Metabolomics reveals the reasons for the occurrence of Pendulous-comb related to egg production performance

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第一作者： Cai, Danfeng

作者： Cai, Danfeng;Zhou, Zhen;Cai, Bolin;Wang, Zhijun;Ju, Xing;Kong, Shaofen;Yang, Xin;Lin, Duo;Nie, Qinghua;Cai, Danfeng;Zhou, Zhen;Cai, Bolin;Wang, Zhijun;Ju, Xing;Kong, Shaofen;Yang, Xin;Lin, Duo;Nie, Qinghua;Cai, Danfeng;Zhou, Zhen;Cai, Bolin;Wang, Zhijun;Ju, Xing;Kong, Shaofen;Yang, Xin;Lin, Duo;Nie, Qinghua;Wang, Zhijun

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关键词： chicken; untargeted metabolomic analysis; pendulous-comb; upright-comb; egg production performance

期刊名称：POULTRY SCIENCE （ 影响因子：4.2； 五年影响因子：4.5 ）

ISSN： 0032-5791

年卷期： 2024 年 103 卷 8 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The chicken comb is an essential secondary sexual characteristic to measure sexual maturity and is closely related to reproductive performance. Pendulous comb (PC) and upright comb (UC) are 2 common comb phenotypes in hens, which have been highly associated with egg production performance. However, the reasons for the formation of PC remain undetermined. In this study, we first characterized the PC and UC chicken at start (at 175 d age), peak (at 217 d age), and postlaying (at 300 d age) and found that PC and UC could transform for each other. Furthermore, we suggested that PC chicken demonstrated better egg production performance than UC chicken, especially characterizing comb type in the start-laying period. Moreover, we performed histological evaluation of PC and UC tissue, which suggested that the low density of collagen fibers and acid mucopolysaccharides might lead to the formation of PC. To further explore the possible reasons for PC formation, we performed an untargeted metabolomic analysis of serum between PC and UC chicken in the start, peak, and postlaying periods. The enrichment analysis of period- unique differentially expressed metabolites (DEMs) between PC and UC showed that the different metabolic pathways and nutritional levels might contribute to the formation of PC in the different laying periods. Our research provided critical insights into the phenotypic diversity of chicken comb, establishing a foundation for early selection of chicken egg production performance.

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