Emerging role of vitamin D3 in alleviating intestinal structure injury caused by Aeromonas hydrophila in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Autor: Yao Zhang, Xiao-Qiu Zhou, Wei-Dan Jiang, Pei Wu, Yang Liu, Hong-Mei Ren, Lu Zhang, Hai-Feng Mi, Ling Tang, Cheng-Bo Zhong, Lin Feng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Animal Nutrition, Vol 16, Iss , Pp 202-217 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-6545
DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2023.07.010
Popis: Bacterial pathogens destroy the structural integrity of functional organs in fish, leading to severe challenges in the aquaculture industry. Vitamin D3 (VD3) prevents bacterial infections and strengthens immune system function via vitamin D receptor (VDR). However, the correlation between VD3/VDR and the structural integrity of functional organs remains unclarified. This study aimed to investigate the influence of VD3 supplementation on histological characteristics, apoptosis, and tight junction characteristics in fish intestine during pathogen infection. A total of 540 healthy grass carp (257.24 ± 0.63 g) were fed different levels of VD3 (15.2, 364.3, 782.5, 1,167.9, 1,573.8, and 1,980.1 IU/kg) for 70 d. Subsequently, fish were challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila, a pathogen that causes intestinal inflammation. Our present study demonstrated that optimal supplementation with VD3 (1) alleviated intestinal structural damage, and inhibited oxidative damage by reducing levels of oxidative stress biomarkers; (2) attenuated excessive apoptosis-related death receptor and mitochondrial pathway processes in relation to p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling (P
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