Lipid oxidation and degradation are generally recognized as unfavorable reactions in food processing. However, lipids can be utilized to produce meat-like flavorings through reaction with amino acids after degradation...Lipid oxidation and degradation are generally recognized as unfavorable reactions in food processing. However, lipids can be utilized to produce meat-like flavorings through reaction with amino acids after degradation to carbonyls such as aldehydes and ketones. The fatty acids in chicken fat mainly comprise palmitic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid. After being heated at 120 ~C for 3 h, the degraded carbonyls of chicken fat were reacted with cysteine, alanine, glycine and thiamine to form a chicken-like flavoring. The key aromatic components of the flavoring were identified by GC-MS. In the overall volatile profile, 22 kinds of compound were detected, among which 2-furanmethanol was formed by the Maillard reaction, 1-（2-furanyl）-ethanone by cyclization and 2,4,6-trimethyl-l,3,5-trithiane by the Strecker degradation of cysteine. Dihydro-2-methyl-3（2H）-furanone, dihydro-2-methyl- 3（2H）-thiophenone, 2-acetyl-lH-pyrroline and 4-methyl-5-thiazoleethanol were the degradation products of thiamine. The prepared chicken flavoring was added to comminuted chicken product （CCP）. GC-MS analysis and sensory evaluation showed that the flavor and odor of the CCP were greatly enhanced.展开更多
In the last years, biodiesel production has been on a steady increase due to it is renewable and biodegradable fuel. The process to obtain biodiesel can be carried out using different raw materials. It is conlmonly pe...In the last years, biodiesel production has been on a steady increase due to it is renewable and biodegradable fuel. The process to obtain biodiesel can be carried out using different raw materials. It is conlmonly performed by transesterification reaction of vegetable oils with methanol and using a homogeneous or heterogeneous catalyst. This work seeks to compare the results produced in transesterification of wasted cooking oil and chicken fat by homogeneous catalysis with NaOH. Due to in each case triglyceride comes from different raw materials, operation conditions differ slightly, which is more evident in the values used for the temperature. For chicken fat was used temperature variations between 35 ℃ and 55 ℃, varying catalyst in percentages between 0.3% and 0.7% with a molar ratio 6：1 in all cases and a reaction time of I h. Likewise, the conditions used in the tmnsesterification process of waste cooking oil were temperature between 50 ℃ and 60 ℃ with a molar ratio 6/1 and 9/1 for alcohol and oil, and catalyst percentage between 0.5% and 0.7% by weight. The yields obtained were between 78% and 94%, or 83% and 95%, for chicken fat and wasted cooking oil, respectively.展开更多
[ Objective] To study the effects of astragalus powder on serum lipids and body fat contents of fast large-scale quality chickens, and thus provide a theoretical basis for its application in poultry production,[ Metho...[ Objective] To study the effects of astragalus powder on serum lipids and body fat contents of fast large-scale quality chickens, and thus provide a theoretical basis for its application in poultry production,[ Method ] All the 180 1-day-old healthy Liangfeng chickens were randomly divided into six groups. Group 1 was the control group, fed with basal diet; group 2, group 3 and group 4 were fed with basal diet added with 0.75%, 1.0% and 1.25% astragalus powder, respectively; group 5 and group 6 were separately fed with basal diet added with 1.0% and 1.25% astragalus pow- der, but the astragalus powder was used for 10 d and then was forbidden for 10 d in turn during the whole experiment. The content of triglyceride （TG）, total cholesterol （TCHO）, high-density lipoprotein-Cholesterol （ HDL-C）, and low-density lipoprotein-Cholesterol （LDL-C） were respectively determined when the chickens were 35-day-old and 63-day-old, while the percentage of abdominal fat （PAF） as well as intramuscular fat （IMF） and subcutaneous fat ply （SFP） was measured when the chickens were 63-day-old. [ Result] In 35-day-old chickens, the levels of TCHO were sig- nificantly or very significantly lower in group 3, group 4, and group 6 than in control group （ P 〈0.05 or 0.01 ） ; the levels of LDL-C significantly lower in group 3 and group 6 （ P〈0. 05） ; the level of HDL-C significantly higher in group 5 （P〈0.05）. In 63-day-old chickens, the levels of TCHO and LDL-C were significantly or very significantly lower in group 3, group 4, and group 5 than in control group （ P 〈 0.05 or 0.01 ） while the levels of HDL-C were significantly higher in these groups; the PAF was significantly lower in group 3 （ P 〈 0.05）. [ Condasion] Astragalus powder should re- duce the levels of TG, TCHO and LDL-C, promote HDL-C content, and also play a certain regulative role in deposition of abdominal fat.展开更多
