Institute of Animal Nutrition, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Clinic for Small Animals, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
J Vet Intern Med. 2020 Mar;34(2):852-856. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15736. Epub 2020 Feb 21.
Dietary protein and amino acid intake and composition can modulate immune function.
To evaluate the effects of high-protein intake and arginine and ornithine supplementation on feline immune cells.
Ten healthy cats.
Experimental study. Cats received a high-protein basal diet as a single daily meal. A crossover design was applied with treatments being basal diet (w/o); basal diet with arginine supplementation (+50, 75, 100% compared to the arginine provision by the basal diet; Arg 1-3); and basal diet with ornithine supplementation (+100, 150, 200% compared to the arginine provision by the basal diet; Orn 1-3). Blood samples were collected at the end of each 11-day treatment period.
Mitogen-stimulated proliferative activity of blood leukocytes revealed a quadratic effect for the dietary supplementation of arginine (P = .02) and ornithine (P = .03) (means for ConA-stimulation: w/o = 6.96; Arg 1 = 9.31; Arg 2 = 11.4; Arg 3 = 8.04; Orn 1 = 15.4; Orn 2 = 9.43; Orn 3 = 9.28; pooled SEM: 0.96). The number (% gated) of phagocytic granulocytes linearly decreased with increasing dietary concentrations of arginine (P = .05) and ornithine (P = .03) (means: w/o = 95.5; Arg 1 = 93.0; Arg 2 = 92.5; Arg 3 = 92.6; Orn 1 = 92.6; Orn 2 = 92.6; Orn 3 = 91.5; pooled SEM = 0.44).
This study could demonstrate immunomodulating properties of dietary arginine and ornithine in cats.
膳食蛋白质和氨基酸的摄入和组成可以调节免疫功能。
评估高蛋白摄入和精氨酸及瓜氨酸补充对猫免疫细胞的影响。
10 只健康猫。
实验研究。猫接受高蛋白基础日粮作为每日单餐。应用交叉设计,处理措施为基础日粮(无);基础日粮加精氨酸补充(比基础日粮提供的精氨酸分别增加 50%、75%、100%;Arg1-3);基础日粮加瓜氨酸补充(比基础日粮提供的精氨酸分别增加 100%、150%、200%;Orn1-3)。在每个 11 天治疗期结束时采集血样。
血液白细胞的有丝分裂刺激增殖活性显示出日粮精氨酸(P=0.02)和瓜氨酸(P=0.03)补充的二次效应(ConA 刺激的平均值:无=6.96;Arg1=9.31;Arg2=11.4;Arg3=8.04;Orn1=15.4;Orn2=9.43;Orn3=9.28;合并 SEM:0.96)。随着日粮精氨酸(P=0.05)和瓜氨酸(P=0.03)浓度的增加,吞噬性粒细胞的数量(%门控)呈线性下降(平均值:无=95.5;Arg1=93.0;Arg2=92.5;Arg3=92.6;Orn1=92.6;Orn2=92.6;Orn3=91.5;合并 SEM=0.44)。
本研究能够证明日粮精氨酸和瓜氨酸对猫具有免疫调节作用。