SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.49 issue4Effect of bromine and iodine in drinking water on production parameters of broilersPhenotypic and molecular characterization of six Sudanese camel breeds author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

    Related links

    • On index processCited by Google
    • On index processSimilars in Google

    Share


    South African Journal of Animal Science

    On-line version ISSN 2221-4062Print version ISSN 0375-1589

    Abstract

    SANTANA, T.P. et al. Antioxidant activity and duodenum transporter gene expression in quail fed citric acid. S. Afr. j. anim. sci. [online]. 2019, vol.49, n.4, pp.636-643. ISSN 2221-4062.  https://doi.org/10.4314/sajas.v49i4.5.

    The study aimed to evaluate the effects of citric acid supplementation on the performance and the gene expression in the duodenum of Japanese quail. Genes related to antioxidant activity: superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase 7 (GPX7); and genes related to nutrient uptake in the enterocytes' apical membrane: sodium-glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1, responsible for the glucose absorption), glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2) and B0AT1 (responsible for the absorption of neutral amino acids in brush board membrane) were evaluated. For this, 270 laying quails (Coturnix japonica) were fed a diet supplemented with 0%, 0.6% or 1.2% of citric acid. Gene expression was evaluated by the quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) at 35 days old (n = 5). The highest expression of the SGLT1 gene was observed in quails fed the 1.2% citric acid supplemented diet (0.120 AU). Birds fed diets with both levels of citric acid supplementation showed a higher B0AT1 gene expression than quails fed no citric acid. Quails fed the 1.2% of citric acid supplemented diet had the lowest SOD gene expression (0.3455 AU). The birds receiving the diets supplemented with citric acid showed a lower GPX7 gene expression than the quails fed the 0% citric acid diet. These results suggests that the effect of citric acid on gene expression in the digestive tract may have contributed to the greater weight gain and lower feed intake observed in birds fed diets supplemented with citric acid.

    Keywords : B AT1; intestinal health; organic acid; pathogenic microorganisms; SGLT1.

            · text in English     · English ( pdf )