Li Shuyan, Li Xiongxiong, Sha Yuzhu, Qi Shuai, Zhang Xia, Wang Huning, Wang Zhengwen, Zhao Shengguo, Jiao Ting
College of Pratacultural Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Key Laboratory for Grassland Ecosystem of Ministry of Education, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Feb 24;14(5):715. doi: 10.3390/ani14050715.
The effects of isochlorogenic acid (ICGA) on ewes rumen environment, microbial diversity, and immunity at different physiological stages (estrus, pregnancy and lactation) were studied in this experiment. Twenty healthy female Hu lambs of 1.5 months with similar body weight (17.82 ± 0.98 kg) and body condition were selected and randomly divided into two groups: the control group (CON) and the ICGA group (ICGA). The lambs of CON were fed a basal diet, while the lambs of ICGA were supplemented with 0.1% ICGA based on the basal diet. Lambs rumen fermentation characteristics, microbial diversity and immunity at estrus, pregnancy, and lactation stages were determined and analyzed, respectively. The results showed that the rumen pH in CON increased first and then decreased as lambs grew ( < 0.05). However, it showed the opposite change in ICGA. The content of ammonia nitrogen (NH-N) showed the highest at estrus stage in both groups, but it was significantly higher in ICGA than that in CON ( < 0.05). The Acetic acid/propionic acid (A/P) ratio at estrus stage and the volatile fatty acids (VFAs) at pregnancy stage in ICGA were significantly higher than those of the CON ( < 0.05). The 16S rDNA sequencing analysis showed that the Shannon, Chao 1 and ACE indexes of the ICGA were significantly higher than those of the CON both at estrus and lactation stages ( < 0.05), while they showed higher at the pregnancy stage in CON ( > 0.05). Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that there were significant differences in rumen microorganism structure between CON and ICGA at all physiological stages ( < 0.01). At the phylum level, compared with the CON, relative abundance of three physiological stages decreased ( > 0.05) while increased ( > 0.05). The relative abundance of at estrus stage and at the lactation stage increased significantly too ( < 0.05). At the genus level, compared with the CON, the relative abundance of at three stages showed the highest ( > 0.05), while the relative abundance of , and showed different abundances at different physiological stages in ICGA. Compared with the CON, the lambs of the ICGA showed higher blood IgG, IgM, and TNF- α contents at three physiological stages and higher IL-6 contents at pregnancy stage ( < 0.05). Conclusion: Adding ICGA could regulate ewes rumen fermentation mode at different physiological stages by increasing rumen NH-N at estrus, VFAs at pregnancy, and the ratio of A/P at lactation. It optimizes rumen microbial flora of different physiological stages by increasing relative abundance while reducing relative abundance, maintaining rumen microbial homeostasis at pregnant stage, increasing the number of beneficial bacteria in later lactating and ewes blood immunoglobulins content at three physiological stages.
本试验研究了异绿原酸(ICGA)对不同生理阶段(发情期、妊娠期和哺乳期)母羊瘤胃环境、微生物多样性和免疫力的影响。选取20只体重相近(17.82±0.98 kg)、体况相似的1.5月龄健康湖羊母羔,随机分为两组:对照组(CON)和ICGA组(ICGA)。CON组母羔饲喂基础日粮,ICGA组母羔在基础日粮基础上添加0.1% ICGA。分别测定并分析了母羔在发情期、妊娠期和哺乳期的瘤胃发酵特性、微生物多样性和免疫力。结果表明,CON组瘤胃pH值随羔羊生长先升高后降低(P<0.05)。然而,ICGA组呈现相反的变化。两组氨氮(NH₃-N)含量在发情期均最高,但ICGA组显著高于CON组(P<0.05)。ICGA组发情期乙酸/丙酸(A/P)比值和妊娠期挥发性脂肪酸(VFAs)显著高于CON组(P<0.05)。16S rDNA测序分析表明,ICGA组发情期和哺乳期的香农指数、Chao 1指数和ACE指数均显著高于CON组(P<0.05),而CON组妊娠期这些指数较高(P>0.05)。主成分分析(PCA)表明,CON组和ICGA组在所有生理阶段瘤胃微生物结构均存在显著差异(P<0.01)。在门水平上,与CON组相比,三个生理阶段的相对丰度降低(P>0.05),而相对丰度增加(P>0.05)。发情期的相对丰度和哺乳期的相对丰度也显著增加(P<0.05)。在属水平上,与CON组相比,三个阶段的相对丰度最高(P>0.05),而ICGA组中、和在不同生理阶段呈现不同丰度。与CON组相比,ICGA组母羔在三个生理阶段的血液IgG、IgM和TNF-α含量较高,妊娠期IL-6含量较高(P<0.05)。结论:添加ICGA可通过增加发情期瘤胃NH₃-N、妊娠期VFAs和哺乳期A/P比值来调节不同生理阶段母羊的瘤胃发酵模式。通过增加相对丰度同时降低相对丰度,优化不同生理阶段的瘤胃微生物菌群,维持妊娠期瘤胃微生物稳态,增加后期哺乳期有益菌数量以及母羊三个生理阶段的血液免疫球蛋白含量。