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J Anim Sci Biotechnol. 2016 Aug 05;7:46. doi: 10.1186/s40104-016-0103-y. eCollection 2016.

Increased maternal consumption of methionine as its hydroxyl analog promoted neonatal intestinal growth without compromising maternal energy homeostasis.

Journal of animal science and biotechnology

Heju Zhong, Hao Li, Guangmang Liu, Haifeng Wan, Yves Mercier, Xiaoling Zhang, Yan Lin, Lianqiang Che, Shengyu Xu, Li Tang, Gang Tian, Daiwen Chen, De Wu, Zhengfeng Fang

Affiliations

  1. Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Resistance Nutrition of the Ministry of Education, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014 China.
  2. Adisseo France S.A.S., CERN, Commentry, France.

PMID: 27499853 PMCID: PMC4975900 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-016-0103-y

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To determine responses of neonatal intestine to maternal increased consumption of DL-methionine (DLM) or DL-2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutanoic acid (HMTBA), eighteen primiparous sows (Landrace × Yorkshire) were allocated based on body weight and backfat thickness to the control, DLM and HMTBA groups (n = 6), with the nutritional treatments introduced from postpartum d0 to d14.

RESULTS: The DLM-fed sows showed negative energy balance manifested by lost bodyweight, lower plasma glucose, subdued tricarboxylic acid cycle, and increased plasma lipid metabolites levels. Both villus height and ratio of villus height to crypt depth averaged across the small intestine of piglets were higher in the DLM and HMTBA groups than in the control group. Piglet jejunal oxidized glutathione concentration and ratio of oxidized to reduced glutathione were lower in the HMTBA group than in the DLM and control groups. However, piglet jejunal aminopeptidase A, carnitine transporter 2 and IGF-II precursor mRNA abundances were higher in the DLM group than in the HMTBA and control groups.

CONCLUSION: Increasing maternal consumption of methionine as DLM and HMTBA promoted neonatal intestinal growth by increasing morphological development or up-regulating expression of genes responsible for nutrient metabolism. And increasing maternal consumption of HMTBA promoted neonatal intestinal antioxidant capacity without compromising maternal energy homeostasis during early lactation.

Keywords: Energy metabolism; Intestine; Lactating sows; Methionine nutrition; Neonatal pigs

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