Feed Efficiency and Mitochondrial Function.
From: Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701, USA. wbottje@uark.edu
Poultry science
- Publish Date: Jan 2006
- ISSN: 0032-5791
- Volume: 85
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 8-14
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Bottje W, Pumford N R, Ojano-Dirain C, et al. Feed Efficiency and Mitochondrial Function.. Poult. Sci. Jan 2006;85:8-14
Abstract
Studies have been conducted in our laboratory to assess differences in mitochondrial function and biochemistry in male broilers with high and low feed efficiency (FE) from the same genetic line and fed the same diet. Mitochondria obtained from broilers with low FE exhibited greater uncoupling of the electron transport chain (ETC) that was apparently due to site-specific defects in electron transport resulting in higher amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS) compared with high FE mitochondria. Higher amounts of ROS production in Low FE mitochondria were likely responsible for higher protein carbonyl levels, indicative of higher protein oxidation compared with High FE mitochondria and tissue. In turn, higher protein damage in Low FE mitochondria may have contributed to lower activity of electron transport chain complexes relative to values observed in high FE mitochondria. Low FE mitochondria did not exhibit a compromised ability to carryout oxidative phosphorylation, and although there were differences in expression of certain electron transport chain proteins, there was nothing that would indicate that differences in coupling and respiratory chain activity could be due to a general decrease in protein expression between low and high FE mitochondria. The results of these studies provide insight into understanding cellular mechanisms associated with the phenotypic expression of feed efficiency in broilers.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animal Feed, Animals, Chickens, Mitochondria
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