Horiuchi, T.; Furukawa, K.; Kikusato, M. Suppressive Effects of β-Hydroxybutyrate Administration on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation in Broiler Chickens. Vet. Sci.2024, 11, 405.
Horiuchi, T.; Furukawa, K.; Kikusato, M. Suppressive Effects of β-Hydroxybutyrate Administration on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation in Broiler Chickens. Vet. Sci. 2024, 11, 405.
Horiuchi, T.; Furukawa, K.; Kikusato, M. Suppressive Effects of β-Hydroxybutyrate Administration on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation in Broiler Chickens. Vet. Sci.2024, 11, 405.
Horiuchi, T.; Furukawa, K.; Kikusato, M. Suppressive Effects of β-Hydroxybutyrate Administration on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation in Broiler Chickens. Vet. Sci. 2024, 11, 405.
Abstract
β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is generated as one of the ketone bodies in the liver under fasted and hypoglycemic conditions. While BHB is utilized as an alternative energy substrate in extrahe-patic tissues/organs, this ketone body has been reported to exert anti-inflammatory effects via modulating inflammatory signaling cascades. Several bacterial pathogens that originated in hy-gienic litter conditions consecutively threaten chickens, and its harmful constituent, lipopoly-saccharide (LPS), induces intestinal and systemic inflammation. Therefore, the management of inflammation is a significant concern in poultry production. However, the therapeutic effects of BHB on inflammation have yet to be investigated in chickens. This study demonstrated that BHB administration can alleviate LPS-induced inflammation in broiler chickens, and the effects could be dependent on gene expression levels of ketolytic enzymes, BHB dehydrogenase-1 and suc-cinyl-CoA:3-ketoacid CoA transferase, in extrahepatic tissues/organs. This study is the first to show the therapeutic effects of BHB on LPS-induced inflammation in chickens, possibly via an involvement of BHB utilization.
Biology and Life Sciences, Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Zoology
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