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Izadi Yazdanabadi F, Moghaddam G, Akbari M, Abbasabadi M. Impact of dietary arginine supplementation on immune responses and growth performance in Newcastle disease virus-infected broiler chicks. Vet Med Sci 2024; 10:e1571. [PMID: 39110068 PMCID: PMC11304896 DOI: 10.1002/vms3.1571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2024] [Revised: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/19/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Newcastle disease (ND) poses significant challenges within the poultry industry, leading to increased mortality rates, compromised growth, weakened immunity and elevated levels of inflammation. OBJECTIVE This study explores the potential of dietary arginine supplementation to ameliorate these adverse effects of ND, leveraging arginine's well-documented benefits in enhancing growth and immune responses. METHODS A total of 480 one-day-old male broiler chicks were meticulously categorised into eight groups, encompassing both infected and noninfected cohorts. These chicks received diets with arginine levels at 85%, 100%, 125% and 150% of recommended standards. The study entailed a comprehensive examination of clinical manifestations, growth performance metrics, haemagglutination inhibition (HI) test results, and serum concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and cortisol (CORT). RESULTS The infection significantly curtailed feed consumption (p = 0.0001) and weight gain (p = 0.0001) while concurrently depressing HI titres. Additionally, infected chicks experienced an exacerbated feed conversion ratio (p = 0.0001), escalated mortality rates (p = 0.0001), and elevated serum concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines (p = 0.0001), ACTH (p = 0.0001), and CORT (p = 0.0001). Remarkably, dietary arginine supplementation effectively mitigated the adverse impacts of ND infection on growth, immune responses and proinflammatory cytokine levels. In the context of ND infection, mortality rates and inflammation surge, while growth and immunity are significantly compromised. CONCLUSIONS The strategic inclusion of arginine in the diet emerges as a potent strategy to counteract the deleterious effects of ND. Supplementation with arginine at levels exceeding the conventional dietary recommendations is recommended to alleviate the detrimental consequences of ND effectively.
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of AgricultureUniversity of TabrizTabrizIran
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesRazi UniversityKermanshahIran
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of AgricultureUniversity of BirjandBirjandIran
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Lyte JM, Keane J, Eckenberger J, Anthony N, Shrestha S, Marasini D, Daniels KM, Caputi V, Donoghue AM, Lyte M. Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) as a novel model to study the relationship between the avian microbiome and microbial endocrinology-based host-microbe interactions. MICROBIOME 2021; 9:38. [PMID: 33531080 PMCID: PMC7856774 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-00962-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Microbial endocrinology, which is the study of neuroendocrine-based interkingdom signaling, provides a causal mechanistic framework for understanding the bi-directional crosstalk between the host and microbiome, especially as regards the effect of stress on health and disease. The importance of the cecal microbiome in avian health is well-recognized, yet little is understood regarding the mechanisms underpinning the avian host-microbiome relationship. Neuroendocrine plasticity of avian tissues that are focal points of host-microbiome interaction, such as the gut and lung, has likewise received limited attention. Avian in vivo models that enable the study of the neuroendocrine dynamic between host and microbiome are needed. As such, we utilized Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) that diverge in corticosterone response to stress to examine the relationship between stress-related neurochemical concentrations at sites of host-microbe interaction, such as the gut, and the cecal microbiome. RESULTS Our results demonstrate that birds which contrast in corticosterone response to stress show profound separation in cecal microbial community structure as well as exhibit differences in tissue neurochemical concentrations and structural morphologies of the gut. Changes in neurochemicals known to be affected by the microbiome were also identified in tissues outside of the gut, suggesting a potential relationship in birds between the cecal microbiome and overall avian physiology. CONCLUSIONS The present study provides the first evidence that the structure of the avian cecal microbial community is shaped by selection pressure on the bird for neuroendocrine response to stress. Identification of unique region-dependent neurochemical changes in the intestinal tract following stress highlights environmental stressors as potential drivers of microbial endocrinology-based mechanisms of avian host-microbiome dialogue. Together, these results demonstrate that tissue neurochemical concentrations in the avian gut may be related to the cecal microbiome and reveal the Japanese quail as a novel avian model in which to further examine the mechanisms underpinning these relationships. Video abstract.
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- Joshua M. Lyte
- Poultry Production and Product Safety Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland
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- APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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- Weems Design Studio Inc., Suwanee, Georgia, USA/ Contractor to Centers for Disease control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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- Poultry Production and Product Safety Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA
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Tachibana T, Takahashi M, Takeda K, Ogino M, Khan MSI, Makino R, Cline MA. Effect of zymosan on feed passage in the digestive tract in chicks. Br Poult Sci 2020; 62:414-423. [PMID: 33314959 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2020.1863336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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1. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether zymosan, which is a component of fungi, affects feed passage through the digestive tract in chicks (Gallus gallus).2. Intraperitoneal (IP) injection of 2.5 mg zymosan significantly reduced the crop-emptying rate and this effect was similar to that of 100 µg lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Zymosan affected phenol red transit from the proventriculus.3. Zymosan significantly affected the gene expression of interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-8 and histidine decarboxylase in various regions of the digestive tract.4. The present study suggested that zymosan retarded feed passage through the digestive tract in chick and interleukins and histamine may be participating in this process.
