Oral MSG administration alters hepatic expression of genes for lipid and nitrogen metabolism in suckling piglets. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of oral administration of monosodium glutamate (MSG) on expression of genes for hepatic lipid and nitrogen metabolism in piglets. A total of 24 newborn pigs were assigned randomly into one of four treatments (n = 6/group). The doses of oral MSG administration, given at 8:00 and 18:00 to sow-reared piglets between 0 and 21 days of age, were 0 (control), 0.06 (low dose), 0.5 (intermediate dose), and 1 (high dose) g/kg body weight/day. At the end of the 3-week treatment, serum concentrations of total protein and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the intermediate dose group were elevated than those in the control group (P < 0.05). Hepatic mRNA levels for fatty acid synthase, acetyl-coA carboxylase, insulin-like growth factor-1, glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase, and glutamate-pyruvate transaminase were higher in the middle-dose group (P < 0.05), compared with the control group. MSG administration did not affect hepatic mRNA levels for hormone-sensitive lipase or carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1. We conclude that oral MSG administration alters hepatic expression of certain genes for lipid and nitrogen metabolism in suckling piglets.

published proceedings

  • Amino Acids

author list (cited authors)

  • Chen, G., Zhang, J., Zhang, Y., Liao, P., Li, T., Chen, L., ... Wu, G.

citation count

  • 16

complete list of authors

  • Chen, Gang||Zhang, Jun||Zhang, Yuzhe||Liao, Peng||Li, Tiejun||Chen, Lixiang||Yin, Yulong||Wang, Jinquan||Wu, Guoyao

publication date

  • January 2014