Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (S1): 320-328. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195301

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The Influence of Early Weaning on Intestinal Immunity and the Expression of Amino Acid Transporter in Wuzhishan Piglets

LI Yanjiao1,2, YU Miao1,2, LI Menghan1,2, JIANG Zhiqiang1,2, LANG Wenchao1,2, KAN Yong1,2, REN Zili1, SUN Ruiping2   

  1. 1 College of Animal Science,Xizang Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University,Linzhi 860000,China
    2 Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine,Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Hainan Key Laboratory for Tropical Animal Breeding and Disease Research,Haikou 571100,China
  • Received:2024-07-19 Published:2025-01-24

Abstract:

The aim of the study was to investigate the stress changes in the intestinal tract of piglets after weaning and the effect on the expression of AA transporter carriers in the intestinal mucosa of Wuzhishan pigs.A total of 24 Wuzhishan piglets were used, which were slaughtered on 0 days of weaning,and 3,7 and 10 days after weaning, and serum, small intestinal segments and mucosa were collected. Their blood immunity indexes,small intestine morphology and intestinal mucosa AA transporter carrier-related gene expression were determined.The results showed that compared with the pre-weaning period,the intestinal villi were sparsely broken,the duodenal and ileal villi heights were reduced in the 3rd day after weaning,and the differences in the changes in the surface area of jejunal and ileal villi were significant.All the values of villi height improved after the 7th day after weaning; the content of serum total protein,albumin,globulin and glucose decreased significantly after weaning,and the differences in aspartate aminotransferase,total cholesterol,lactate dehydrogenase and aspartate aminotransferase content were significant; the changes in serum diamine oxidase,D-lactic acid and lipopolysaccharide were significant after weaning; the relative expression abundance of the small peptide transporter PepT1 increased in the order of duodenum,jejunum and ileum after weaning,the relative expression abundance of the acidic AA transporter EAAT3 was not significant in the intestine,the relative expression of the neutral AA transporters B0AT1,ASCT2,and rBAT was higher in the jejunum as well as in the ileum,and the basic AA transporters CAT1,y+LAT1 and 4F2hc,had reduced expression in the duodenum after weaning,and the vectors were relatively more stable in ileal expression.In summary,early weaning stress caused obvious intestinal changes such as shortening of villi and crypt hyperplasia in Wuzhishan piglets,and decreased the content of blood immunoproteins and diamine oxidase,D-lactic acid and lipopolysaccharides,etc.At the same time,the expression of intestinal AA transporter carriers was changed,especially in the 3rd day of the post-weaning period,and all the indexes changed significantly,but with the growth of weaning day old up to the 10th day of the weaning period,it gradually recovered,and the piglets' immunity increased,and the permeability of the intestinal mucosa increased.

Key words: Wuzhishan pig, Weaning stress, Intestinal tract, Amino acid transporter, Immunity

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LI Yanjiao, YU Miao, LI Menghan, JIANG Zhiqiang, LANG Wenchao, KAN Yong, REN Zili, SUN Ruiping. The Influence of Early Weaning on Intestinal Immunity and the Expression of Amino Acid Transporter in Wuzhishan Piglets[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2024, 39(S1): 320-328. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195301.

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