Influences of glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) dietary supplementation on growth, feed utilization, and expression of lipid metabolism genes in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) fed a high-fat diet.

Abstract:

:An 8-week feeding trial was performed to test the effects of glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) on growth and some gene expression of hepatic lipid metabolism in channel catfish (initial body weight, 3.5 ± 0.02 g) fed high-fat diets. Fish were fed the control diet, high-fat diet (HFD), and HFD supplemented with 0.4, 0.8, and 1.2 mg/kg GA in 15 tanks at a stocking density of 21 fish/tank. Fish fed HFD were significantly lower in body weight gain and specific growth rate but higher in feed intake and feed conversion ratio in comparison to the control. Supplement of GA at 1.2 mg/kg remarkably improved these parameters as compared to the control diet. High levels of cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in plasma were observed in fish fed HFD; the opposite was observed for fish fed HFD supplemented with GA. The transcription of fatty acid synthase (FAS), sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 (SREBP1), liver X receptor alpha (LXRα), and hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) was upregulated, while that of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT1), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors alpha (PPARα), acyl-CoA oxidase (ACO), and microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTTP) mRNA expression were downregulated in fish fed HFD. The opposite was observed in fish fed HFD supplemented with GA as well as the control group. In conclusion, supplementing the HFD with GA at 1.2 mg/kg could improve the growth performance and lipid metabolism of channel catfish consuming HFD.

journal_name

Fish Physiol Biochem

authors

Desouky HE,Jiang GZ,Zhang DD,Abasubong KP,Yuan X,Li XF,Liu WB

doi

10.1007/s10695-019-00740-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-04-01 00:00:00

pages

653-663

issue

2

eissn

0920-1742

issn

1573-5168

pii

10.1007/s10695-019-00740-4

journal_volume

46

pub_type

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