [online] 32 21-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2015.05.002

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  3. Jafarikia, M., Méthot, S., Maignel, L., Fortin, F., Wyss, S., Sullivan, B., Palin, M.F. (2015). Association of adiponectin and adiponectin receptor genes with sow productivity estimated breeding values. Molecular Biology Reports, [online] 42(9), 1391-1401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-015-3917-3

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  4. Perruchot, M.H., Lefaucheur, L., Louveau, I., Mobuchon, L., Palin, M.F., Farmer, C., Gondret, F. (2015). Delayed muscle development in small pig fetuses around birth cannot be rectified by maternal early feed restriction and subsequent overfeeding during gestation. Animal, [online] 9(12), 1996-2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1751731115001202

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  5. Farmer, C., Palin, M.F., Lösel, D., Rehfeldt, C., Kalbe, C. (2015). Impact of diet deprivation and subsequent over-allowance of gestating sows on mammary gland and skeletal muscle development of their offspring at puberty. Livestock Science, [online] 175 113-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2015.02.006

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  6. Hallé, C., Goff, A.K., Petit, H.V., Blouin, R., Palin, M.F. (2015). Effects of different n-6:n-3 fatty acid ratios and of enterolactone on gene expression and PG secretion in bovine endometrial cells. British Journal of Nutrition, [online] 113(1), 56-71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114514003304

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  7. Lima, L.S., Palin, M.F., Santos, G.T., Benchaar, C., Petit, H.V. (2015). Effects of supplementation of flax meal and flax oil on mammary gene expression and activity of antioxidant enzymes in mammary tissue, plasma and erythrocytes of dairy cows, 176 196-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2015.03.015

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  8. Campos, D.B., Albornoz, M., Papa, P.C., Palin, M.F., Bordignon, V., Murphy, B.D. (2015). Relationship between adiponectin and fertility in the female pig. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, [online] 27(3), 458-470. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/RD13201

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  9. De Marchi, F.E., Palin, M.F., dos Santos, G.T., Lima, L.S., Benchaar, C., Petit, H.V. (2015). Flax meal supplementation on the activity of antioxidant enzymes and the expression of oxidative stress- and lipogenic-related genes in dairy cows infused with sunflower oil in the abomasum. Animal Feed Science and Technology, [online] 199 41-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2014.10.018

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  10. dos Santos, G.T.D., de Marchi, F.E., de Lima, L.S., Palin, M.-F., Benchaar, C., and Petit, H.V. (2014). "Activity of Antioxidant Enzymes in Dairy Cows Infused with Sunflower Oil in the Abomasum: Effect of Antioxidants from Flax Meal.", Joint International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores/International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology (ISNH/ISRP), Canberra, Australia, September 8-12, 2014, In: Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 30:68.

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  11. Palin, M.-F., Jafarikia, M., Gariépy, C., Fortin, F.-A., Maignel, L., Wyss, S., and Sullivan, B. (2014). "Association of SNPs and Haplotypes in Adiponectin and Adiponectin Receptors with Pig Meat Quality Traits.", 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP), Vancouver, Canada, August 17-22, 2014. (Abstract)

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  12. Farmer, C., Palin, M.-F., and Martel-Kennes, Y. (2014). "Compensatory feeding of gestating gilts does not affect mammary development of their offspring at puberty.", Journal of Animal Science, 92(E-Suppl. 2), pp. 204. (Abstract)

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  13. Petit, H.V., de Lima, L.S., Palin, M.-F., Santos, G.T.D., and Benchaar, C. (2014). "Effect of Antioxidants from Flax meal on the Oxidative Status of Dairy Cows Infused With Flax Oil in the Abomasum.", Joint International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores/International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology (ISNH/ISRP), Canberra, Australia, September 8-12, 2014, In: Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 30:83.

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  14. Lima, L.S., Palin, M.F., Santos, G.T., Benchaar, C., Lima, L.C.R., Chouinard, P.Y., Petit, H.V. (2014). Effect of flax meal on the production performance and oxidative status of dairy cows infused with flax oil in the abomasum. Livestock Science, [online] 170 53-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2014.09.023

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  15. Will, K., Kuzinski, J., Palin, M.F., Hildebrandt, J.P., Rehfeldt, C. (2014). A second look at leptin and adiponectin actions on the growth of primary porcine myoblasts under serum-free conditions. Archiv Tierzucht, [online] 57 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.7482/0003-9438-57-029

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  16. Palin, M.F., Côrtes, C., Benchaar, C., Lacasse, P., Petit, H.V. (2014). mRNA Expression of lipogenic enzymes in mammary tissue and fatty acid profile in milk of dairy cows fed flax hulls and infused with flax oil in the abomasum. British Journal of Nutrition, [online] 111(6), 1011-1020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114513003589

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  17. Farmer, C., Palin, M.F., Martel-Kennes, Y. (2014). Impact of diet deprivation and subsequent overallowance during gestation on mammary gland development and lactation performance. Journal of Animal Science, [online] 92(1), 141-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas.2013-6558

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  18. Farmer, C., Lapointe, J., and Palin, M.-F. (2014). "Effects of the plant extract silymarin on prolactin concentrations mammary gland development, and oxidative stress in gestating gilts.", Journal of Animal Science, 92(7), pp. 2922-2930. doi : 10.2527/jas.2013-7118

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  19. Prado, R.M., Prado, I.N., Santos, G.T., Benchaar, C., Palin, M.-F., and Petit, H.V. (2013). "Milk production and composition and blood and liver parameters of dairy cows fed various fat sources.", 64th Ann. Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP), Nantes, France, August 26-30, 2013, (Abstract), pp. 411.

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  20. Kuzinski, J., Will, K., Kalbe, C., Palin, M.-F., and Rehfeldt, C. (2013). "Adiponectin and leptin actions on DNA synthesis and cell death of porcine myoblasts are dependent on the cellular milieu and related to ERK 1/2 signalling.", The 15th European Congress of Endocrinology (ECE), Copenhagen, Denmark, April 27-May 1, 2013, Endocrine Abstracts Vol. 32, Abstract #P757.

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Contact

Research facility

Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre
2000 College Street
Sherbrooke, QC J1M 0C8
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Biochemistry›Antioxidant
Agriculture›Biochemistry›Food
Agriculture›Biology›Molecular
Agriculture›Genomics›Animal
Agriculture›Genomics›Functional
Agriculture›Oxidative stress
Agriculture›Pork
Animals›Production
Food›Nutrition›Health Benefits
Sciences›Biology
Sciences›Physiology

Affiliations

  • Adjunct professor at the biology department, Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, QC.

  • Member of the Genetic Committee of the Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement (CCSI).

  • Member of the Research and Development Genetic Forum, “Centre de Développement du Porc du Québec (CDPQ)”.

Language

English
French