Background： Fat deposits in chickens contribute significantly to meat quality attributes such as juiciness, flavor, taste and other organoleptic properties. The quantity of fat deposited increases faster and earlier ...Background： Fat deposits in chickens contribute significantly to meat quality attributes such as juiciness, flavor, taste and other organoleptic properties. The quantity of fat deposited increases faster and earlier in the fast- growing chickens than in slow-growing chickens. In this study, Affymetrix Genechip~ Chicken Genome Arrays 32773 transcripts were used to compare gene expression profiles in liver and hypothalamus tissues of fast-growing and slow-growing chicken at 8 wk of age. Real-time RT-PCR was used to validate the differential expression of genes selected from the microarray analysis. The mRNA expression of the genes was further examined in fat tissues. The association of single nucleotide polymorphisms of four lipid-related genes with fat traits was examined in a F2 resource population. Results： Four hundred genes in the liver tissues and 220 genes hypothalamus tissues, respectively, were identified to be differentially expressed in fast-growing chickens and slow-growing chickens. Expression levels of genes for lipid metabolism （SULTIB1, ACSBG2, PNPLA3, LPL, AOAH） carbohydrate metabolism （MGAT4B, XYLB, GBE1, PGM1, HKDCl）cholesttrol biosynthesis （FDPS, LSS, HMGCR, NSDHL, DHCR24, IDI1, MEI） HSD17B7 and other reaction or pro- cesses （CYPIA4, CYP1A1, AKR1BI, CYP4V2, DDO） were higher in the fast-growing White Recessive Rock chickens than in the slow-growing Xinghua chickens. On the other hand, expression levels of genes associated with multicellular organism development, immune response, DNA integration, melanin biosynthetic process, muscle organ develop- ment and oxidation-reduction （FRZB, DMD, FUT8, CYP2C45, DHRSX, and CYP2C18） and with glycol-metabolism （GCNT2, ELOVL d, and FASN）, were higher in the XH chickens than in the fast-growing chickens, fiT-PCR validated high expression levels of nine out of 12 genes in fat tissues. The G1257069A and T1247123C of the ACSBG2 gene were significantly associated with abdominal fat weight. The G4928024A of the FASN gene were significantly associ- ated with fat bandwidth, and abdominal fat percentage. The C4930169T of the FASN gene was associated with ab- dominal fat weight while the A59539099G of the ELOVL 6 was significantly associated with subcutaneous fat. The A8378815G of the DDT was associated with fat band width. Conclusion： The differences in fat deposition were reflected with differential gene expressions in fast and slow growing chickens.展开更多
Insulin-like growth factor Ⅱhas profound effects on the growth and differentiation of animal embryo. Some researches indicated that it affects the fat metabolism of poultry. This study was designed to investigate t...Insulin-like growth factor Ⅱhas profound effects on the growth and differentiation of animal embryo. Some researches indicated that it affects the fat metabolism of poultry. This study was designed to investigate the effect of IGF2 on chicken fatness traits. Broiler, Hyline Brown layer and three native breeds (Shiqiza, Beijing You, Baier) were used in this research. Body weight and body composition traits were measured in broiler line at the age of 7 weeks. Primers for exon2 in IGF2 were designed from database of chicken genomic sequence. Polymorphisms were detected by PCR-SSCP and DNA sequencing. The total χ2 test results showed that there was a significant difference (P < 0.01) in the frequency of genotype among breeds. A C/G mutation at base position 139 was found among individuals in broiler line and the least square analysis showed that BB genotype birds had significant lower (P <0.05) abdominal fat weight and percentage of abdominal fat than AA or AB genotype birds. From the results we can conclude putatively that IGF2 gene is the major gene affecting the fatness traits of chicken or it links with the major gene, and the mutation could be used as the molecular genetic marker to select the chicken for low abdominal fat.展开更多
