Department of Agrobiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University, 2-8050 Ikarashi, Niigata 950-2181, Japan.
Poult Sci. 2012 Sep;91(9):2282-7. doi: 10.3382/ps.2011-01898.
Eggshell quality deterioration associated with heat stress is a well-known phenomenon. The involvement of the 28-kDa calcium-binding protein (calbindin, CaBP-D28k) localization in this failure is not clearly understood. To test a possible direct effect of ambient temperature on calbindin-D28k localization, 40 White Leghorn laying hens were housed in individual cages and exposed to high ambient temperature (30-33°C) and thermoneutral temperature (20-22°C) which served as a control. Eggshell quality characteristics and immunohistochemical localization of all intestinal segments and eggshell gland calbindin-D28k were performed under both environmental conditions. As expected, egg weight, eggshell thickness, eggshell percentage, and eggshell density were negatively affected by high ambient temperature (P ≤ 0.01). Immunohistochemistry showed that calbindin was localized in the intestinal enterocyte cytoplasm and glandular cell cytoplasm under thermoneutral conditions. However, the calbindin intensity was prominently decreased in ileum, cecum, colon, and eggshell gland under heat stress conditions. Therefore, it could be concluded that calbindin-D28k localization in intestinal segments and eggshell gland is negatively affected by high ambient temperature which might be related to the deterioration of eggshell quality characteristics under heat stress conditions.
蛋壳质量随热应激而恶化是众所周知的现象。28kDa 钙结合蛋白(钙结合蛋白,CaBP-D28k)在这种衰竭中的定位参与尚不清楚。为了测试环境温度对钙结合蛋白-D28k 定位的可能直接影响,将 40 只白来航蛋鸡饲养在单独的笼子中,并暴露于高温(30-33°C)和热中性温度(20-22°C)下,后者作为对照。在这两种环境条件下,进行了蛋壳质量特性和所有肠道段和蛋壳腺钙结合蛋白-D28k 的免疫组织化学定位。如预期的那样,蛋重、蛋壳厚度、蛋壳百分比和蛋壳密度均受到高温(P ≤ 0.01)的负面影响。免疫组织化学显示,钙结合蛋白在热中性条件下定位于肠上皮细胞细胞质和腺细胞细胞质中。然而,在热应激条件下,回肠、盲肠、结肠和蛋壳腺中的钙结合蛋白强度明显降低。因此,可以得出结论,肠道段和蛋壳腺中的钙结合蛋白-D28k 定位受到高温的负面影响,这可能与热应激条件下蛋壳质量特性的恶化有关。