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- T Tachibana
- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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Transcriptomic analysis of chicken immune response to infection of different doses of Newcastle disease vaccine. Gene 2020; 766:145077. [PMID: 32941951 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.145077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is a contagious poultry paramyxovirus, leading to substantial economic losses to the poultry industry. Here, RNA-seq was carried out to investigate the altered expression of immune-related genes in chicken thymus within 96 h in response to NDV infection. In NDV-infected chicken thymus tissues, comparative transcriptome analysis revealed 1386 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) at 24 h with 989 up- and 397 down-regulated genes, 728 DEGs at 48 h with 567 up- and 161 down-regulated genes, 1514 DEGs at 72 h with 1016 up- and 498 down-regulated genes, and 1196 DEGs at 96 h with 522 up- and 674 down-regulated genes, respectively. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis showed that these candidate targets mainly participate in biological processes or biochemical, metabolic and signal transduction processes. Notably, there is large enrichment in biological processes, cell components and metabolic processes, which may be related to NDV pathogenicity. In addition, the expression of five immune-related DEGs identified by RNA-seq was validated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Our results indicated that the expression levels of AvBD5, IL16, IL22 and IL18R1 were obviously up-regulated, and Il-18 expression was also changed, but not significantly, which play key roles in the defense against NDV. Overall, we identified several candidate targets that may be involved in the regulation of NDV infection, which provide new insights into the complicated regulatory mechanisms of virus-host interactions, and explore new strategies for protecting chickens against the virus.
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Rehman ZU, Ren S, Yang B, Yang X, Butt SL, Afzal A, Malik MI, Sun Y, Yu S, Meng C, Ding C. Newcastle disease virus induces testicular damage and disrupts steroidogenesis in specific pathogen free roosters. Vet Res 2020; 51:84. [PMID: 32600413 PMCID: PMC7322901 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-020-00801-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Newcastle disease (ND), which is caused by Newcastle disease virus (NDV), can cause heavy economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide. It is characterised by extensive pathologies of the digestive, respiratory, and nervous systems and can cause severe damage to the reproductive system of egg-laying hens. However, it is unknown whether NDV replicates in the male reproductive system of chickens and induces any pathologies. In this study, we selected a representative strain (i.e. ZJ1) of the most common genotype (i.e. VII) of NDV to investigate whether NDV can induce histological, hormonal, and inflammatory responses in the testes of specific pathogen free (SPF) roosters. NDV infection increased the expression of toll like receptor TLR3, TLR7, MDA5, IFN-α, IFN-β, IFN-γ, IL-8, and CXCLi1 in the testes of NDV-infected roosters at 5 days post-infection (dpi). Severe histological changes, including decrease in the number of Sertoli cells and individualized, shrunken spermatogonia with pyknotic nuclei, were observed at 3 dpi. At 5 dpi, the spermatogenic columns were disorganized, and there were fewer cells, which were replaced by necrotic cells, lipid vacuoles, and proteinaceous homogenous material. A significant decrease in the plasma concentrations of testosterone and luteinizing hormone (LH) and the mRNA expression of their receptors in the testes, steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme, and 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the NDV-infected group was observed relative to those in the control group (P < 0.05). Collectively, these results indicate that NDV infection induces a severe inflammatory response and histological changes, which decrease the steroidogenesis.
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- Zaib Ur Rehman
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China.,Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, 46300, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Institute of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Leibniz University Hannover, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China. .,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Shanghai, 200241, China. .,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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Tachibana T, Hirai M, Tomita A, Ishimaru Y, Khan MSI, Makino R, Cline MA. Physiological responses to central and peripheral injections of compound 48/80 and histamine in chicks. Physiol Behav 2019; 211:112681. [PMID: 31525390 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mast cells are a type of immune cell widely distributed in the body of vertebrates. Mast cells have many granules that contain several bioactive molecules such as histamine, and these molecules are released through degranulation when the mast cell receives certain stimuli. Because the number of mast cells increases during infection in chickens (Gallus gallus), the activity of mast cells might be related to non-specific symptoms such as anorexia under an infectious condition. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate whether intraperitoneal (IP) and intracerebroventricular (ICV) injections of compound 48/80, which induces degranulation of mast cells, affects feeding, voluntary activity, cloacal temperature, and the concentrations of plasma corticosterone (CORT) and glucose in chicks. The effect of histamine, which is found in mast cell granules, on these parameters was also investigated. IP injection of compound 48/80 significantly decreased food intake, voluntary activity, and cloacal temperature, and increased plasma CORT concentration in the chicks. While ICV injection of compound 48/80 also decreased food intake, it increased cloacal temperature and plasma glucose concentration. Both IP and ICV injections of histamine significantly decreased food intake, cloacal temperature, and plasma CORT concentration. However, only IP injection of histamine significantly decreased voluntary activity and increased plasma glucose concentration. The results suggest that degranulation of mast cells is related to non-specific symptoms in chicks, although the mechanism seems to be different between peripheral and central tissues. In addition, the effect of peripherally-injected compound 48/80 may be partly mediated by histamine.
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- Tetsuya Tachibana
- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan.
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- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan
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- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan
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- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, 791-0295 Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Agrobiological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 24061, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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Oxidative Stress in Poultry: Lessons from the Viral Infections. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2018; 2018:5123147. [PMID: 30647810 PMCID: PMC6311761 DOI: 10.1155/2018/5123147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Reactive species (RS), generally known as reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS), are produced during regular metabolism in the host and are required for many cellular processes such as cytokine transcription, immunomodulation, ion transport, and apoptosis. Intriguingly, both RNS and ROS are commonly triggered by the pathogenic viruses and are famous for their dual roles in the clearance of viruses and pathological implications. Uncontrolled production of reactive species results in oxidative stress and causes damage in proteins, lipids, DNA, and cellular structures. In this review, we describe the production of RS, their detoxification by a cellular antioxidant system, and how these RS damage the proteins, lipids, and DNA. Given the widespread importance of RS in avian viral diseases, oxidative stress pathways are of utmost importance for targeted therapeutics. Therefore, a special focus is provided on avian virus-mediated oxidative stresses. Finally, future research perspectives are discussed on the exploitation of these pathways to treat viral diseases of poultry.
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