Blood samples were taken from birds,from a commercial line of broiler chicken,being in a fully fed state and in fasting state for 2,4,6 hours respectively at 49 d of age and plasma very low density lipoprotein(VLDL) c...Blood samples were taken from birds,from a commercial line of broiler chicken,being in a fully fed state and in fasting state for 2,4,6 hours respectively at 49 d of age and plasma very low density lipoprotein(VLDL) concentration was measured with turbidimetric assay.The experiment results showed that the variation coefficients of plasma VLDL concentration mersured at four different times were 58.11%,74.39%,69.70%,47.83%,respectively for male broilers,and 41.82%,60.87%.59.26%,50.0%for female broilers respectively.Plasma VLDL concentration decreased with the fasting time.There was a significant positive phenotypic correlation between abdominal fat weight,percentage of abdominal fat and plasma VLDL concentration for the birds being in fully feeding state,and the correlation decreased or no longer existed for the bired being in fasting state.The conclusion was that for practically application of plasma VLDL content selected in broiler chicken breeding,blood samples should be collected from birds being in feeding state.展开更多
Background： The lipid from egg yolk is largely consumed in supplying the energy for embryonic growth until hatching. The remaining lipid in the yolk sac is transported into the hatchling＇s tissues. The gene expressi...Background： The lipid from egg yolk is largely consumed in supplying the energy for embryonic growth until hatching. The remaining lipid in the yolk sac is transported into the hatchling＇s tissues. The gene expression profiles of fast-and slow-growing chickens, Arbor Acres（AA） and Beijing-You（BJY）, were determined to identify global differentially expressed genes and enriched pathways related to lipid metabolism in the pectoralis major at hatching.Results： Between these two breeds, the absolute and weight-specific amounts of total yolk energy（TYE） and intramuscular fat（IMF） content in pectoralis major of fast-growing chickens were significantly higher（P 〈 0.01,P 〈 0.01, P 〈 0.05, respectively） than those of the slow-growing breed. IMF content and u-TYE were significantly related（r = 0.9047, P 〈 0.01）. Microarray analysis revealed that gene transcripts related to lipogenesis, including PPARG, RBP7, LPL, FABP4, THRSP, ACACA, ACSS1, DGAT2, and GK, were significantly more abundant in breast muscle of fast-growing chickens than in slow-growing chickens. Conversely, the abundance of transcripts of genes involved in fatty acid degradation and glycometabolism, including ACAT1, ACOX2, ACOX3, CPT1 A, CPT2, DAK, APOO, FUT9, GCNT1,and B4 GALT3, was significantly lower in fast-growing chickens. The results further indicated that the PPAR signaling pathway was directly involved in fat deposition in pectoralis major, and other upstream pathways（Hedgehog, TGFbeta, and cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction signaling pathways） play roles in its regulation of the expression of related genes.Conclusions： Additional energy from the yolk sac is transported and deposited as IMF in the pectoralis major of chickens at hatching. Genes and pathways related to lipid metabolism（such as PPAR, Hedgehog, TGF-beta, and cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction signaling pathways） promote the deposition of IMF in the pectoralis major of fast-growing chickens compared with those that grow more slowly. These findings provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying lipid metabolism and deposition in hatchling chickens.展开更多
