Pub Date : 2024-11-14DOI: 10.1186/s40104-024-01108-2
Bin Wang, Xiaodan Zhang, Yongfa Liu, Mingkun Gao, Mi Wang, Yuan Wang, Xinzhi Wang, Yuming Guo
Research on low-protein-level diets has indicated that even though the profiles of essential amino acids (EAAs) follow the recommendation for a normal-protein-level diet, broilers fed low-protein diets failed to achieve productive performance compared to those fed normal diets. Therefore, it is imperative to reassess the optimum profile of EAAs in low-protein diets and establish a new ideal pattern for amino acid balance. Furthermore, identifying novel sensitive biomarkers for assessing amino acid balance will greatly facilitate the development of amino acid nutrition and application technology. In this study, 12 dietary treatments [Con(+), Con(-), L&A(-), L&A(+), M&C(-), M&C(+), BCAA (-), BCAA(+), Thr(-), Thr(+), Trp(-) and Trp(+)] were established by combining different EAAs including lysine and arginine, methionine and cysteine, branched-chain amino acid (BCAA), threonine, and tryptophan to observe the growth and development of the broiler chickens fed with low-protein-level diets. Based on the biochemical parameters and untargeted metabolomic analysis of animals subjected to different treatments, biomarkers associated with optimal and suboptimal amino acid balance were identified. Growth performance, carcass characteristics, hepatic enzyme activity, serum biochemical parameters, and breast muscle mRNA expression differed significantly between male and female broilers under different dietary amino acid patterns. Male broilers exhibited higher sensitivity to the adjustment of amino acid patterns than female broilers. For the low-protein diet, the dietary concentrations of lysine, arginine, and tryptophan, but not of methionine, cystine, or threonine, needed to be increased. Therefore, further research on individual BCAA is required. For untargeted metabolomic analysis, Con(+) was selected as a normal diet (NP) while Con(-) represented a low-protein diet (LP). L&A(+) denotes a low-protein amino acid balanced diet (LPAB) and Thr(+) represents a low-protein amino acid imbalance diet (LPAI). The metabolites oxypurinol, pantothenic acid, and D-octopine in birds were significantly influenced by different dietary amino acid patterns. Adjusting the amino acid profile of low-protein diets is required to achieve normal growth performance in broiler chickens fed normal-protein diets. Oxypurinol, pantothenic acid, and D-octopine have been identified as potentially sensitive biomarkers for assessing amino acid balance.
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The antibacterial and immunomodulatory activities of bacteriocins make them attractive targets for development as anti-infective drugs. Although the importance of the enteric nervous system (ENS) in the struggle against infections of the intestine has been demonstrated, whether it is involved in bacteriocins anti-infective mechanisms is poorly defined. Here, we demonstrated that the bacteriocin Microcin J25 (J25) significantly alleviated diarrhea and intestinal inflammation in piglets caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection. Mechanistically, macrophage levels were significantly downregulated after J25 treatment, and this was replicated in a mouse model. Omics analysis and validation screening revealed that J25 treatment induced significant changes in the dopaminergic neuron pathway, but little change in microbial structure. The alleviation of inflammation may occur by down-regulating dopamine receptor (DR) D1 and the downstream DAG-PKC pathway, thus inhibiting arachidonic acid decomposition, and the inhibition of macrophages may occur through the up-regulation of DRD5 and the downstream cAMP-PKA pathway, thus inhibiting NF-κB. Our studies’ findings provide insight into the changes and possible roles of the ENS in J25 treatment of ETEC infection, providing a more sophisticated foundational understanding for developing the application potential of J25.
