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The intestine is the largest immune and barrier organ in the body, and diarrhea and even death during piglet development are related to dysfunction caused by intestinal barrier damage and inflammation. A water-soluble β-glucan produced by Agrobacterium ZX09 has been shown to have a beneficial effect on gastrointestinal health. The main objective of this study was to investigate whether pre-feeding β-glucan has a protective effect on LPS-induced immune stress in piglets. In this study, 24 weaned piglets (21-day-old; 6.64 ± 0.16 kg) were assigned to 4 treatments in a two × two factorial design with diet (with or without β-glucan) and immunological challenge (saline or LPS). Piglets were challenged with saline or LPS after 39 days of feeding 0 or 200 mg/kg β-glucan. The results demonstrated that β-glucan supplementation increased the average daily weight gain and daily feed intake, and decreased diarrhea rate of piglets. Intestinal inflammation symptoms and histological changes in LPS-challenged piglets were alleviated by pre-feeding of β-glucan. β-glucan supplementation reduced serum IL-1β (interleukin-1β) and NO (nitric oxide) secretion in piglets after LPS challenge (0.01 < p < 0.05). Supplementation with β-glucan downregulated the mRNA expression of IL-6 in piglets after LPS challenge (0.01 < p < 0.05). β-glucan supplementation enriched the short-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria, such as Agathobacter and Subdoligranulum (0.01 < p < 0.05), and increased the concentrations of propionate and butyrate (0.01 < p < 0.05). In conclusion, pre-feeding β-glucan can enhance piglet immunity and promote piglet growth by influencing gut microbiota composition and metabolism, and alleviate intestinal damage after LPS challenge.
肠道是人体最大的免疫和屏障器官,仔猪发育过程中腹泻甚至死亡与肠道屏障损伤和炎症引起的功能障碍有关。由农杆菌ZX09产生的水溶性β-葡聚糖已被证明对胃肠道健康有有益的影响。本研究的主要目的是探讨预饲β-葡聚糖是否对lps诱导的仔猪免疫应激具有保护作用。在本研究中,24头断奶仔猪(21日龄;体重为6.64 ± 0.16 kg的患者,按2 × 两因子设计分为4个处理,分别采用饮食(含或不含β-葡聚糖)和免疫刺激(生理盐水或LPS)。饲喂0或200 mg/kg β-葡聚糖39 d后,分别饲喂生理盐水或LPS。结果表明,饲粮中添加β-葡聚糖提高了仔猪平均日增重和日采食量,降低了仔猪腹泻率。预喂β-葡聚糖可减轻lps攻击仔猪肠道炎症症状和组织学变化。添加β-葡聚糖降低了LPS刺激后仔猪血清IL-1β(白细胞介素-1β)和NO(一氧化氮)的分泌(0.01 p p Agathobacter和doligranulum)(0.01 p p
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