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g（PPARg） is an important regulator of chicken preadipocyte proliferation and differentiation.In this study,polymorphisms were detected by DNA sequencing,PCR-RFLP and some o...Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g（PPARg） is an important regulator of chicken preadipocyte proliferation and differentiation.In this study,polymorphisms were detected by DNA sequencing,PCR-RFLP and some other methods and three polymorphisms（g.-1784_-1768del17,c.-1241GA and c.-75GA） were found in the 5＇ flanking region of PPARg gene.Growth and body composition traits were measured in the 8th-10th generation populations of the Northeast Agricultural University broiler lines were divergently selected for abdominal fat content.Polymorphisms among individuals were screened in the above populations.The haplotype-based association analysis on growth and body composition traits was carried out.The association analysis showed that haplotypes based on three polymorphisms at 5＇ flanking region of PPARg gene were significantly associated with abdominal fat weight（AFW）,abdominal fat percentage（AFP,AFW/BW7）,liver weight（LW）,liver weight percentage（LFP,LW/BW7）,shank length（ShL）,femur weight（FeW）,keel length（KeL）,and metatarsus circle（MeC）（P0.05） and suggestive significantly associated with pectoralis major weight（PMaW）,pectoralis minor weight（PMiW）,pectoralis minor weight percentage（PMiWP,PMiW/BW7）,and metatarsus length（MeL）（P0.2）.The least square analysis showed that the birds with BGA haplotype had significantly higher AFW and AFP than the birds with other haplotypes（P0.05）.The birds with AAG haplotype had significantly higher LW and LW/BW than the birds with other haplotypes（P0.05）.The birds with AAG haplotype had significantly higher PMiW and PMiW/BW than the birds with other haplotypes（P0.05）.The birds with AAG haplotype had significantly higher ShL,FeW,MeL,MeC and KeL than the birds with AGG haplotypes（P0.05）.The results in this study revealed that QTL affecting fatness traits may exist in 5＇ flanking region of PPARg gene in chickens and PPARg gene might be one of the genes having important influences on the growth and bone traits in chickens.展开更多
The potential of biodiesel fuels from various vegetable oil sources such as sunflower (SFME), safflower (SAFME), peanut (PME) and canola (CME) as well as from low-cost chicken fat (CFME) to supplement increasing biodi...The potential of biodiesel fuels from various vegetable oil sources such as sunflower (SFME), safflower (SAFME), peanut (PME) and canola (CME) as well as from low-cost chicken fat (CFME) to supplement increasing biodiesel demands must be evaluated in terms of the corresponding engine performance and exhaust emissions. In this study, two diesel engines rated at 14.2 kW (small) and 60 kW (large) were operated by using the different biodiesel fuels and a reference diesel. Results showed that both the small and large engines delivered similar power when using biodiesel fuels in the expense of higher brake-specific fuel consumptions (BSFC). Higher exhaust concentrations of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) while lower carbon dioxide (CO) and negligible sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions were observed in both engines. Total hydrocarbon emissions (THC) were higher in both engines when using SME, SFME and CME but comparable when using CFME, SAFME and PME in the large engine. Thus, with the increasing demand for biodiesel, alternative feedstock sources such as those used in this study may be utilized to take advantage of their availability, renewability and environmental benefits.展开更多
文摘Lipid oxidation and degradation are generally recognized as unfavorable reactions in food processing. However, lipids can be utilized to produce meat-like flavorings through reaction with amino acids after degradation to carbonyls such as aldehydes and ketones. The fatty acids in chicken fat mainly comprise palmitic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid. After being heated at 120 ~C for 3 h, the degraded carbonyls of chicken fat were reacted with cysteine, alanine, glycine and thiamine to form a chicken-like flavoring. The key aromatic components of the flavoring were identified by GC-MS. In the overall volatile profile, 22 kinds of compound were detected, among which 2-furanmethanol was formed by the Maillard reaction, 1-（2-furanyl）-ethanone by cyclization and 2,4,6-trimethyl-l,3,5-trithiane by the Strecker degradation of cysteine. Dihydro-2-methyl-3（2H）-furanone, dihydro-2-methyl- 3（2H）-thiophenone, 2-acetyl-lH-pyrroline and 4-methyl-5-thiazoleethanol were the degradation products of thiamine. The prepared chicken flavoring was added to comminuted chicken product （CCP）. GC-MS analysis and sensory evaluation showed that the flavor and odor of the CCP were greatly enhanced.
