期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 294, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118659
关键词
Cadmium; Pig; Liver; Apoptosis; Autophagy; AMPK/PPAR-gamma/NF-kappa B pathway
资金
- Project Fund of Academic Cadre of Northeast Agricultural University [203-54910912]
- Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research System [CARS-35]
The experiment aimed to investigate the effects of Cadmium (Cd) on growth performance, blood biochemical parameters, hepatocyte apoptosis and autophagy of weaned piglets. Results showed that Cd significantly decreased body weight and daily feed intake, and increased feed-to-gain ratio. Cd treatment also led to a significant decrease in red blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, total protein, albumin, copper content and iron content. Liver injury was observed in the Cd-exposed group. Cd exposure induced oxidative stress, activated the AMPK/PPAR-gamma/NF-kappa B pathway, and finally induced autophagy and apoptosis.
The experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of Cadmium (Cd) on growth performance, blood biochemical parameters, oxidative stress, hepatocyte apoptosis and autophagy of weaned piglets. A total of 12 healthy weaned piglets were randomly assigned to the control and the Cd group, which were fed with a basal diet and the basal diet supplemented with 15 +/- 0.242 mg/kg CdCl2 for 30 d, respectively. Our results demonstrated that Cd significantly decreased final body weight, average daily feed intake (ADFI), average daily gain (ADG) and increased feed-to-gain (F/G) ratio (P < 0.05). For blood biochemical parameters, Cd treatment significantly decreased the red blood cell (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), total protein, albumin, copper content and iron content (P < 0.05). In addition, liver injury was observed in the Cd-exposed group. Our results also demonstrated that Cd exposure contributed to the production of ROS, activated the AMPK/PPAR-gamma/NF-kappa B pathway (increasing the expressions of P-AMPK/AMPK, NF-kappa B, I-kappa B-beta, COX-2, and iNOS, decreasing the expressions of PPAR-gamma and I-kappa B-alpha), finally induced autophagy (increasing the expressions of Beclin-1, the ratio of LC3-II/LC3-I and p62), and apoptosis (increasing the expressions of Bax, Bak, Caspase-9, and Caspase-3, decreasing the expression of Bcl-2). Overall, these findings revealed the vital role of AMPK/PPAR-gamma/NF-kappa B pathway in Cd-induced liver apoptosis and autophagy, which provided deeper insights into a better understanding of Cd-induced hepatotoxicity.
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