Dietary rumen-protected L-arginine or N-carbamylglutamate attenuated fetal hepatic inflammation in undernourished ewes suffering from intrauterine growth restriction

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Zhang, Hao

作者： Zhang, Hao;Zhang, Hao;Zhang, Ying;Ma, Yi;Wang, Hongrong;Wang, Mengzhi;Zhang, Hao;Zhang, Ying;Ma, Yi;Wang, Hongrong;Wang, Mengzhi;Elsabagh, Mabrouk;Elsabagh, Mabrouk

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关键词： L-arginine; Fetal sheep; Liver inflammation; Intrauterine growth restriction; N-carbamylglutamate

期刊名称：ANIMAL NUTRITION （ 影响因子：5.285； 五年影响因子：7.059 ）

ISSN： 2405-6383

年卷期： 2021 年 7 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： This study aimed to explore whether dietary rumen-protected L-arginine (RP-Arg) or N-carbamylglutamate (NCG) supplementation to feed-restricted pregnant ewes counteracts fetal hepatic inflammation and innate immune dysfunction associated with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) in ovine fetuses. On d 35 of pregnancy, twin-bearing Hu ewes (n = 32) were randomly assigned to 4 treatment groups (8 ewes and 16 fetuses per group) and fed diets containing 100% of the NRC requirements (CON), 50% of the NRC requirements (RES), RES + RP-Arg (20 g/d) (RESA), or RES + NCG (5 g/d) (RESN). At 08:00 on d 110 of gestation, fetal blood and liver tissue samples were collected. The levels of triglyceride, free fatty acid, cholesterol and beta-hydroxybutyrate in the fetal blood of RESA and RESN groups were lower (P < 0.05) than those of the RES group, but were higher (P < 0.05) than those of the CON group. The interleukin (IL)6 and IL-1 levels in fetal blood and liver tissue as well as the myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88), transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta), and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) mRNA levels in the fetal liver were decreased (P < 0.05) by the NCG or RP-Arg supplementation compared to the RES treatment. Similarly, the toll-like receptor (TLR)-4, MyD88, TGFb, and p-c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) protein levels in the fetal liver were reduced (P < 0.05) in the NCG and RP-Arg-supplemented groups compared to the RES group. These results showed that dietary supplementation of RP-Arg or NCG to underfed pregnant ewes could protect against IUGR fetal hepatic inflammation via improving lipid metabolism, down-regulating the TLR-4 and the inflammatory JNK and NF-kB signaling pathways, and decreasing cytokine production in ovine fetal blood and liver tissue. (C) 2021 Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.

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