文摘In the last years, biodiesel production has been on a steady increase due to it is renewable and biodegradable fuel. The process to obtain biodiesel can be carried out using different raw materials. It is conlmonly performed by transesterification reaction of vegetable oils with methanol and using a homogeneous or heterogeneous catalyst. This work seeks to compare the results produced in transesterification of wasted cooking oil and chicken fat by homogeneous catalysis with NaOH. Due to in each case triglyceride comes from different raw materials, operation conditions differ slightly, which is more evident in the values used for the temperature. For chicken fat was used temperature variations between 35 ℃ and 55 ℃, varying catalyst in percentages between 0.3% and 0.7% with a molar ratio 6：1 in all cases and a reaction time of I h. Likewise, the conditions used in the tmnsesterification process of waste cooking oil were temperature between 50 ℃ and 60 ℃ with a molar ratio 6/1 and 9/1 for alcohol and oil, and catalyst percentage between 0.5% and 0.7% by weight. The yields obtained were between 78% and 94%, or 83% and 95%, for chicken fat and wasted cooking oil, respectively.
文摘[ Objective] To study the effects of astragalus powder on serum lipids and body fat contents of fast large-scale quality chickens, and thus provide a theoretical basis for its application in poultry production,[ Method ] All the 180 1-day-old healthy Liangfeng chickens were randomly divided into six groups. Group 1 was the control group, fed with basal diet; group 2, group 3 and group 4 were fed with basal diet added with 0.75%, 1.0% and 1.25% astragalus powder, respectively; group 5 and group 6 were separately fed with basal diet added with 1.0% and 1.25% astragalus pow- der, but the astragalus powder was used for 10 d and then was forbidden for 10 d in turn during the whole experiment. The content of triglyceride （TG）, total cholesterol （TCHO）, high-density lipoprotein-Cholesterol （ HDL-C）, and low-density lipoprotein-Cholesterol （LDL-C） were respectively determined when the chickens were 35-day-old and 63-day-old, while the percentage of abdominal fat （PAF） as well as intramuscular fat （IMF） and subcutaneous fat ply （SFP） was measured when the chickens were 63-day-old. [ Result] In 35-day-old chickens, the levels of TCHO were sig- nificantly or very significantly lower in group 3, group 4, and group 6 than in control group （ P 〈0.05 or 0.01 ） ; the levels of LDL-C significantly lower in group 3 and group 6 （ P〈0. 05） ; the level of HDL-C significantly higher in group 5 （P〈0.05）. In 63-day-old chickens, the levels of TCHO and LDL-C were significantly or very significantly lower in group 3, group 4, and group 5 than in control group （ P 〈 0.05 or 0.01 ） while the levels of HDL-C were significantly higher in these groups; the PAF was significantly lower in group 3 （ P 〈 0.05）. [ Condasion] Astragalus powder should re- duce the levels of TG, TCHO and LDL-C, promote HDL-C content, and also play a certain regulative role in deposition of abdominal fat.
基金provided by The Ministry of Higher Education Student Financing Agency of Rwanda,China Scholarship Council and South China Agricultural University,Guangzhou,Chinaprovided by the Major State Basic Research Development Program,China(project no.2006CB102107)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program,project no.2007AA10Z163)
文摘Background： Fat deposits in chickens contribute significantly to meat quality attributes such as juiciness, flavor, taste and other organoleptic properties. The quantity of fat deposited increases faster and earlier in the fast- growing chickens than in slow-growing chickens. In this study, Affymetrix Genechip~ Chicken Genome Arrays 32773 transcripts were used to compare gene expression profiles in liver and hypothalamus tissues of fast-growing and slow-growing chicken at 8 wk of age. Real-time RT-PCR was used to validate the differential expression of genes selected from the microarray analysis. The mRNA expression of the genes was further examined in fat tissues. The association of single nucleotide polymorphisms of four lipid-related genes with fat traits was examined in a F2 resource population. Results： Four hundred genes in the liver tissues and 220 genes hypothalamus tissues, respectively, were identified to be differentially expressed in fast-growing chickens and slow-growing chickens. Expression levels of genes for lipid metabolism （SULTIB1, ACSBG2, PNPLA3, LPL, AOAH） carbohydrate metabolism （MGAT4B, XYLB, GBE1, PGM1, HKDCl）cholesttrol biosynthesis （FDPS, LSS, HMGCR, NSDHL, DHCR24, IDI1, MEI） HSD17B7 and other reaction or pro- cesses （CYPIA4, CYP1A1, AKR1BI, CYP4V2, DDO） were higher in the fast-growing White Recessive Rock chickens than in the slow-growing Xinghua chickens. On the other hand, expression levels of genes associated with multicellular organism development, immune response, DNA integration, melanin biosynthetic process, muscle organ develop- ment and oxidation-reduction （FRZB, DMD, FUT8, CYP2C45, DHRSX, and CYP2C18） and with glycol-metabolism （GCNT2, ELOVL d, and FASN）, were higher in the XH chickens than in the fast-growing chickens, fiT-PCR validated high expression levels of nine out of 12 genes in fat tissues. The G1257069A and T1247123C of the ACSBG2 gene were significantly associated with abdominal fat weight. The G4928024A of the FASN gene were significantly associ- ated with fat bandwidth, and abdominal fat percentage. The C4930169T of the FASN gene was associated with ab- dominal fat weight while the A59539099G of the ELOVL 6 was significantly associated with subcutaneous fat. The A8378815G of the DDT was associated with fat band width. Conclusion： The differences in fat deposition were reflected with differential gene expressions in fast and slow growing chickens.
