Zhang Jingyang, Sun Xue, Chai Xuehong, Jiao Yihan, Sun Jing, Wang Shenao, Yu Hao, Feng Xingjun
College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Jan 26;14(3):409. doi: 10.3390/ani14030409.
This experiment aimed to investigate the mitigating effect of CUR on the growth performance and liver and intestinal health of broilers fed AFB1-contaminated diets. In this study, 320 one-day-old healthy male Arbor Acres (AA) broilers were randomly divided into four groups, including the Control group (fed the basal diet), the AFB1 group (fed the AFB1-contaminated diet containing 1 mg/kg AFB1), the AFB1+CUR group (fed the AFB1-contaminated diet with 500 mg/kg CUR), and the CUR group (fed the basal diet containing 500 mg/kg CUR), with eight replicates of ten animals per group and a 28 d experimental period. In terms of the growth performance, the addition of 500 mg/kg CUR significantly improved AFB1-induced significant reductions in the final body weight on day 28 and mean daily gain ( < 0.05) and increased the ratio of the mean daily feed intake to mean daily weight gain in broilers ( < 0.05). In terms of liver health, significant improvements in liver histological lesions occurred in broilers in the AFB1+CUR group compared to the AFB1 group, with significantly higher glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), catalase (CAT), and total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) activities ( < 0.05) and significantly higher levels of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap-1), heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), and NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO-1) gene expression ( < 0.05). In terms of intestinal health, CUR addition significantly increased the relative length of ileum ( < 0.05), significantly elevated the height of ileal villi ( < 0.05), significantly reduced D-Lactate (D-LA) and diamine oxidase (DAO) activities in broiler serum ( < 0.05), significantly increased GSH, CAT, and T-SOD activities in ileal tissues ( < 0.05), and significantly elevated the expression of , , and genes ( < 0.05) compared to the AFB1 group. In conclusion, CUR showed a protective effect against damage to the liver and intestine caused by AFB1 in broilers through the Nrf2 signaling pathway, thereby improving the growth performance of broilers exposed to AFB1.
本实验旨在研究姜黄素(CUR)对饲喂受黄曲霉毒素B1(AFB1)污染日粮的肉鸡生长性能以及肝脏和肠道健康的缓解作用。在本研究中,320只1日龄健康雄性艾维茵(AA)肉鸡被随机分为四组,包括对照组(饲喂基础日粮)、AFB1组(饲喂含1 mg/kg AFB1的受AFB1污染日粮)、AFB1+CUR组(饲喂含500 mg/kg CUR的受AFB1污染日粮)和CUR组(饲喂含500 mg/kg CUR的基础日粮),每组8个重复,每个重复10只鸡,实验期为28天。在生长性能方面,添加500 mg/kg CUR显著改善了AFB1导致的28日龄末体重和平均日增重的显著降低(P<0.05),并提高了肉鸡平均日采食量与平均日增重的比值(P<0.05)。在肝脏健康方面,与AFB1组相比,AFB1+CUR组肉鸡肝脏组织学损伤显著改善,谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和总超氧化物歧化酶(T-SOD)活性显著更高(P<0.05),核因子红细胞2相关因子2(Nrf2)、 Kelch样ECH相关蛋白1(Keap-1)、血红素加氧酶1(HO-1)和NAD(P)H醌氧化还原酶1(NQO-1)基因表达水平显著更高(P<0.05)。在肠道健康方面,添加CUR显著增加了回肠相对长度(P<0.05),显著提高了回肠绒毛高度(P<0.05),显著降低了肉鸡血清中D-乳酸(D-LA)和二胺氧化酶(DAO)活性(P<0.05),显著增加了回肠组织中GSH、CAT和T-SOD活性(P<0.05),与AFB1组相比,显著提高了 、 和 基因的表达(P<0.05)。综上所述,CUR通过Nrf2信号通路对AFB1引起的肉鸡肝脏和肠道损伤具有保护作用,从而改善了暴露于AFB1的肉鸡的生长性能。