Metabolomics analysis to interpret changes in physiological and metabolic responses to chronic heat stress in Pekin ducks

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Heat stress (HS) is a major environmental threat that affects duck production in subtropical and tropical regions, especially in summer. This study aimed to evaluate the physiological and metabolic responses of Pekin ducks to chronic HS conditions via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) using a paired-fed (PF) experimental design. On the basis of equivalent feed intake (HS vs. PF), HS significantly reduced growth performance and the percentage of leg and breast muscles, however, markedly increased the percentage of abdominal fat and breast skin fat. Serum metabolomics results revealed that heat-stressed ducks showed enhanced glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathways, as demonstrated by higher glucose 6-phosphate and 6-phogluconic acid levels in the PF vs. HS comparison. HS decreased hepatic mRNA levels of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation-related genes (MCAD and SCAD) compared to the PF group, resulting in acetylcarnitine accumulation in serum. Moreover, HS elevated the concentrations of serum amino acids and mRNA levels of ubiquitination-related genes (MuRF1 and MAFbx) in the skeletal muscle and amino acid transporter-related genes (SLC1A1 and SLC7A1) and gluconeogenesis-related genes (PCK1 and PCase) in the liver compared to the PF group. When compared to the normal control group (NC), HS further decreased growth performance, but it elevated the abdominal fat rate. However, increased mRNA levels of ubiquitination-related genes and serum amino acid accumulation were not observed in the HS group compared to the NC group, implying that reduced feed intake masked the effect of HS on skeletal muscle breakdown and is a form of protection for the organism. These results suggest that chronic HS induces protein degradation in the skeletal muscle to provide amino acids for hepatic gluconeogenesis to provide sufficient energy, as Pekin ducks under HS conditions failed to efficiently oxidise fatty acids and ketones in the mitochondria, leading to poor growth performance and slaughter characteristics.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:912

Enthalten in:

The Science of the total environment - 912(2024) vom: 20. Jan., Seite 169382

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zeng, Xiangyi-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Javid, Arshad [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ke-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Shi-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Xue-Mei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jian-Ping [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Li [VerfasserIn]
Xuan, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Shan-Shan [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Qiu-Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Amino Acids
Heat stress
Journal Article
Metabolic alterations energy homeostasis
Pekin ducks
RNA, Messenger
Serum metabolomics

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Date Completed 18.01.2024

Date Revised 18.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169382

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366007904