基金This study was funded by the National 863 Program of China(2002AA211021)Hei long-j iang Province Outstanding Youth Foundation,China(JC-02-06).
文摘Insulin-like growth factor Ⅱhas profound effects on the growth and differentiation of animal embryo. Some researches indicated that it affects the fat metabolism of poultry. This study was designed to investigate the effect of IGF2 on chicken fatness traits. Broiler, Hyline Brown layer and three native breeds (Shiqiza, Beijing You, Baier) were used in this research. Body weight and body composition traits were measured in broiler line at the age of 7 weeks. Primers for exon2 in IGF2 were designed from database of chicken genomic sequence. Polymorphisms were detected by PCR-SSCP and DNA sequencing. The total χ2 test results showed that there was a significant difference (P < 0.01) in the frequency of genotype among breeds. A C/G mutation at base position 139 was found among individuals in broiler line and the least square analysis showed that BB genotype birds had significant lower (P <0.05) abdominal fat weight and percentage of abdominal fat than AA or AB genotype birds. From the results we can conclude putatively that IGF2 gene is the major gene affecting the fatness traits of chicken or it links with the major gene, and the mutation could be used as the molecular genetic marker to select the chicken for low abdominal fat.
文摘Blood samples were taken from birds,from a commercial line of broiler chicken,being in a fully fed state and in fasting state for 2,4,6 hours respectively at 49 d of age and plasma very low density lipoprotein(VLDL) concentration was measured with turbidimetric assay.The experiment results showed that the variation coefficients of plasma VLDL concentration mersured at four different times were 58.11%,74.39%,69.70%,47.83%,respectively for male broilers,and 41.82%,60.87%.59.26%,50.0%for female broilers respectively.Plasma VLDL concentration decreased with the fasting time.There was a significant positive phenotypic correlation between abdominal fat weight,percentage of abdominal fat and plasma VLDL concentration for the birds being in fully feeding state,and the correlation decreased or no longer existed for the bired being in fasting state.The conclusion was that for practically application of plasma VLDL content selected in broiler chicken breeding,blood samples should be collected from birds being in feeding state.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31372305)the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(ASTIP-IAS04)the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System(CARS-42)
文摘Background： The lipid from egg yolk is largely consumed in supplying the energy for embryonic growth until hatching. The remaining lipid in the yolk sac is transported into the hatchling＇s tissues. The gene expression profiles of fast-and slow-growing chickens, Arbor Acres（AA） and Beijing-You（BJY）, were determined to identify global differentially expressed genes and enriched pathways related to lipid metabolism in the pectoralis major at hatching.Results： Between these two breeds, the absolute and weight-specific amounts of total yolk energy（TYE） and intramuscular fat（IMF） content in pectoralis major of fast-growing chickens were significantly higher（P 〈 0.01,P 〈 0.01, P 〈 0.05, respectively） than those of the slow-growing breed. IMF content and u-TYE were significantly related（r = 0.9047, P 〈 0.01）. Microarray analysis revealed that gene transcripts related to lipogenesis, including PPARG, RBP7, LPL, FABP4, THRSP, ACACA, ACSS1, DGAT2, and GK, were significantly more abundant in breast muscle of fast-growing chickens than in slow-growing chickens. Conversely, the abundance of transcripts of genes involved in fatty acid degradation and glycometabolism, including ACAT1, ACOX2, ACOX3, CPT1 A, CPT2, DAK, APOO, FUT9, GCNT1,and B4 GALT3, was significantly lower in fast-growing chickens. The results further indicated that the PPAR signaling pathway was directly involved in fat deposition in pectoralis major, and other upstream pathways（Hedgehog, TGFbeta, and cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction signaling pathways） play roles in its regulation of the expression of related genes.Conclusions： Additional energy from the yolk sac is transported and deposited as IMF in the pectoralis major of chickens at hatching. Genes and pathways related to lipid metabolism（such as PPAR, Hedgehog, TGF-beta, and cytokine–cytokine receptor interaction signaling pathways） promote the deposition of IMF in the pectoralis major of fast-growing chickens compared with those that grow more slowly. These findings provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying lipid metabolism and deposition in hatchling chickens.
