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Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine on Serum Indices and Hypothalamic AMPK-Related Gene Expression Under Chronic Heat Stress

This study aims to investigate the effect of heat stress on the physiological metabolism of young laying hens and whether N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) can effectively alleviate heat stress. 120 Hy-Line Brown laying hens aged 12 weeks were randomly divided into four groups: the control group (fed on bas...

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Autores principales: Li, Zhengqing, Zhao, Yulan, Zhuang, Yu, Xu, Zheng, Wu, Cong, Liu, Ping, Hu, Guoliang, Li, Guyue, Chen, Wei, Gao, Xiaona, Guo, Xiaoquan
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9242840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35782541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.936250
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author Li, Zhengqing
Zhao, Yulan
Zhuang, Yu
Xu, Zheng
Wu, Cong
Liu, Ping
Hu, Guoliang
Li, Guyue
Chen, Wei
Gao, Xiaona
Guo, Xiaoquan
author_facet Li, Zhengqing
Zhao, Yulan
Zhuang, Yu
Xu, Zheng
Wu, Cong
Liu, Ping
Hu, Guoliang
Li, Guyue
Chen, Wei
Gao, Xiaona
Guo, Xiaoquan
author_sort Li, Zhengqing
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description This study aims to investigate the effect of heat stress on the physiological metabolism of young laying hens and whether N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) can effectively alleviate heat stress. 120 Hy-Line Brown laying hens aged 12 weeks were randomly divided into four groups: the control group (fed on basal diet under thermal neutral condition), HS group (fed on basal diet under heat stress condition), CN group (fed on the basic meal supplemented with 1,000 mg NAC per kg under thermal neutral condition), and HS+N group (fed on the basic meal was supplemented with 1000 mg NAC per kg under heat stress condition). The HS and HS+N groups were exposed to 36 ± 1°C for 10 h/day. The effects of NAC on the changes of serum concentrations of T3, T4, and CORT and hypothalamic gene and protein expressions induced by heat stress were measured. Results showed that heat stress upregulated the contents of T3, T4, and CORT, while NAC reduced the contents of T3, T4, and CORT. In addition, NAC downregulated AgRP expression, while upregulated the expression of POMC. Moreover, the expressions of AMPKα1, LKB1, and CPT1 were inhibited by NAC, while the expressions of AKT1, ACC, GPAT, and PPARα were increased after NAC treatment, and HMGR did not change significantly. Western blot and comprehensive immunofluorescence section of AMPK in the hypothalamus showed that NAC attenuated the activity of AMPK. In conclusion, NAC can enhance the resistance of laying hens to heat stress by alleviating the metabolic disorders of serum T3, T4, and CORT induced by heat stress, inhibiting the activation of the AMPK pathway and regulating the expression of appetite-related genes in the hypothalamus.
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spelling pubmed-92428402022-06-30 Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine on Serum Indices and Hypothalamic AMPK-Related Gene Expression Under Chronic Heat Stress Li, Zhengqing Zhao, Yulan Zhuang, Yu Xu, Zheng Wu, Cong Liu, Ping Hu, Guoliang Li, Guyue Chen, Wei Gao, Xiaona Guo, Xiaoquan Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science This study aims to investigate the effect of heat stress on the physiological metabolism of young laying hens and whether N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) can effectively alleviate heat stress. 120 Hy-Line Brown laying hens aged 12 weeks were randomly divided into four groups: the control group (fed on basal diet under thermal neutral condition), HS group (fed on basal diet under heat stress condition), CN group (fed on the basic meal supplemented with 1,000 mg NAC per kg under thermal neutral condition), and HS+N group (fed on the basic meal was supplemented with 1000 mg NAC per kg under heat stress condition). The HS and HS+N groups were exposed to 36 ± 1°C for 10 h/day. The effects of NAC on the changes of serum concentrations of T3, T4, and CORT and hypothalamic gene and protein expressions induced by heat stress were measured. Results showed that heat stress upregulated the contents of T3, T4, and CORT, while NAC reduced the contents of T3, T4, and CORT. In addition, NAC downregulated AgRP expression, while upregulated the expression of POMC. Moreover, the expressions of AMPKα1, LKB1, and CPT1 were inhibited by NAC, while the expressions of AKT1, ACC, GPAT, and PPARα were increased after NAC treatment, and HMGR did not change significantly. Western blot and comprehensive immunofluorescence section of AMPK in the hypothalamus showed that NAC attenuated the activity of AMPK. In conclusion, NAC can enhance the resistance of laying hens to heat stress by alleviating the metabolic disorders of serum T3, T4, and CORT induced by heat stress, inhibiting the activation of the AMPK pathway and regulating the expression of appetite-related genes in the hypothalamus. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9242840/ /pubmed/35782541 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.936250 Text en Copyright © 2022 Li, Zhao, Zhuang, Xu, Wu, Liu, Hu, Li, Chen, Gao and Guo. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Veterinary Science
Li, Zhengqing
Zhao, Yulan
Zhuang, Yu
Xu, Zheng
Wu, Cong
Liu, Ping
Hu, Guoliang
Li, Guyue
Chen, Wei
Gao, Xiaona
Guo, Xiaoquan
Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine on Serum Indices and Hypothalamic AMPK-Related Gene Expression Under Chronic Heat Stress
title Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine on Serum Indices and Hypothalamic AMPK-Related Gene Expression Under Chronic Heat Stress
title_full Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine on Serum Indices and Hypothalamic AMPK-Related Gene Expression Under Chronic Heat Stress
title_fullStr Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine on Serum Indices and Hypothalamic AMPK-Related Gene Expression Under Chronic Heat Stress
title_full_unstemmed Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine on Serum Indices and Hypothalamic AMPK-Related Gene Expression Under Chronic Heat Stress
title_short Effects of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine on Serum Indices and Hypothalamic AMPK-Related Gene Expression Under Chronic Heat Stress
title_sort effects of n-acetyl-l-cysteine on serum indices and hypothalamic ampk-related gene expression under chronic heat stress
topic Veterinary Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9242840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35782541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.936250
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