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. 2021 Oct;47(5):1449-1465.
doi: 10.1007/s10695-021-00965-2. Epub 2021 Jul 29.

Metabolic responses of Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) to different levels of dietary carbohydrate

Yanpeng Zhang  1   2 , Xu-Fang Liang  3   4 , Shan He  1   2 , Jie Wang  1   2 , Ling Li  1   2 , Zhen Zhang  1   2 , Jiao Li  1   2 , Xu Chen  1   2 , Lu Li  1   2 , Muhammad Shoaib Alam  1   2
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Metabolic responses of Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) to different levels of dietary carbohydrate

Yanpeng Zhang et al. Fish Physiol Biochem. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

There are great differences in metabolic responses to different levels of carbohydrate among different carnivorous fish species. To explore metabolic responses of Chinese perch to moderate and high level of dietary carbohydrates, three diets containing 7.3% (LC), 17.5% (MC), and 27.5% (HC) of carbohydrates were provided to Chinese perch for 56 days. The results showed that MC and HC groups exhibited an increase in weight gain (WG) and hepatic glycogen content, and a decrease in feed conversion efficiency, compared with the LC group. The MC and HC groups also showed the increase in mRNA levels of phosphofructokinase and citrate synthase related to the aerobic oxidation pathway, which might be responsible for the increase in WG. Moreover, compared with the LC group, the HC group exhibited high levels of plasma indices (glucose, pyruvic acid, lactic acid, total triglyceride, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein) and liver lipid resulting from the increased mRNA levels of fatty acid synthesis-related genes (ATP citrate lyase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase α, and fatty acid synthase), low level of crude protein caused by inhibition of TOR pathway, and liver damage induced by low antioxidant capacity and infiltration of inflammatory cells, but the MC group did not. The above results indicated that 17.5% dietary carbohydrate might be utilized effectively in Chinese perch and part carbohydrates were converted into glycogen to maintain glucose homeostasis; 27.5% dietary carbohydrate could not be fully utilized. The 27.5% carbohydrate diet induced the up-regulation of aerobic oxidation, glycogen synthesis, and fat synthesis pathways which might not be sufficient to maintain glucose homeostasis.

Keywords: Chinese perch; Dietary carbohydrate levels; Glucose homeostasis; Glycolipid metabolism; Metabolic responses.

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