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- Title
Effects of Wheat Bran Applied to Maternal Diet on the Intestinal Architecture and Immune Gene Expression in Suckling Piglets.
- Authors
Leblois, Julie; Zhang, Yuping; Wavreille, José; Uerlings, Julie; Schroyen, Martine; Sureda, Ester Arévalo; Soyeurt, Hélène; Dehareng, Frédéric; Grelet, Clément; Oswald, Isabelle P.; Li, Bing; Bindelle, Jérôme; Zhang, Hongfu; Everaert, Nadia
- Abstract
Simple Summary: This research was committed to revealing the potential effects of the use of a high percentage of wheat bran (WB) in the sow's diets on the offspring's growth and health, by measuring the bodyweight gain, the morphology of the intestine, as well as the expression levels of immune-related genes in the mucosa of the ileum and colon. Results indicate that adding 25% of wheat bran to the sow's gestation and 14% to the lactation diet can affect the intestinal architecture and the expression of some inflammation genes, to some extent, in the ileal mucosa in the progeny. The strategy of improving the growth and health of piglets through maternal fiber diet intervention has attracted increasing attention. Therefore, 15 sows were conducted to a wheat bran (WB) group, in which the sows' diets included 25% of WB in gestation and 14% in lactation, and a control (CON) group, in which the sows' diets at all stages of reproduction did not contain WB. The results show that maternal high WB intervention seems not to have an impact on the growth of the offspring or the villus height of the duodenum, and the ratio of villi/crypts in the duodenum and jejunum were all higher in piglets born from WB sows, which may indicate that WB piglets had a larger absorption area and capacity for nutrients. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and interleukin 6 (IL6) expression levels were notably upregulated in the ileal mucosa of WB piglets, while no immune-related genes in the colonic mucosa were affected by the maternal WB supplementation. In conclusion, adding a high proportion of wheat bran to the sow's gestation and lactation diet can affect the intestinal architecture and the expression of some inflammation genes, to some extent, in the ileal mucosa in the progeny.
- Subjects
WHEAT bran; PIGLETS; INTESTINAL mucosa; GENE expression; PEROXISOME proliferator-activated receptors; ANIMAL nutrition; DIETARY fiber
- Publication
Animals (2076-2615), 2020, Vol 10, Issue 11, p2051
- ISSN
2076-2615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ani10112051