{"title":"Bacteriocin Microcin J25’s antibacterial infection effects and novel non-microbial regulatory mechanisms: differential regulation of dopaminergic receptors","authors":"Lijun Shang, Fengjuan Yang, Qingyun Chen, Ziqi Dai, Guangxin Yang, Xiangfang Zeng, Shiyan Qiao, Haitao Yu","doi":"10.1186/s40104-024-01115-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40104-024-01115-3","url":null,"abstract":"The antibacterial and immunomodulatory activities of bacteriocins make them attractive targets for development as anti-infective drugs. Although the importance of the enteric nervous system (ENS) in the struggle against infections of the intestine has been demonstrated, whether it is involved in bacteriocins anti-infective mechanisms is poorly defined. Here, we demonstrated that the bacteriocin Microcin J25 (J25) significantly alleviated diarrhea and intestinal inflammation in piglets caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection. Mechanistically, macrophage levels were significantly downregulated after J25 treatment, and this was replicated in a mouse model. Omics analysis and validation screening revealed that J25 treatment induced significant changes in the dopaminergic neuron pathway, but little change in microbial structure. The alleviation of inflammation may occur by down-regulating dopamine receptor (DR) D1 and the downstream DAG-PKC pathway, thus inhibiting arachidonic acid decomposition, and the inhibition of macrophages may occur through the up-regulation of DRD5 and the downstream cAMP-PKA pathway, thus inhibiting NF-κB. Our studies’ findings provide insight into the changes and possible roles of the ENS in J25 treatment of ETEC infection, providing a more sophisticated foundational understanding for developing the application potential of J25.","PeriodicalId":14928,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142601115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-12DOI: 10.1186/s40104-024-01113-5
Dan Hu, Xiaoran Yang, Ming Qin, Li’an Pan, Haiyan Fang, Pengnan Chen, Yingdong Ni
Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is a common pathogenic microorganism and poses a threat to the efficiency of poultry farms. As signaling molecules regulating the interaction between the host and gut microbiota, bile acids (BAs) play a protective role in maintaining gut homeostasis. However, the antibacterial effect of BAs on Salmonella infection in broilers has remained unexplored. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of feeding BAs in protecting against S. Typhimurium infection in broilers. A total of 144 1-day-old Arbor Acres male broilers were randomly assigned to 4 groups, including non-challenged birds fed a basal diet (CON), S. Typhimurium-challenged birds (ST), S. Typhimurium-challenged birds treated with 0.15 g/kg antibiotic after infection (ST-ANT), and S. Typhimurium-challenged birds fed a basal diet supplemented with 350 mg/kg of BAs (ST-BA). BAs supplementation ameliorated weight loss induced by S. Typhimurium infection and reduced the colonization of Salmonella in the liver and small intestine in broilers (P < 0.05). Compared to the ST group, broilers in ST-BA group had a higher ileal mucosal thickness and villus height, and BAs also ameliorated the increase of diamine oxidase (DAO) level in serum (P < 0.05). It was observed that the mucus layer thickness and the number of villous and cryptic goblet cells (GCs) were increased in the ST-BA group, consistent with the upregulation of MUC2 gene expression in the ileal mucosa (P < 0.05). Moreover, the mRNA expressions of Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5), Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), and interleukin 1 beta (IL1b) were downregulated in the ileum by BAs treatment (P < 0.05). 16S rDNA sequencing analysis revealed that, compared to ST group, BAs ameliorated the decreases in Bacteroidota, Bacteroidaceae and Bacteroides abundances, which were negatively correlated with serum DAO activity, and the increases in Campylobacterota, Campylobacteraceae and Campylobacter abundances, which were negatively correlated with body weight but positively correlated with serum D-lactic acid (D-LA) levels (P < 0.05). Dietary BAs supplementation strengthens the intestinal mucosal barrier and reverses dysbiosis of gut microbiota, which eventually relieves the damage to the intestinal barrier and weight loss induced by S. Typhimurium infection in broilers.
鼠伤寒沙门氏菌(S. Typhimurium)是一种常见的病原微生物,对家禽养殖场的效率构成威胁。作为调节宿主与肠道微生物群之间相互作用的信号分子,胆汁酸(BAs)在维持肠道平衡方面发挥着保护作用。然而,胆汁酸对肉鸡沙门氏菌感染的抗菌作用仍有待探索。因此,本研究旨在探讨饲喂 BAs 在防止肉鸡感染鼠伤寒沙门氏菌方面的潜在作用。研究人员将144只1日龄的Arbor Acres雄性肉鸡随机分为4组,包括饲喂基础日粮(CON)的未受感染鸡、受鼠伤寒杆菌感染的鸡(ST)、受鼠伤寒杆菌感染后使用0.15克/千克抗生素治疗的鸡(ST-ANT)以及饲喂添加了350毫克/千克BAs的基础日粮(ST-BA)的受鼠伤寒杆菌感染的鸡(ST-BA)。补充 BAs 可改善伤寒杆菌感染引起的体重下降,并减少沙门氏菌在肉鸡肝脏和小肠中的定植(P < 0.05)。与 ST 组相比,ST-BA 组肉鸡的回肠粘膜厚度和绒毛高度更高,而且 BA 还能改善血清中二胺氧化酶(DAO)水平的升高(P < 0.05)。观察发现,ST-BA 组黏液层厚度、绒毛和隐性鹅口疮细胞(GCs)数量增加,与回肠黏膜 MUC2 基因表达上调一致(P < 0.05)。此外,Toll 样受体 5(TLR5)、Toll 样受体 4(TLR4)和白细胞介素 1 beta(IL1b)的 mRNA 表达在 BAs 处理后的回肠中下调(P < 0.05)。16S rDNA 测序分析表明,与 ST 组相比,BAs 可改善类杆菌属、类杆菌科和类杆菌丰度的下降(与血清 DAO 活性呈负相关),以及弯曲杆菌属、弯曲杆菌科和弯曲杆菌丰度的增加(与体重呈负相关,但与血清 D-乳酸(D-LA)水平呈正相关)(P < 0.05)。膳食中补充 BAs 可增强肠道黏膜屏障,逆转肠道微生物区系失调,最终缓解伤寒杆菌感染对肉鸡肠道屏障的破坏和体重下降。
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