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Dietary High Sodium Fluoride Impairs Digestion and Absorption Ability, Mucosal Immunity, and Alters Cecum Microbial Community of Laying Hens
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(1) Background: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary fluoride (F) on tissue retention, digestive enzymes activities, mucosal immunity, and cecum microbial community of laying hens. (2) Methods: Total of 288 37-week-old Hy-Line Gray laying hens with similar laying rate (85.16% ± 3.87%) were adapted to the basal diets for ten days, and then allocated into three groups at random (n = 9, 6, 6 replicates/group). The concentrations of F in the diets were 31.19 (the control group, CON), 431.38 (F400, low-F group) and 1237.16 mg/kg (F1200, high-F group), respectively. The trial lasted for 59 days. (3) Results: Results suggested that F residuals in duodenum responded to dietary F concentrations positively. The activities of amylase, maltase and lactase were decreased in high-F group, compared with those in the control group. The mRNA expression levels of jejunum and ileum secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) and Mucin 2, and sIgA concentrations were decreased inhigh-F group, than those in the control group. The observed operational taxonomic units (OTUs) of laying hens in high-F group were higher than the CON and low-F groups, and the bacterial structure was different from the other two groups. The Lactobacillus was higher in the control group, while Gammaproteobacteria, Escherichia-Shigella, Streptococcaceae, and Enterobacteriaceae were higher in the high-F group. (4) Conclusions: The actual results confirmed that dietary high F intake increased the F residuals in duodenum, and reduced the digestion and absorption of nutrients and immunity via decreasing the activities of digestive enzymes, impairing intestine mucosal immunity, and disturbing the cecum microbial homeostasis of laying hens.
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“Silkworm39,68 and bird42,43 models also showed a similar effect with a reduction in energy metabolic enzymes and SCFAs, respectively, at higher fluoride doses (200, 750, and 1200 mg L–1 NaF)”
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“Birds exposed to 1200 and 400 mg L–1 NaF for 59 days had downregulated expression levels of SIgA, mucin 2 (MUC2), Zonula occludens-2, and claudin-4.42,43”
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- Authors
- Miao, L., Zhu, M., Li, H., Xu, Q., Dong, X., & Zou, X.
- Affiliations
- Key Laboratory of Animal Feed and Nutrition of Zhejiang Province, Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in East China, Ministry of Agriculture, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Venue
- Animals
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- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-01-21
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 179
- ISSN
- 2076-2615
- PMC
- PMC7070338
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- 11
- References
- 3
- Language
- en
- Funders
- the earmarked fund for Modern Argo-Industry Technology Research System of China (No. CARS-40-K10)
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