| Effect of dietary arginine on growth, intestinal enzyme activities and gene expression in muscle, hepatopancreas and intestine of juvenile Jian carp (Cyprinus carpio var. Jian). | |
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PMID: 22013925 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The present study was conducted to test the hypothesis that dietary arginine promotes digestion and absorption capacity, and, thus, enhances fish growth. This improvement might be related to the target of rapamycin (TOR) and eIF4E-binding protein (4E-BP). A total of 1200 juvenile Jian carp, Cyprinus carpio var. Jian, with an average initial weight of 6·33 (se 0·03) g, were fed with diets containing graded concentrations of arginine, namely, 9·8 (control), 12·7, 16·1, 18·5, 21·9 and 24·5 g arginine/kg diet for 9 weeks. An real-time quantitative PCR analysis was performed to determine the relative expression of TOR and 4E-BP in fish muscle, hepatopancreas and intestine. Dietary arginine increased (P < 0·05): (1) glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase and glutamate-pyruvate transaminase activities in muscle and hepatopancreas; (2) intestine and hepatopancreas protein content, folds height, and trypsin, chymotrypsin, lipase, Na+/K+-ATPase, alkaline phosphatase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase and creatine kinase activities in intestine; (3) Lactobacillus counts; (4) relative expression of TOR in the muscle, hepatopancreas and distal intestine (DI); (5) relative expression of 4E-BP in proximal intestine (PI) and mid-intestine (MI), as compared with the control group. In contrast, dietary arginine reduced (P < 0·05): (1) plasma ammonia content; (2) Aeromonas hydrophila and Escherichia coli counts; (3) relative expression of TOR in PI and MI; (4) relative expression of 4E-BP in the muscle, hepatopancreas and DI. The arginine requirement estimated by specific growth rate using quadratic regression analysis was found to be 18·0 g/kg diet. These results indicate that arginine improved fish growth, digestive and absorptive ability and regulated the expression of TOR and 4E-BP genes. |
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Gangfu Chen; Lin Feng; Shengyao Kuang; Yang Liu; Jun Jiang; Kai Hu; Weidan Jiang; Shuhong Li; Ling Tang; Xiaoqiu Zhou |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-21 |
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Title: The British journal of nutrition Volume: - ISSN: 1475-2662 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372547 Medline TA: Br J Nutr Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-13 Citation Subset: - |
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Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Sichuan, Ya'an 625014, People's Republic of China. |
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