College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, 233100 People's Republic of China.
College of Animal Science, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, 233100 People's Republic of China; Department of Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang 332005, People's Republic of China.
Poult Sci. 2020 Mar;99(3):1454-1461. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2019.11.001. Epub 2019 Dec 26.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of glutamine (Gln) on modulating heat stress-induced oxidative damage in the broiler thigh muscle through nuclear factor erythroid 2-related 2/Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Nrf2-Keap1) pathway. Three-hundred 22-day-old Arbor Acres broilers were reallocated into 5 groups: a control group (24 °C) fed with basal diet and 4 heat stress (HS) groups (34 °C for 8 h/D) fed with basal diet containing 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5% Gln. This experiment lasted 21 D. Heat stress decreased (P < 0.05) pH, redness, and Gln levels, and increased (P < 0.05) luminance, water loss rate, and cooking loss (CL) values of the thigh meat. Compared with the HS group, supplementation with 1.5% Gln increased (P < 0.05) pH, redness, and Gln levels, but decreased (P < 0.05) luminance and CL values in the thigh meat. There were significant decreases (P < 0.05) in glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), and Nrf2 levels, but significant increases (P < 0.05) in the malondialdehyde (MDA) and Keap1 levels of the thigh muscle after HS treatment. Compared with the HS group, supplementation with 1.0, and 1.5% Gln decreased (P < 0.05) MDA and Keap1 levels; supplementation with 1.5% Gln increased (P < 0.05) GSH, GSH-Px, T-AOC, CAT, SOD, and Nrf2 levels in the thigh muscle of heat-stressed broilers. Furthermore, HS decreased (P < 0.05) Nrf2, SOD, CAT, and GSH-Px mRNA expression levels, but increased (P < 0.05) Keap1 mRNA level in the thigh muscle of broiler. Dietary supplementation with 1.5% Gln increased (P < 0.05) Nrf2, GSH-Px, CAT, and SOD mRNA expression levels, but decreased (P < 0.05) Keap1 mRNA level in the thigh muscle of heat-stressed broilers. In conclusion, dietary Gln improved the resistance of heat-stressed broiler muscles to oxidative damage possibly through reversing the muscle Gln level and inducing the expression of the Nrf2-Keap1 pathway.
本研究旨在通过核因子红细胞 2 相关 2/kelch 样 ECH 相关蛋白 1(Nrf2-Keap1)途径评估谷氨酰胺(Gln)对调节热应激诱导的肉鸡大腿肌肉氧化损伤的影响。将 300 只 22 日龄的阿伯丁肉鸡重新分配到 5 组:对照组(24°C)饲喂基础日粮和 4 个热应激(HS)组(34°C 8h/d)饲喂基础日粮,基础日粮分别含有 0、0.5、1.0 和 1.5%的 Gln。该实验持续 21 天。热应激降低(P<0.05)了大腿肉的 pH 值、红色度和 Gln 水平,增加(P<0.05)了亮度、失水率和蒸煮损失(CL)值。与 HS 组相比,补充 1.5%Gln 增加(P<0.05)了大腿肉的 pH 值、红色度和 Gln 水平,但降低(P<0.05)了亮度和 CL 值。HS 处理后,大腿肌肉中的谷胱甘肽(GSH)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)、总抗氧化能力(T-AOC)和 Nrf2 水平显著降低(P<0.05),但丙二醛(MDA)和 Keap1 水平显著升高(P<0.05)。与 HS 组相比,补充 1.0%和 1.5%Gln 降低(P<0.05)了大腿肌肉中的 MDA 和 Keap1 水平;补充 1.5%Gln 增加(P<0.05)了热应激肉鸡大腿肌肉中的 GSH、GSH-Px、T-AOC、CAT、SOD 和 Nrf2 水平。此外,HS 降低(P<0.05)了大腿肌肉中 Nrf2、SOD、CAT 和 GSH-Px mRNA 的表达水平,但增加(P<0.05)了 Keap1 mRNA 水平。饲粮补充 1.5%Gln 增加(P<0.05)了大腿肌肉中 Nrf2、GSH-Px、CAT 和 SOD mRNA 的表达水平,但降低(P<0.05)了热应激肉鸡大腿肌肉中的 Keap1 mRNA 水平。总之,饲粮 Gln 通过逆转肌肉 Gln 水平和诱导 Nrf2-Keap1 途径的表达,提高了热应激肉鸡肌肉的抗氧化损伤抵抗力。