基金supported by the National 863 Program of China(2006A A10A120)the National 973 Program of China (2006CB102105)the Natural Science Foundation Key Project of Heilongjiang Province,China (ZJN0604-01)
文摘Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor g（PPARg） is an important regulator of chicken preadipocyte proliferation and differentiation.In this study,polymorphisms were detected by DNA sequencing,PCR-RFLP and some other methods and three polymorphisms（g.-1784_-1768del17,c.-1241GA and c.-75GA） were found in the 5＇ flanking region of PPARg gene.Growth and body composition traits were measured in the 8th-10th generation populations of the Northeast Agricultural University broiler lines were divergently selected for abdominal fat content.Polymorphisms among individuals were screened in the above populations.The haplotype-based association analysis on growth and body composition traits was carried out.The association analysis showed that haplotypes based on three polymorphisms at 5＇ flanking region of PPARg gene were significantly associated with abdominal fat weight（AFW）,abdominal fat percentage（AFP,AFW/BW7）,liver weight（LW）,liver weight percentage（LFP,LW/BW7）,shank length（ShL）,femur weight（FeW）,keel length（KeL）,and metatarsus circle（MeC）（P0.05） and suggestive significantly associated with pectoralis major weight（PMaW）,pectoralis minor weight（PMiW）,pectoralis minor weight percentage（PMiWP,PMiW/BW7）,and metatarsus length（MeL）（P0.2）.The least square analysis showed that the birds with BGA haplotype had significantly higher AFW and AFP than the birds with other haplotypes（P0.05）.The birds with AAG haplotype had significantly higher LW and LW/BW than the birds with other haplotypes（P0.05）.The birds with AAG haplotype had significantly higher PMiW and PMiW/BW than the birds with other haplotypes（P0.05）.The birds with AAG haplotype had significantly higher ShL,FeW,MeL,MeC and KeL than the birds with AGG haplotypes（P0.05）.The results in this study revealed that QTL affecting fatness traits may exist in 5＇ flanking region of PPARg gene in chickens and PPARg gene might be one of the genes having important influences on the growth and bone traits in chickens.
文摘The potential of biodiesel fuels from various vegetable oil sources such as sunflower (SFME), safflower (SAFME), peanut (PME) and canola (CME) as well as from low-cost chicken fat (CFME) to supplement increasing biodiesel demands must be evaluated in terms of the corresponding engine performance and exhaust emissions. In this study, two diesel engines rated at 14.2 kW (small) and 60 kW (large) were operated by using the different biodiesel fuels and a reference diesel. Results showed that both the small and large engines delivered similar power when using biodiesel fuels in the expense of higher brake-specific fuel consumptions (BSFC). Higher exhaust concentrations of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) while lower carbon dioxide (CO) and negligible sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions were observed in both engines. Total hydrocarbon emissions (THC) were higher in both engines when using SME, SFME and CME but comparable when using CFME, SAFME and PME in the large engine. Thus, with the increasing demand for biodiesel, alternative feedstock sources such as those used in this study may be utilized to take advantage of their availability, renewability and environmental benefits.
