Journal
AVIAN PATHOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 230-237Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2019.1572102
Keywords
Lead; selenium; chicken heart; nitric oxide; heat shock protein; immune toxicity
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFD0500501]
- State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition [2004DA125184F1714]
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Lead (Pb) is an environmental pollutant and can damage organisms. Selenium (Se) can alleviate Pb poisoning. The present study aimed to investigate the alleviative effect of Se on Pb-induced immune toxicity in chicken hearts. One-hundred-and-eighty Hy-line male chickens were randomly divided into four groups at 7 days of age. The control group was offered a standard commercial diet (SD) and drinking water (DW); the Se group was offered SD supplemented with sodium selenite (SeSD) and DW; the Pb + Se group was offered SeSD and DW supplemented with lead acetate (PbDW); and the Pb group was offered SD and PbDW. Relative mRNA expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), interleukins (IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-12 beta, IL-17 and IFN-gamma), and heat shock proteins (HSP27, HSP40, HSP60, HSP70, and HSP90) were determined by means of quantitative real-time PCR. Relative protein expression of iNOS, HSP60, HSP70, and HSP90 was assessed, as well as nitric oxide (NO) content and iNOS activity in heart tissue. The results indicated a down-regulation of interleukin (IL)-2 and IFN-gamma and an up-regulation of NO, iNOS, interleukins (IL-4, IL-6, IL-12 beta, IL-17), and heat shock proteins (HSP27, HSP40, HSP60, HSP70, and HSP90) in Pb-damaged hearts. Se alleviated all of the above Pb-induced changes. There were time-dependent effects on NO content, iNOS activity, and mRNA levels of iNOS, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-17, HSP27, HSP40, HSP60, HSP70, and HSP90 after Pb treatment in the chicken hearts. Se alleviated Pb-induced immune toxicity in the chicken hearts.
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