Effects of acute heat stress and subsequent stress removal on function of hepatic mitochondrial respiration,ROS production and lipid peroxidation in broiler chickens |
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Authors: | Lin Yang Gao-Yi Tan Yu-Qiang Fu Jin-Hai Feng Min-Hong Zhang |
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Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, PR China;2. Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou 510642, PR China |
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Abstract: | In order to investigate the effects of acute heat stress and subsequent stress removal on function of hepatic mitochondrial respiration, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation in broiler chickens, 128 six-week-old broiler chickens were kept in a controlled-environment chamber. The broiler chickens were initially kept at 25 °C (relative humidity, RH, 70 ± 5%) for 6 d and subsequently exposed to 35 °C (RH, 70 ± 5%) for 3 h, then the heat stress was removed and the temperature returned to 25 °C (RH, 70 ± 5%). Blood and liver samples were obtained before heat exposure and at 0 (at the end of the three-hour heating episode, this group is also abbreviated as the HT group), 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 h after the stress was removed. The results showed that acute heat stress induced a significant production of ROS, function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, antioxidative enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px)] activity, and formation of malondialdehybe (MDA). Within the first 12 h after removal of the heat stress, the acute modification of the above parameters induced by heat stress gradually approached to pre-heat levels. The results of the present study suggest that acute exposure to high temperatures may depress the activity of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. This leads to over-production of ROS, which ultimately results in lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress. When the high temperature was removed, the production of ROS, mitochondrial respiratory function and oxidative injury that were induced by acute heat exposure gradually approached the levels observed before heating, in a time-dependent manner. |
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Keywords: | Acute heat stress Mitochondrial respiratory complex Reactive oxygen species Lipid peroxidation Broiler chicken |
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