Jewell Dennis E, Tavener Selena K, Creech Renea, Panickar Kiran S
Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc., Overland Park, KS 66211, USA.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Jan 23;14(3):357. doi: 10.3390/ani14030357.
This study used thirty-two dogs, which were assigned to a preferred period of 14 days and then assigned to one of the four treatment foods: control (containing no added betaine, no added L-carnitine), control with 0.5% added betaine (Treatment 2), control with no added betaine and 300 ppm added L-carnitine (Treatment 3), or control with 0.5% added betaine and 300 ppm added L-carnitine (Treatment 4). All treatment foods were fed for ninety days. Untargeted blood metabolomic analysis and immune response were measured at the beginning and end of the 90-day feeding trial. Feeding betaine increased single-carbon metabolites while decreasing many carnitine-containing metabolites. Feeding L-carnitine increased many carnitine metabolites, while the combination synergistically influenced the metabolome. The combination of betaine and L-carnitine increased the cytokines released in a Tru-culture system in response to stimulation while numerically decreasing their release when unstimulated. Therefore, the combination of dietary betaine and L-carnitine could have the dual positive effects of reducing cytokine stimulation, controlling inflammation during health, and providing a robust response to bacterial infection.
本研究使用了32只狗,将它们分配到为期14天的偏好期,然后分配到四种受试食物之一:对照组(不添加甜菜碱,不添加左旋肉碱)、添加0.5%甜菜碱的对照组(处理2)、不添加甜菜碱但添加300 ppm左旋肉碱的对照组(处理3),或添加0.5%甜菜碱和300 ppm左旋肉碱的对照组(处理4)。所有受试食物均喂养90天。在90天喂养试验开始和结束时测量非靶向血液代谢组学分析和免疫反应。喂食甜菜碱会增加一碳代谢物,同时减少许多含肉碱的代谢物。喂食左旋肉碱会增加许多肉碱代谢物,而二者的组合对代谢组有协同影响。甜菜碱和左旋肉碱的组合在Tru-培养系统中受到刺激时会增加细胞因子的释放,而在未受刺激时则在数值上减少其释放。因此,日粮中的甜菜碱和左旋肉碱组合可能具有双重积极作用,即减少细胞因子刺激、在健康期间控制炎症以及对细菌感染提供有力反应。