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Bile acid mediated effects on gut integrity and performance of early weaned piglets

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de Diego-Cabero, Nuria, Mereu, Alessandro, Menoyo, David, Holst, Jens J., Ipharraguerre, Ignacio R.·2015·BMC Veterinary Research

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BACKGROUND: Early weaning (EW) results in a transient period of impaired integrity of the intestinal mucosa that may be associated with reduced plasma concentration of glucagon-like peptide-(GLP) 2. We have previously shown that intragastric infusion of chenodeoxycholic acid (CDC) increases circulating GLP-2 in early-weaned piglets. The aim of this study was to expand previous work to establish whether feeding piglets a cereal-based diet supplemented with CDC can improve gut integrity and animal performance immediately after EW. A cohort of 36 piglets weaned at 20 days of age, 6.2 ± 0.34 kg of body weight (BW) were randomly assigned (n = 18) to receive a standard prestarter diet or the same diet supplemented with 60 mg of CDC per kg of initial BW for ad libitum intake until day 14 postweaning. Thereafter, all pigs were fed the same untreated starter diet for 21 days until the end of the study on day 35. On days 1, 7 and 14 blood samples were collected from 6 pigs per treatment to measure plasma GLP-2. On day 15, 6 pigs per treatment were euthanized to obtain intestinal tissue samples for later histological and gene expression analyses. RESULTS: Supplementing the diet with CDC tended to increase plasma GLP-2 (P < 0.07; 39 %) and the weight of the large intestine (P < 0.10; 11 %), and increased ileal crypt depth (P < 0.04; 15 %) after 14 days of treatment exposure. Although feed intake and BW gain were not affected by treatments, feeding CDC induced the expression of the cytokines TNF-α (P < 0.02; 1.9 fold), IL-6 (P < 0.01; 2.4 fold), and IL-10 (P < 0.006; 2.2 fold) and the tight junctional protein ZON-1 (P < 0.02; 1.5 fold) in the distal small intestine. CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that the oral administration of CDC to early-weaned pigs has the potential to improve the protection of the intestinal mucosa independently of relevant changes in gut growth.

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  • A study on prematurely weaned piglets reported that administration of CDCA improves gut barrier protection by inducing expression of ZO-1 and reducing expression of TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-10.

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Authors
de Diego-Cabero, N., Mereu, A., Menoyo, D., Holst, J. J., & Ipharraguerre, I. R.
Affiliations
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ES)
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
  • Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE)
Corresponding author
Ipharraguerre, Ignacio R.
Venue
BMC Veterinary Research
Published
2015-05-14
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
111-111
ISSN
1746-6148 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1533877858
Cited by
35
References
37
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FWCI
3.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • BMC Veterinary Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, public-domain)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
Keywords
early weaning, chenodeoxycholic acid, bile acids, intestinal mucosa integrity, glucagon-like peptide-2, piglets, dietary supplementation, TNF-α, interleukin-6, IL-10, ZO-1, tight junctions, intestinal cytokines, growth performance
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Animal Feed, Animal Husbandry, Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Bile Acids and Salts, Chenodeoxycholic Acid, Diet, Gene Expression Regulation, Swine, Weaning, Gastrointestinal Tract, Glucagon-Like Peptide 2

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