1. Dietary vitamin C affects growth, antioxidant status and serum immune parameter of juvenile hybrid grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂) fed low fishmeal diets.
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Cai, Qinxiao, Wu, Xiaoyi, Gatlin III, Delbert M., Zhang, Lu, Zhai, Haoyun, Zhou, Zhiyu, Yin, Haoran, Geng, Lina, and Irm, Misbah
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IMMUNE serums , *OXIDANT status , *VITAMIN C , *EPINEPHELUS , *GROUPERS , *IMMUNOGLOBULIN M , *FISH meal as feed , *NUTRITIONAL requirements - Abstract
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C - VC) is one of the essential micronutrients required for normal growth and physiology of fish. In this research, the optimum dietary VC requirement of juvenile hybrid grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus ♀ × Epinephelus lanceolatus ♂) was evaluated in a comparative feeding trial and subsequent oxidative stress test. Six isoenergetic (340 kcal/kg), isoproteic (49%) and isolipidic (7%) experimental diets were supplemented with graded amounts of L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (analyzed VC concentrations of 76, 86, 104, 126, 137 and 152 mg/kg dry matter) and hand-fed to fish (initial weight of 15 ± 0.1 g/fish (means ± S.D.)) in three replicate cages twice a day (08:00 h and 16:30 h) to apparent satiation for 7 weeks. Percent weight gain (WG%), together with the VC concentrations in liver and head kidney, were elevated with increasing dietary VC contents, reaching a plateau in the VC137 treatment. The optimal dietary VC requirement of hybrid grouper was estimated to be 148 mg/kg dry matter based on broken-line regression analysis of WG%. Serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) concentrations and the relative mRNA expression of hepatic insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) displayed a similar variation tendency as WG%. At the transcriptional level, the activity of Nrf2-Keap1 pathway was up-regulated by VC supplementations, with the VC104 treatment showing the highest value. In summary, the optimal dietary VC requirement for the highest value of WG% of juvenile hybrid grouper was 148 mg/kg dry matter, and appropriate dietary VC supplementation improved oxidation resistance and serum IgM concentrations of the fish. • VC affects growth and expression of hepatic IGF-1 of hybrid grouper. • At the transcriptional level, the activity of Nrf2-Keap1 pathway was up-regulated by VC supplementations. • Optimal VC requirement of hybrid grouper fed low fishmeal diets was 148 mg/kg. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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