Journal
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 155, Issue 3, Pages 370-380Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9785-6
Keywords
Copper; Ctenopharyngodon idella; Digestive, brush border, and antioxidant enzyme activity
Funding
- National Department Public Benefit Research Foundation (Agriculture) of China [201003020]
- Science and Technology Support Programme of Sichuan Province of China [2011NZ0071]
- Major Scientific and Technological Achievement Transformation Project of Sichuan Province of China [2012NC0007]
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To investigate the effects of dietary copper (Cu) on fish growth, digestive and absorptive enzyme activities, and antioxidant status in the hepatopancreas and intestine, young grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) (282 +/- 2.8 g) were fed six diets containing 0.74 (basal diet), 2.26, 3.75, 5.25, 6.70, and 8.33 mg Cu /kg diet for 8 weeks. Results showed that percentage weight gain (PWG) and feed intake were increased with dietary Cu levels up to 3.75 mg/kg diet. In addition, the positive effects of dietary Cu at a level 3.75 or 5.25 mg/kg diet on trypsin, chymotrypsin, and lipase activities in the hepatopancreas and of Na+, K+-ATPase, alkaline phosphatase, creatine kinase, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activities in three intestine segments produced significantly (P < 0.05) better feed efficiency (FE). However, amylase activity in the hepatopancreas was decreased by dietary Cu levels up to 3.75 mg/kg diet (P < 0.05). In addition, dietary Cu at 3.75 or 5.25 mg/kg diet decreased malondialdehyde and protein carbonyl content partly by significantly (P < 0.05) increasing the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione-S-transferase, and glutathione content in the hepatopancreas and intestine. Collectively, dietary Cu improved growth and digestive and absorptive capacity and decreased lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation partly by enhancing antioxidant defense in the hepatopancreas and intestine. The dietary Cu requirement for PWG, plasma ceruloplasmin activity, and FE of young grass carp (282-688 g) were 4.78, 4.95, and 4.70 mg/kg diet, respectively.
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